Macbeth (1948 film)
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American film
Shakespeare film adaptation
black-and-white film
drama film
film
historical drama film
Macbeth (1948 film) is a 1948 American film adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, directed by and starring Orson Welles, noted for its expressionistic style and intense performances.
All labels observed (1)
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| Macbeth (1948 film) canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12778763 — 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: Macbeth (1948 film) Context triple: [Jeanette Nolan, notableWork, Macbeth (1948 film)]
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The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971 film)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971 film) is Roman Polanski’s dark, violent, and visually striking adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy about the rise and fall of the Scottish usurper Macbeth.
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Macbeth (2015 film)
Macbeth (2015 film) is a 2015 British-French adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, directed by Justin Kurzel and starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in a visually striking, brutal retelling of the Scottish play.
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Macbeth (2006 film)
Macbeth (2006 film) is a modern-day Australian adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, reimagining the story of the ambitious Scottish general in a contemporary criminal underworld.
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Masbeth
Maspeth is a residential and industrial neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, known for its diverse community and mix of row houses, warehouses, and small businesses.
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Hamlet (1948 film)
Hamlet (1948 film) is Laurence Olivier’s acclaimed black-and-white adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, noted for its psychological focus and multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
- 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: Macbeth (1948 film) Target entity description: Macbeth (1948 film) is a 1948 American film adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, directed by and starring Orson Welles, noted for its expressionistic style and intense performances.
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A.
The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971 film)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971 film) is Roman Polanski’s dark, violent, and visually striking adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy about the rise and fall of the Scottish usurper Macbeth.
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B.
Macbeth (2015 film)
Macbeth (2015 film) is a 2015 British-French adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, directed by Justin Kurzel and starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in a visually striking, brutal retelling of the Scottish play.
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C.
Macbeth (2006 film)
Macbeth (2006 film) is a modern-day Australian adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, reimagining the story of the ambitious Scottish general in a contemporary criminal underworld.
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D.
Masbeth
Maspeth is a residential and industrial neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, known for its diverse community and mix of row houses, warehouses, and small businesses.
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E.
Hamlet (1948 film)
Hamlet (1948 film) is Laurence Olivier’s acclaimed black-and-white adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, noted for its psychological focus and multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
How these facts were elicited
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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: Macbeth (1948 film) Description of subject: Macbeth (1948 film) is a 1948 American film adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, directed by and starring Orson Welles, noted for its expressionistic style and intense performances.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.