The Virgin Soldiers
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The Virgin Soldiers is a 1969 British war comedy-drama film, based on Leslie Thomas’s novel, that follows the misadventures of young, inexperienced soldiers stationed in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Virgin Soldiers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9649164 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Virgin Soldiers Context triple: [Rachel Kempson, notableWork, The Virgin Soldiers]
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A.
The Spearhead
The Spearhead is the nickname of the U.S. 5th Marine Division, a World War II Marine Corps unit renowned for its pivotal role in the Battle of Iwo Jima.
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B.
Role of Honour
Role of Honour is a James Bond continuation novel by British author John Gardner, featuring the iconic spy in a Cold War-era adventure involving high-tech espionage and global intrigue.
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C.
Victims of Duty
Victims of Duty is an absurdist play by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco that satirically explores conformity, authority, and the search for meaning through surreal, escalating interrogations.
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D.
Soldiers of Peace
"Soldiers of Peace" is a song featured on the album *American Dream* by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
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E.
Pride of the Rifles
Pride of the Rifles is the official regimental march associated with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, reflecting the traditions and esprit de corps of this Canadian infantry regiment.
- 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 Virgin Soldiers Target entity description: The Virgin Soldiers is a 1969 British war comedy-drama film, based on Leslie Thomas’s novel, that follows the misadventures of young, inexperienced soldiers stationed in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency.
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A.
The Spearhead
The Spearhead is the nickname of the U.S. 5th Marine Division, a World War II Marine Corps unit renowned for its pivotal role in the Battle of Iwo Jima.
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B.
Role of Honour
Role of Honour is a James Bond continuation novel by British author John Gardner, featuring the iconic spy in a Cold War-era adventure involving high-tech espionage and global intrigue.
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C.
Victims of Duty
Victims of Duty is an absurdist play by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco that satirically explores conformity, authority, and the search for meaning through surreal, escalating interrogations.
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D.
Soldiers of Peace
"Soldiers of Peace" is a song featured on the album *American Dream* by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
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E.
Pride of the Rifles
Pride of the Rifles is the official regimental march associated with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, reflecting the traditions and esprit de corps of this Canadian infantry regiment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British war comedy-drama film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Leslie Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Virgin Soldiers (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Kenneth Higgins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | John Dexter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Thelma Connell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | colour ⓘ |
| follows | misadventures of young inexperienced British soldiers ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama film
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war film ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coming-of-age
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military life ⓘ sexual awakening ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Philippa Raskin
NERFINISHED
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Private Brigg NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergeant Driscoll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| militaryConflictDepicted | Malayan Emergency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Tristram Cary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | loss of innocence of conscript soldiers ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Colin Lesslie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1969-03-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
John Hopkins
NERFINISHED
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Nicholas Phipps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sequelReleaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Malayan Emergency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPublicationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| starring |
Christopher Timothy
NERFINISHED
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Geoffrey Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ Hywel Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacki Piper NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynn Redgrave NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel Davenport NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel Patrick NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Jeffrey NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Kempson NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsai Chin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Virgin Soldiers Description of subject: The Virgin Soldiers is a 1969 British war comedy-drama film, based on Leslie Thomas’s novel, that follows the misadventures of young, inexperienced soldiers stationed in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency.
Referenced by (1)
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