A Family at War
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A Family at War is a British television drama series that follows the struggles of a working-class Liverpool family during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Family at War canonical | 2 |
| Rita in A Family at War | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10513659 — 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: A Family at War Context triple: [Granada Productions, notableWork, A Family at War]
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A.
Witness to War
Witness to War is a documentary-style film by Australian artist and filmmaker George Gittoes that explores the human impact and brutal realities of armed conflict.
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B.
The Home Front
"The Home Front" is a book by British suffragette and socialist Sylvia Pankhurst that examines the social and economic conditions of working-class people in Britain during World War I.
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C.
A Life in Peace and War
A Life in Peace and War is the memoir of British diplomat and United Nations official Brian Urquhart, recounting his experiences in international diplomacy and peacekeeping across the mid-20th century.
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D.
The War at Home
The War at Home is an American television sitcom that aired in the mid-2000s, focusing on the comedic struggles of a dysfunctional suburban family.
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E.
The War at Home
The War at Home is a 1996 American drama film about a troubled Vietnam War veteran struggling to readjust to family life upon his return, directed by and starring Emilio Estevez.
- 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: A Family at War Target entity description: A Family at War is a British television drama series that follows the struggles of a working-class Liverpool family during World War II.
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A.
Witness to War
Witness to War is a documentary-style film by Australian artist and filmmaker George Gittoes that explores the human impact and brutal realities of armed conflict.
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B.
The Home Front
"The Home Front" is a book by British suffragette and socialist Sylvia Pankhurst that examines the social and economic conditions of working-class people in Britain during World War I.
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C.
A Life in Peace and War
A Life in Peace and War is the memoir of British diplomat and United Nations official Brian Urquhart, recounting his experiences in international diplomacy and peacekeeping across the mid-20th century.
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D.
The War at Home
The War at Home is an American television sitcom that aired in the mid-2000s, focusing on the comedic struggles of a dysfunctional suburban family.
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E.
The War at Home
The War at Home is a 1996 American drama film about a troubled Vietnam War veteran struggling to readjust to family life upon his return, directed by and starring Emilio Estevez.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British television drama series ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | serial drama ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | ITV network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | John Finch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | Blitz in Liverpool ⓘ |
| directedBy |
David Giles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lennie Mayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Lindsay-Hogg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | television broadcast ⓘ |
| features | ensemble cast ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | North West England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1970 ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| follows | working-class Liverpool family ⓘ |
| genre |
family drama
ⓘ
period drama ⓘ war drama ⓘ |
| hasEpisodeRuntime | approximately 50 minutes ⓘ |
| hasOpeningTheme | piano-led theme music ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class and economic hardship
ⓘ
family relationships during wartime ⓘ social change in Britain ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1972 ⓘ |
| laterReleasedOn | DVD ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
David Ashton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edwin Ashton NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Ashton NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Ashton NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Ashton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sefton Briggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | 1938 to mid-1940s ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 52 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 3 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | ITV Granada region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastIn | colour ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ITV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | impact of World War II on British home front ⓘ |
| producedBy |
Richard Doubleday
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tim Aspinall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Granada Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Liverpool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | British family life during World War II ⓘ |
| writtenBy | John Finch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: A Family at War Description of subject: A Family at War is a British television drama series that follows the struggles of a working-class Liverpool family during World War II.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rita in A Family at War