Poor Things
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Poor Things is a 1992 novel by Scottish writer Alasdair Gray that blends gothic fantasy, political satire, and metafiction in a reimagining of the Frankenstein story set in Victorian Glasgow.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Poor Things canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10949354 — 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: Poor Things Context triple: [Alasdair Gray, notableWork, Poor Things]
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A.
Poor Things
Poor Things is a 2023 surreal black comedy fantasy film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, in which Emma Stone stars as a resurrected woman undergoing a bizarre journey of self-discovery.
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B.
Saint Maud
Saint Maud is a 2019 British psychological horror film that follows a deeply religious hospice nurse whose obsessive faith and growing mental instability lead to disturbing and supernatural-seeming events.
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C.
Crimson Peak
Crimson Peak is a 2015 gothic romance horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro, known for its lavish Victorian production design, ghostly atmosphere, and twisted family drama.
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D.
Gothika
Gothika is a 2003 supernatural psychological horror film starring Halle Berry as a criminal psychologist who becomes a patient in her own mental institution after a mysterious, possibly paranormal incident.
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E.
Vivarium
Vivarium is a 2019 science fiction psychological horror film in which a couple becomes trapped in a mysterious, labyrinthine suburban housing development.
- 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: Poor Things Target entity description: Poor Things is a 1992 novel by Scottish writer Alasdair Gray that blends gothic fantasy, political satire, and metafiction in a reimagining of the Frankenstein story set in Victorian Glasgow.
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A.
Poor Things
Poor Things is a 2023 surreal black comedy fantasy film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, in which Emma Stone stars as a resurrected woman undergoing a bizarre journey of self-discovery.
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B.
Saint Maud
Saint Maud is a 2019 British psychological horror film that follows a deeply religious hospice nurse whose obsessive faith and growing mental instability lead to disturbing and supernatural-seeming events.
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C.
Crimson Peak
Crimson Peak is a 2015 gothic romance horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro, known for its lavish Victorian production design, ghostly atmosphere, and twisted family drama.
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D.
Gothika
Gothika is a 2003 supernatural psychological horror film starring Halle Berry as a criminal psychologist who becomes a patient in her own mental institution after a mysterious, possibly paranormal incident.
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E.
Vivarium
Vivarium is a 2019 science fiction psychological horror film in which a couple becomes trapped in a mysterious, labyrinthine suburban housing development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Poor Things (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Alasdair Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Guardian Fiction Prize
NERFINISHED
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Whitbread Novel Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Poor Things NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Alasdair Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Yorgos Lanthimos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy fiction
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gothic fiction ⓘ metafiction ⓘ political satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
mad scientist
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resurrected woman ⓘ |
| hasEdition | Canongate edition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Alasdair Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Archibald McCandless
NERFINISHED
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Bella Baxter NERFINISHED ⓘ Godwin Baxter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParatextualElement |
fictional editor notes
ⓘ
mock scholarly apparatus ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
experimental prose
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intertextuality ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class
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gender ⓘ identity ⓘ politics ⓘ science and ethics ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Frankenstein
NERFINISHED
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Mary Shelley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryAwardYear |
1992 Guardian Fiction Prize
NERFINISHED
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1992 Whitbread Novel Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | framed narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple narrators ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of gothic fantasy and political satire
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reimagining of Frankenstein in Victorian Glasgow ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2023 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Poor Things Description of subject: Poor Things is a 1992 novel by Scottish writer Alasdair Gray that blends gothic fantasy, political satire, and metafiction in a reimagining of the Frankenstein story set in Victorian Glasgow.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.