The Crow Road
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The Crow Road is a 1996 BBC television drama series, adapted from Iain Banks's novel, that blends dark humor, family saga, and mystery in the story of a young man's search for his missing uncle in rural Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Crow Road canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11132979 — 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 Crow Road Context triple: [Gavin Millar, notableWork, The Crow Road]
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A.
The Dark End of the Street
"The Dark End of the Street" is a classic soul ballad, first recorded by James Carr in 1967, that has become a widely covered standard known for its themes of secret love and emotional turmoil.
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B.
As the Crow Flies
As the Crow Flies is a bestselling family saga novel by Jeffrey Archer that follows the rags-to-riches rise of Charlie Trumper in early 20th-century London.
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C.
Desolation Road
Desolation Road is a science fiction novel by Ian McDonald that follows the intertwined lives of settlers in a strange, isolated town on a terraformed Mars.
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D.
Devil’s Road
Devil’s Road is an album by the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts, noted for its atmospheric sound and literate songwriting.
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E.
Sunken Road
Sunken Road, later known as Bloody Lane, was a crucial defensive position and the site of some of the fiercest fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.
- 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 Crow Road Target entity description: The Crow Road is a 1996 BBC television drama series, adapted from Iain Banks's novel, that blends dark humor, family saga, and mystery in the story of a young man's search for his missing uncle in rural Scotland.
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A.
The Dark End of the Street
"The Dark End of the Street" is a classic soul ballad, first recorded by James Carr in 1967, that has become a widely covered standard known for its themes of secret love and emotional turmoil.
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B.
As the Crow Flies
As the Crow Flies is a bestselling family saga novel by Jeffrey Archer that follows the rags-to-riches rise of Charlie Trumper in early 20th-century London.
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C.
Desolation Road
Desolation Road is a science fiction novel by Ian McDonald that follows the intertwined lives of settlers in a strange, isolated town on a terraformed Mars.
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D.
Devil’s Road
Devil’s Road is an album by the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts, noted for its atmospheric sound and literate songwriting.
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E.
Sunken Road
Sunken Road, later known as Bloody Lane, was a crucial defensive position and the site of some of the fiercest fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
BBC television drama
ⓘ
television series ⓘ |
| adaptationOfWorkBy | Iain Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceMaterial | Iain Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Crow Road (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnGenre | contemporary Scottish fiction ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | serial drama ⓘ |
| centralPlotElement | search for missing uncle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts | Scottish family life ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1996 ⓘ |
| format | miniseries ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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drama ⓘ mystery ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Prentice McHoan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
disappearance investigation
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family secrets ⓘ |
| notableFor | blend of dark humor and mystery ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| originalBroadcaster | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalChannel | BBC Two NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC Two ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | rural Scotland ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialAuthorNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialPublicationForm | novel ⓘ |
| theme |
death and mortality
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family saga ⓘ memory and identity ⓘ mystery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Crow Road Description of subject: The Crow Road is a 1996 BBC television drama series, adapted from Iain Banks's novel, that blends dark humor, family saga, and mystery in the story of a young man's search for his missing uncle in rural Scotland.
Referenced by (2)
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