The Sleeping Dictionary
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The Sleeping Dictionary is a 2003 romantic drama film set in colonial India that follows the forbidden love between a young British man and a local woman who teaches him her language and culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Sleeping Dictionary canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8304939 — 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: The Sleeping Dictionary Context triple: [Terry Rawlings, edited, The Sleeping Dictionary]
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A.
My Friend, the Dictionary
"My Friend, the Dictionary" is a humorous and heartfelt song from the Broadway musical *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee*, sung by the character Olive Ostrovsky as she reveals her love of words and her loneliness.
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B.
Book of the Sleeping
Book of the Sleeping is the English rendering of the title of the Sauptika Parva, a section of the Indian epic Mahabharata that narrates the night-time massacre of sleeping warriors.
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C.
Bable
Bable is another name for the Asturian language, a Romance language spoken primarily in the Asturias region of northern Spain.
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D.
Goodbye to Language
Goodbye to Language is a 2014 experimental 3D film by French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard that explores fractured communication, perception, and the limits of cinema through a fragmented, essay-like narrative.
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E.
Of Words
"Of Words" is a chapter in Book III that examines the nature, use, and significance of language and terminology.
- 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: The Sleeping Dictionary Target entity description: The Sleeping Dictionary is a 2003 romantic drama film set in colonial India that follows the forbidden love between a young British man and a local woman who teaches him her language and culture.
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A.
My Friend, the Dictionary
"My Friend, the Dictionary" is a humorous and heartfelt song from the Broadway musical *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee*, sung by the character Olive Ostrovsky as she reveals her love of words and her loneliness.
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B.
Book of the Sleeping
Book of the Sleeping is the English rendering of the title of the Sauptika Parva, a section of the Indian epic Mahabharata that narrates the night-time massacre of sleeping warriors.
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C.
Bable
Bable is another name for the Asturian language, a Romance language spoken primarily in the Asturias region of northern Spain.
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D.
Goodbye to Language
Goodbye to Language is a 2014 experimental 3D film by French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard that explores fractured communication, perception, and the limits of cinema through a fragmented, essay-like narrative.
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E.
Of Words
"Of Words" is a chapter in Book III that examines the nature, use, and significance of language and terminology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| alternateDescription | British romantic drama film set in 1930s colonial India and Borneo ⓘ |
| character |
John Truscott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Selima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Martin Fuhrer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Guy Jenkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Fine Line Features NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Oral Norrie Ottey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Malaysia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
romance film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
colonialism
ⓘ
cultural conflict ⓘ interracial romance ⓘ language and identity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist |
John Truscott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Selima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Simon Boswell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | relationship between a British colonial officer and his Iban language tutor ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young British man in colonial India falls in love with a local woman assigned to teach him her language and culture. ⓘ |
| portrays | forbidden love between a young British man and a local woman ⓘ |
| producer |
Stewart Mackinnon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trudie Styler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Fragile Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 109 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | colonial India ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| starring |
Bob Hoskins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brenda Blethyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Christopher Ling NERFINISHED ⓘ Emily Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh Dancy NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ Noah Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Sleeping Dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Guy Jenkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Sleeping Dictionary Description of subject: The Sleeping Dictionary is a 2003 romantic drama film set in colonial India that follows the forbidden love between a young British man and a local woman who teaches him her language and culture.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.