Barry Hines
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Barry Hines was an English author and screenwriter best known for his socially realist novel "A Kestrel for a Knave," which was adapted into the acclaimed film "Kes."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Barry Hines canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10917401 — 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.
Target entity: Barry Hines Context triple: [Kes, basedOnAuthor, Barry Hines]
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Alan Sillitoe
Alan Sillitoe was an English writer best known for his gritty, working-class novels and screenplays such as "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" and "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner," which became key works of the British New Wave.
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B.
Shelagh Delaney
Shelagh Delaney was an influential English playwright and screenwriter best known for her groundbreaking play "A Taste of Honey," which became a landmark of British kitchen-sink realism and the British New Wave.
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C.
John Braine
John Braine was a British novelist best known as one of the leading "Angry Young Men" writers of the 1950s, particularly for his debut novel "Room at the Top."
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D.
Arnold Wesker
Arnold Wesker was a prominent British playwright associated with the "kitchen sink" drama movement, known for works such as the Wesker Trilogy that explored social and political themes.
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E.
Purney Sillitoe
Purney Sillitoe was a landowner for whom the English country house Pell Wall Hall was commissioned in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Barry Hines Target entity description: Barry Hines was an English author and screenwriter best known for his socially realist novel "A Kestrel for a Knave," which was adapted into the acclaimed film "Kes."
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A.
Alan Sillitoe
Alan Sillitoe was an English writer best known for his gritty, working-class novels and screenplays such as "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" and "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner," which became key works of the British New Wave.
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B.
Shelagh Delaney
Shelagh Delaney was an influential English playwright and screenwriter best known for her groundbreaking play "A Taste of Honey," which became a landmark of British kitchen-sink realism and the British New Wave.
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C.
John Braine
John Braine was a British novelist best known as one of the leading "Angry Young Men" writers of the 1950s, particularly for his debut novel "Room at the Top."
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D.
Arnold Wesker
Arnold Wesker was a prominent British playwright associated with the "kitchen sink" drama movement, known for works such as the Wesker Trilogy that explored social and political themes.
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E.
Purney Sillitoe
Purney Sillitoe was a landowner for whom the English country house Pell Wall Hall was commissioned in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English writer
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film ⓘ human ⓘ novel ⓘ novel ⓘ novel ⓘ novel ⓘ novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television film ⓘ |
| author |
Barry Hines
NERFINISHED
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Barry Hines NERFINISHED ⓘ Barry Hines NERFINISHED ⓘ Barry Hines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | A Kestrel for a Knave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-06-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-03-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Ecclesfield Grammar School
NERFINISHED
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Loughborough College of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
social realism
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social realism ⓘ working-class literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Barry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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English ⓘ English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Kestrel for a Knave
NERFINISHED
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Kes NERFINISHED ⓘ Looks and Smiles NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gamekeeper NERFINISHED ⓘ The Heart of It NERFINISHED ⓘ Threads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Barnsley
NERFINISHED
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England ⓘ Hoyland Common NERFINISHED ⓘ South Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Barnsley
NERFINISHED
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England ⓘ South Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Barry Hines
NERFINISHED
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Barry Hines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Barnsley
NERFINISHED
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South Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Barry Hines Description of subject: Barry Hines was an English author and screenwriter best known for his socially realist novel "A Kestrel for a Knave," which was adapted into the acclaimed film "Kes."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.