Whose Life Is It Anyway?
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"Whose Life Is It Anyway?" is a drama about a paralyzed man's fight for the right to die, best known as a stage play and later a film adaptation exploring medical ethics and personal autonomy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whose Life Is It Anyway? canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6121893 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whose Life Is It Anyway? Context triple: [Kim Cattrall, notableWork, Whose Life Is It Anyway?]
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A.
This Life
"This Life" is a rock-influenced theme song best known for opening the television series *Sons of Anarchy*, capturing its outlaw biker tone and atmosphere.
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B.
This Life
"This Life" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 rock album "Working on a Dream."
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C.
This Life
"This Life" is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young lawyers sharing a house in London.
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D.
To Life
"To Life" is a lively celebratory song from the musical *Fiddler on the Roof*, sung as a toast to good fortune and resilience amid hardship.
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E.
A Little Thing Called Life
A Little Thing Called Life is the memoir of Linda Thompson, recounting her life, career, and relationships with figures like Elvis Presley and Bruce Jenner (Caitlyn Jenner).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whose Life Is It Anyway? Target entity description: "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" is a drama about a paralyzed man's fight for the right to die, best known as a stage play and later a film adaptation exploring medical ethics and personal autonomy.
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A.
This Life
"This Life" is a rock-influenced theme song best known for opening the television series *Sons of Anarchy*, capturing its outlaw biker tone and atmosphere.
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B.
This Life
"This Life" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 rock album "Working on a Dream."
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C.
This Life
"This Life" is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young lawyers sharing a house in London.
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D.
To Life
"To Life" is a lively celebratory song from the musical *Fiddler on the Roof*, sung as a toast to good fortune and resilience amid hardship.
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E.
A Little Thing Called Life
A Little Thing Called Life is the memoir of Linda Thompson, recounting her life, career, and relationships with figures like Elvis Presley and Bruce Jenner (Caitlyn Jenner).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama
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stage play ⓘ television play ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Whose Life Is It Anyway? (television play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Brian Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Whose Life Is It Anyway? (stage play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Brian Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | John Badham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | MGM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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drama ⓘ drama film ⓘ legal drama ⓘ medical drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981 film)
NERFINISHED
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Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Whose Life Is It Anyway? (novelisation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Whose Life Is It Anyway? (stage play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ken Harrison
NERFINISHED
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Ken Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
euthanasia
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euthanasia ⓘ medical ethics ⓘ medical ethics ⓘ medical ethics ⓘ patient rights ⓘ personal autonomy ⓘ right to die ⓘ right to die ⓘ right to die ⓘ |
| notableBroadwayProductionYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| notableWestEndProductionYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
English
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English ⓘ |
| originalMedium | television ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate |
1972
ⓘ
1975 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Brian Clark
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reginald Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | hospital ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Whose Life Is It Anyway? Description of subject: "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" is a drama about a paralyzed man's fight for the right to die, best known as a stage play and later a film adaptation exploring medical ethics and personal autonomy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.