The Good Lord Bird
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The Good Lord Bird is a historical drama miniseries, co-created and starring Ethan Hawke, that satirically chronicles abolitionist John Brown’s militant campaign against slavery in the years leading up to the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Good Lord Bird canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9835850 — 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 Good Lord Bird Context triple: [Ethan Hawke, notableWork, The Good Lord Bird]
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A.
The General’s Daughter
The General’s Daughter is a 1999 crime thriller film centered on the investigation of a high-ranking officer’s daughter’s murder at a U.S. Army base, starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe.
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B.
Abraham’s Boys
Abraham’s Boys is a horror short story by Joe Hill that reimagines the later life of Abraham Van Helsing and his sons, blending family drama with the lingering terror of his past battles with the supernatural.
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C.
A Mercy
"A Mercy" is a historical novel by Toni Morrison that explores themes of slavery, motherhood, and identity in 17th-century America through the intertwined lives of several women.
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D.
Our Favorite Son
"Our Favorite Son" is a lively, show-stopping musical number from the Broadway musical *The Will Rogers Follies*, known for its intricate choreography and patriotic flair.
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E.
L’Enfant
L’Enfant is the surname of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for designing the basic plan for Washington, D.C.
- 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 Good Lord Bird Target entity description: The Good Lord Bird is a historical drama miniseries, co-created and starring Ethan Hawke, that satirically chronicles abolitionist John Brown’s militant campaign against slavery in the years leading up to the American Civil War.
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A.
The General’s Daughter
The General’s Daughter is a 1999 crime thriller film centered on the investigation of a high-ranking officer’s daughter’s murder at a U.S. Army base, starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe.
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B.
Abraham’s Boys
Abraham’s Boys is a horror short story by Joe Hill that reimagines the later life of Abraham Van Helsing and his sons, blending family drama with the lingering terror of his past battles with the supernatural.
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C.
A Mercy
"A Mercy" is a historical novel by Toni Morrison that explores themes of slavery, motherhood, and identity in 17th-century America through the intertwined lives of several women.
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D.
Our Favorite Son
"Our Favorite Son" is a lively, show-stopping musical number from the Broadway musical *The Will Rogers Follies*, known for its intricate choreography and patriotic flair.
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E.
L’Enfant
L’Enfant is the surname of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for designing the basic plan for Washington, D.C.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television miniseries ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The Good Lord Bird (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardsRecognition | Peabody Award for Entertainment (2021) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Good Lord Bird (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | James McBride NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
Ethan Hawke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark Richard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer |
Ethan Hawke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark Richard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Showtime Networks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Ethan Hawke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James McBride NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Blum NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Richard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2020 ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical drama
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasFormat | limited series ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | John Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | John Brown’s militant abolitionist campaign ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 7 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | Showtime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Showtime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalReleaseEnd | November 15, 2020 ⓘ |
| originalReleaseStart | October 4, 2020 ⓘ |
| portrays | John Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Blumhouse Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | years leading up to the American Civil War ⓘ |
| starring |
Beau Knapp
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daveed Diggs NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellar Coltrane NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethan Hawke NERFINISHED ⓘ Joshua Caleb Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Maya Hawke NERFINISHED ⓘ McKinley Belcher III NERFINISHED ⓘ Orlando Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafael Casal NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Zahn NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyatt Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Bleeding Kansas
NERFINISHED
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Harpers Ferry raid NERFINISHED ⓘ abolitionism in the United States ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
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