How to Build a Girl
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How to Build a Girl is a 2019 coming-of-age comedy film, based on Caitlin Moran’s semi-autobiographical novel, about a teenage girl who reinvents herself as a brash music critic in 1990s England.
All labels observed (1)
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| How to Build a Girl canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9647883 — 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: How to Build a Girl Context triple: [Alison Owen, notableWork, How to Build a Girl]
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A.
Church Girl
"Church Girl" is a genre-blending track from Beyoncé’s 2022 album *Renaissance* that fuses gospel influences with dance and bounce music to explore themes of liberation, spirituality, and sensuality.
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B.
Bloomer Girl
Bloomer Girl is a 1944 Broadway musical that blends romance and social commentary, notable for its progressive themes about women's rights and abolitionism.
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C.
The Book of Gutsy Women
The Book of Gutsy Women is a nonfiction work by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton that profiles inspiring women throughout history and around the world.
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D.
An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl is a 19th-century coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott that contrasts simple, traditional values with the temptations of fashionable city life through the experiences of its young heroine.
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E.
A Sewing Girl
"A Sewing Girl" is a quiet, intimate genre painting by Danish artist Anna Ancher that depicts a young woman absorbed in needlework, exemplifying her sensitive use of light and everyday domestic themes.
- 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: How to Build a Girl Target entity description: How to Build a Girl is a 2019 coming-of-age comedy film, based on Caitlin Moran’s semi-autobiographical novel, about a teenage girl who reinvents herself as a brash music critic in 1990s England.
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A.
Church Girl
"Church Girl" is a genre-blending track from Beyoncé’s 2022 album *Renaissance* that fuses gospel influences with dance and bounce music to explore themes of liberation, spirituality, and sensuality.
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B.
Bloomer Girl
Bloomer Girl is a 1944 Broadway musical that blends romance and social commentary, notable for its progressive themes about women's rights and abolitionism.
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C.
The Book of Gutsy Women
The Book of Gutsy Women is a nonfiction work by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton that profiles inspiring women throughout history and around the world.
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D.
An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl is a 19th-century coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott that contrasts simple, traditional values with the temptations of fashionable city life through the experiences of its young heroine.
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E.
A Sewing Girl
"A Sewing Girl" is a quiet, intimate genre painting by Danish artist Anna Ancher that depicts a young woman absorbed in needlework, exemplifying her sensitive use of light and everyday domestic themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Caitlin Moran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | How to Build a Girl (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Angie Morrigan
NERFINISHED
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Dolly Wilde NERFINISHED ⓘ Johanna Morrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ John Morrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Krissi Morrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Hubert Taczanowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Coky Giedroyc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | IFC Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Tania Reddin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age comedy
ⓘ
teen film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class and social mobility
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ feminism ⓘ |
| leadActor | Beanie Feldstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Johanna Morrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
female adolescence
ⓘ
music journalism ⓘ self-reinvention ⓘ |
| musicBy | Stephen Rennicks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a teenage girl reinventing herself as a brash music critic ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Alison Owen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Debra Hayward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Monumental Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationTypeOfSource | semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 104 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Caitlin Moran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
London
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wolverhampton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1990s ⓘ |
| starring |
Alfie Allen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Beanie Feldstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris O'Dowd NERFINISHED ⓘ Emma Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurie Kynaston NERFINISHED ⓘ Paddy Considine NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Solemani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereEvent | Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereYear | 2019 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: How to Build a Girl Description of subject: How to Build a Girl is a 2019 coming-of-age comedy film, based on Caitlin Moran’s semi-autobiographical novel, about a teenage girl who reinvents herself as a brash music critic in 1990s England.
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