Robin Redbreast
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Robin Redbreast is a British television drama written by John Bowen, best known as a folk-horror-inflected psychological thriller originally broadcast in the early 1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robin Redbreast canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13409262 — 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: Robin Redbreast Context triple: [John Bowen (novelist), notableWork, Robin Redbreast]
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A.
Sparrow
Sparrow is the internal codename for the Atari Falcon, a 1990s personal computer known for its advanced audio and graphics capabilities.
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B.
Sparrow
Sparrow is a recurring character in Alison Bechdel’s long-running comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out For," known for her involvement in the strip’s interconnected lesbian and queer community.
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C.
Sparrow
"Sparrow" is a gentle, folk-influenced song by Simon & Garfunkel, known for its poetic lyrics and delicate vocal harmonies.
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D.
Camilla Sparv
Camilla Sparv is a Swedish actress known for her film and television work in the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Jenny Wren
"Jenny Wren" is a Paul McCartney song, styled as an acoustic, Beatlesque ballad, from his 2005 album "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard."
- 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: Robin Redbreast Target entity description: Robin Redbreast is a British television drama written by John Bowen, best known as a folk-horror-inflected psychological thriller originally broadcast in the early 1970s.
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A.
Sparrow
Sparrow is the internal codename for the Atari Falcon, a 1990s personal computer known for its advanced audio and graphics capabilities.
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B.
Sparrow
Sparrow is a recurring character in Alison Bechdel’s long-running comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out For," known for her involvement in the strip’s interconnected lesbian and queer community.
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C.
Sparrow
"Sparrow" is a gentle, folk-influenced song by Simon & Garfunkel, known for its poetic lyrics and delicate vocal harmonies.
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D.
Camilla Sparv
Camilla Sparv is a Swedish actress known for her film and television work in the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Jenny Wren
"Jenny Wren" is a Paul McCartney song, styled as an acoustic, Beatlesque ballad, from his 2005 album "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television drama
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folk horror work ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ television film ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | British folk horror cycle ⓘ |
| broadcastMedium | colour television ⓘ |
| countryOfBroadcast | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | James MacTaggart ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | television broadcast ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastBy | BBC ⓘ |
| format | television play ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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folk horror ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasAntagonisticForce | pagan village community ⓘ |
| hasCultStatus | true ⓘ |
| hasSettingPeriod | contemporary to time of production ⓘ |
| hasType | single-episode drama ⓘ |
| laterReleasedOn |
DVD
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home video ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Norah Palmer ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | psychological disintegration of protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of British folk horror on television
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psychological approach to horror ⓘ |
| originalBroadcastDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| originalChannel | BBC One ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| partOf | Play for Today ⓘ |
| producer |
Graeme MacDonald
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linked to:
Graeme McDonald
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| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | television script editor ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | approximately 90 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | John Bowen ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Bowen ⓘ |
| setting | rural English village ⓘ |
| theme |
fertility rites
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isolation ⓘ manipulation ⓘ paganism ⓘ urban versus rural tension ⓘ |
| writer | John Bowen ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Robin Redbreast Description of subject: Robin Redbreast is a British television drama written by John Bowen, best known as a folk-horror-inflected psychological thriller originally broadcast in the early 1970s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
John Bowen (various)
subject linked to:
John