Sylvia
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"Sylvia" is a biographical drama film about poet Sylvia Plath, focusing on her turbulent marriage to Ted Hughes and her creative and emotional struggles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sylvia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6764626 — 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: Sylvia Context triple: [Christine Jeffs, directed, Sylvia]
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A.
Sylvia
Sylvia is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning "from the forest" or "of the woods."
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B.
Sylvia
Sylvia is a key character in the film "The Truman Show," a woman who tries to reveal the truth to Truman about his manufactured reality and becomes his inspiration to escape.
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C.
Sylvia’s
Sylvia’s is a famed soul food restaurant in Harlem, New York City, renowned for its Southern cuisine and cultural significance in the neighborhood.
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D.
Sylvia’s Mother
"Sylvia’s Mother" is a country-pop song, popularized by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, that tells a bittersweet story of lost love through a one-sided phone call.
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E.
Lila
Lila is a central female character in Max Frisch’s novel "Mein Name sei Gantenbein," around whom the narrator constructs one of his imagined lives and relationships.
- 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: Sylvia Target entity description: "Sylvia" is a biographical drama film about poet Sylvia Plath, focusing on her turbulent marriage to Ted Hughes and her creative and emotional struggles.
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A.
Sylvia
Sylvia is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning "from the forest" or "of the woods."
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B.
Sylvia
Sylvia is a key character in the film "The Truman Show," a woman who tries to reveal the truth to Truman about his manufactured reality and becomes his inspiration to escape.
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C.
Sylvia’s
Sylvia’s is a famed soul food restaurant in Harlem, New York City, renowned for its Southern cuisine and cultural significance in the neighborhood.
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D.
Sylvia’s Mother
"Sylvia’s Mother" is a country-pop song, popularized by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, that tells a bittersweet story of lost love through a one-sided phone call.
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E.
Lila
Lila is a central female character in Max Frisch’s novel "Mein Name sei Gantenbein," around whom the narrator constructs one of his imagined lives and relationships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | John Toon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Christine Jeffs ⓘ |
| distributor | Focus Features ⓘ |
| editor | Tariq Anwar ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
New Zealand
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
creative struggles of Sylvia Plath
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emotional struggles of Sylvia Plath ⓘ marriage of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
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drama film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
artistic ambition
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betrayal ⓘ gender roles ⓘ love ⓘ mental illness ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| musicBy | Gabriel Yared ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
impact of infidelity on marriage
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relationship between creativity and mental health ⓘ struggle of a female writer in mid-20th century ⓘ |
| portrays |
Assia Wevill
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Aurelia Plath ⓘ Sylvia Plath ⓘ Ted Hughes ⓘ |
| portraysEvent |
Sylvia Plath's early literary success
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Sylvia Plath's time at Cambridge University ⓘ breakdown of Sylvia Plath's marriage ⓘ final months of Sylvia Plath's life ⓘ |
| producer | Alison Owen ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
BBC Films
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Ruby Films ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 110 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Brownlow ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ |
| stars |
Amira Casar
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Blythe Danner ⓘ Daniel Craig ⓘ Gwyneth Paltrow ⓘ Jared Harris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sylvia Description of subject: "Sylvia" is a biographical drama film about poet Sylvia Plath, focusing on her turbulent marriage to Ted Hughes and her creative and emotional struggles.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.