The Railway Children (2000 film)
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The Railway Children (2000 film) is a British television adaptation of E. Nesbit’s classic children’s novel about three siblings who move to the countryside and befriend the local railway community after their father is mysteriously taken away.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Railway Children (1970 film) | 2 |
| The Railway Children (2000 film) canonical | 1 |
| The Railway Children (2000 television film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9393488 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Railway Children (2000 film) Context triple: [Michael Kitchen, notableWork, The Railway Children (2000 film)]
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The Train Boy
The Train Boy is a 19th-century rags-to-riches juvenile novel by Horatio Alger Jr. that follows a poor but determined newsboy striving for success through hard work and integrity.
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B.
The Movie Railroad
The Movie Railroad is the popular nickname for Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in California, a historic rail facility famous for its preserved steam trains and frequent use as a filming location for movies and television.
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C.
The Railway
The Railway is an 1873 oil painting by Édouard Manet depicting a woman and a young girl by a Paris train station, notable for its modern urban subject and unconventional composition.
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D.
The Railway Man
The Railway Man is a 2013 British-Australian war drama film in which Colin Firth portrays a former World War II prisoner of war confronting the trauma of his past.
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E.
Railroad Boy
"Railroad Boy" is a traditional folk ballad interpreted and popularized by Joan Baez on her early album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2."
- 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 Railway Children (2000 film) Target entity description: The Railway Children (2000 film) is a British television adaptation of E. Nesbit’s classic children’s novel about three siblings who move to the countryside and befriend the local railway community after their father is mysteriously taken away.
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A.
The Train Boy
The Train Boy is a 19th-century rags-to-riches juvenile novel by Horatio Alger Jr. that follows a poor but determined newsboy striving for success through hard work and integrity.
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B.
The Movie Railroad
The Movie Railroad is the popular nickname for Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in California, a historic rail facility famous for its preserved steam trains and frequent use as a filming location for movies and television.
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C.
The Railway
The Railway is an 1873 oil painting by Édouard Manet depicting a woman and a young girl by a Paris train station, notable for its modern urban subject and unconventional composition.
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D.
The Railway Man
The Railway Man is a 2013 British-Australian war drama film in which Colin Firth portrays a former World War II prisoner of war confronting the trauma of his past.
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E.
Railroad Boy
"Railroad Boy" is a traditional folk ballad interpreted and popularized by Joan Baez on her early album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children’s film
ⓘ
television film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The Railway Children (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Railway Children NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | E. Nesbit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Chris Seager NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Ed Welch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Catherine Morshead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | ITV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | John Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Father
ⓘ
Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ Perks NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Waterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Phyllis Waterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Roberta "Bobbie" Waterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ The Old Gentleman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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drama ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
countryside
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railway ⓘ |
| isAdaptationOf | The Railway Children (1906 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Roberta "Bobbie" Waterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| originalChannel | ITV1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ITV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | The Railway Children adaptations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Three siblings move to the countryside after their father is taken away and befriend the local railway community. ⓘ |
| portraysTheme |
family
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friendship ⓘ resilience ⓘ |
| producer | Nick Gillott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Carlton Television
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nick Gillott Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Simon Nye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
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family ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Railway Children (2000 film) Description of subject: The Railway Children (2000 film) is a British television adaptation of E. Nesbit’s classic children’s novel about three siblings who move to the countryside and befriend the local railway community after their father is mysteriously taken away.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Railway Children (1970 film)
this entity surface form:
The Railway Children (1970 film)
this entity surface form:
The Railway Children (2000 television film)