The Four Poster
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The Four Poster is a 1952 American comedy-drama film, adapted from Jan de Hartog’s play, that chronicles a married couple’s life over several decades, notably featuring actress Lilli Palmer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Four Poster canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9871604 — 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 Four Poster Context triple: [Lilli Palmer, notableWork, The Four Poster]
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A.
The Black Windmill
The Black Windmill is a 1974 British spy thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Michael Caine as an MI6 agent whose son is kidnapped by arms dealers.
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B.
The Castle
The Castle is a surreal, unfinished novel by Franz Kafka that follows a land surveyor’s futile attempts to gain access to a mysterious, bureaucratic authority that governs a remote village.
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C.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic government building in Jamestown that serves as a key administrative and architectural landmark of the area.
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D.
The Castle
The Castle is the iconic red sandstone building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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E.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic fortification in Mumbai, India, that served as the original fortified settlement of the British East India Company in the city.
- 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 Four Poster Target entity description: The Four Poster is a 1952 American comedy-drama film, adapted from Jan de Hartog’s play, that chronicles a married couple’s life over several decades, notably featuring actress Lilli Palmer.
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A.
The Black Windmill
The Black Windmill is a 1974 British spy thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Michael Caine as an MI6 agent whose son is kidnapped by arms dealers.
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B.
The Castle
The Castle is a surreal, unfinished novel by Franz Kafka that follows a land surveyor’s futile attempts to gain access to a mysterious, bureaucratic authority that governs a remote village.
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C.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic government building in Jamestown that serves as a key administrative and architectural landmark of the area.
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D.
The Castle
The Castle is the iconic red sandstone building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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E.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic fortification in Mumbai, India, that served as the original fortified settlement of the British East India Company in the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | stage play ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy | Rudolph Sternad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Fourposter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
play by Jan de Hartog ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Hal Mohr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Irving Reis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Gene Havlick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Agnes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre | comedy-drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
domestic life
ⓘ
marriage ⓘ passage of time ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | Dimitri Tiomkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | married couple’s life over several decades ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Black-and-White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableElement | story told largely within a bedroom around a four-poster bed ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Stanley Kramer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Stanley Kramer Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1952-09-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jan de Hartog
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert E. Sherwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | various periods in the 20th century ⓘ |
| starring |
Lilli Palmer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rex Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Lilli Palmer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rex Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Four Poster Description of subject: The Four Poster is a 1952 American comedy-drama film, adapted from Jan de Hartog’s play, that chronicles a married couple’s life over several decades, notably featuring actress Lilli Palmer.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.