Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is a 2002 Chinese film adaptation of Dai Sijie’s novel, depicting two young men re-educated in a remote village during the Cultural Revolution who are transformed by forbidden Western literature and their love for a local seamstress.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19898956 — 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: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Context triple: [Liu Ye, notableWork, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress]
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A.
The Story of Qiu Ju
The Story of Qiu Ju is a 1992 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Yimou that follows a peasant woman's determined quest for justice within the rural Chinese legal system.
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B.
La Petite Fille de Monsieur Linh
La Petite Fille de Monsieur Linh is a poignant short novel by Philippe Claudel that follows an elderly refugee’s tender, language-barrier-defying friendship in a foreign country as he clings to the memory of his lost homeland.
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C.
Red Sorghum
Red Sorghum is a 1987 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yimou that blends romance and wartime drama in rural Shandong, and is widely credited with launching the Fifth Generation of Chinese cinema onto the world stage.
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D.
Madame Wang’s
Madame Wang’s is a 1981 underground film directed by Paul Morrissey that blends punk, camp, and avant-garde elements in a satirical portrait of Los Angeles subcultures.
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E.
Black Tiger Spring
Black Tiger Spring is a renowned natural artesian spring in Jinan, China, celebrated for its clear waters, distinctive tiger-shaped stone outlets, and cultural significance as one of the city's most famous springs.
- 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: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Target entity description: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is a 2002 Chinese film adaptation of Dai Sijie’s novel, depicting two young men re-educated in a remote village during the Cultural Revolution who are transformed by forbidden Western literature and their love for a local seamstress.
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A.
The Story of Qiu Ju
The Story of Qiu Ju is a 1992 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Yimou that follows a peasant woman's determined quest for justice within the rural Chinese legal system.
-
B.
La Petite Fille de Monsieur Linh
La Petite Fille de Monsieur Linh is a poignant short novel by Philippe Claudel that follows an elderly refugee’s tender, language-barrier-defying friendship in a foreign country as he clings to the memory of his lost homeland.
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C.
Red Sorghum
Red Sorghum is a 1987 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yimou that blends romance and wartime drama in rural Shandong, and is widely credited with launching the Fifth Generation of Chinese cinema onto the world stage.
-
D.
Madame Wang’s
Madame Wang’s is a 1981 underground film directed by Paul Morrissey that blends punk, camp, and avant-garde elements in a satirical portrait of Los Angeles subcultures.
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E.
Black Tiger Spring
Black Tiger Spring is a renowned natural artesian spring in Jinan, China, celebrated for its clear waters, distinctive tiger-shaped stone outlets, and cultural significance as one of the city's most famous springs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.