The 1940s House
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The 1940s House is a British historical reality television series that reconstructs life on the home front during World War II by having a modern family live under 1940s conditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The 1940s House canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6279990 — 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 1940s House Context triple: [Wall to Wall, notableWork, The 1940s House]
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A.
Cannonball House
Cannonball House is a historic 19th-century home and museum in Macon, Georgia, noted for damage it sustained during the American Civil War.
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B.
Pat House
Pat House is a technology executive best known as a co-founder of Siebel Systems, a pioneering customer relationship management (CRM) software company.
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C.
Mies van der Rohe Townhouses
The Mies van der Rohe Townhouses are a modernist residential complex in Detroit’s Lafayette Park, designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and noted for their minimalist glass-and-steel aesthetic and influential urban renewal design.
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D.
Sculptured House
Sculptured House is an iconic, futuristic, curvilinear home in Colorado, often called the "Sleeper House" after its appearance in the Woody Allen film "Sleeper."
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E.
Prescott and Duggan Houses
Prescott and Duggan Houses are historic buildings on Concordia University's Sir George Williams (downtown Montreal) campus, used for academic and administrative purposes.
- 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 1940s House Target entity description: The 1940s House is a British historical reality television series that reconstructs life on the home front during World War II by having a modern family live under 1940s conditions.
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A.
Cannonball House
Cannonball House is a historic 19th-century home and museum in Macon, Georgia, noted for damage it sustained during the American Civil War.
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B.
Pat House
Pat House is a technology executive best known as a co-founder of Siebel Systems, a pioneering customer relationship management (CRM) software company.
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C.
Mies van der Rohe Townhouses
The Mies van der Rohe Townhouses are a modernist residential complex in Detroit’s Lafayette Park, designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and noted for their minimalist glass-and-steel aesthetic and influential urban renewal design.
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D.
Sculptured House
Sculptured House is an iconic, futuristic, curvilinear home in Colorado, often called the "Sleeper House" after its appearance in the Woody Allen film "Sleeper."
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E.
Prescott and Duggan Houses
Prescott and Duggan Houses are historic buildings on Concordia University's Sir George Williams (downtown Montreal) campus, used for academic and administrative purposes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television series
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historical reality television series ⓘ |
| aimsTo | recreate domestic life in wartime Britain ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical research on 1940s Britain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
air raids in World War II Britain
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civil defence in World War II Britain ⓘ life on the British home front during World War II ⓘ rationing in World War II Britain ⓘ |
| educationalAspect | public understanding of wartime domestic life ⓘ |
| features | a modern family living under 1940s conditions ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | West Wickham, Kent, England ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| format | television series ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
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historical television ⓘ reality television ⓘ |
| hasFormat | reconstruction of historical living conditions ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adaptation to wartime restrictions
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social history of World War II ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| isPartOf | historical reality television genre ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| network | Channel 4 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | Channel 4 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOn | television ⓘ |
| portrays |
civilian resilience during war
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impact of war on ordinary British families ⓘ role of women on the home front ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Wall to Wall ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod |
1940s
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World War II ⓘ |
| subject |
World War II home front in Britain
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linked to:
British home front during World War II
civilian life during World War II ⓘ |
| timePeriodRecreated |
Blitz era in Britain
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early 1940s ⓘ |
| uses |
period-appropriate clothing
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period-appropriate food and rationing ⓘ period-appropriate household technology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The 1940s House Description of subject: The 1940s House is a British historical reality television series that reconstructs life on the home front during World War II by having a modern family live under 1940s conditions.
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