Whistle
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Whistle is a short film directed by Duncan Jones that helped establish his reputation before his feature-length work.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whistle canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13351868 — 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: Whistle Context triple: [Duncan Jones, notableWork, Whistle]
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A.
Whistle
"Whistle" is a 2012 pop-rap single by American rapper Flo Rida, known for its catchy whistled hook and suggestive lyrics that achieved major international chart success.
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B.
"The Whistle"
"The Whistle" is a segment or episode within the animated film "Birth of a Prince."
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C.
Warp Whistle
Warp Whistle is a special item in the Super Mario series that allows players to instantly travel to different worlds, effectively serving as a shortcut or warp mechanism.
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D.
Some Can Whistle
Some Can Whistle is a contemporary novel by Larry McMurtry that explores complex family relationships, personal redemption, and the search for connection in modern American life.
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E.
So It Doesn’t Whistle
So It Doesn’t Whistle is a lesser-known work by American author Robert Paul Smith, best remembered for his nostalgic and humorous writing about childhood and everyday life.
- 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: Whistle Target entity description: Whistle is a short film directed by Duncan Jones that helped establish his reputation before his feature-length work.
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A.
Whistle
"Whistle" is a 2012 pop-rap single by American rapper Flo Rida, known for its catchy whistled hook and suggestive lyrics that achieved major international chart success.
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B.
"The Whistle"
"The Whistle" is a segment or episode within the animated film "Birth of a Prince."
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C.
Warp Whistle
Warp Whistle is a special item in the Super Mario series that allows players to instantly travel to different worlds, effectively serving as a shortcut or warp mechanism.
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D.
Some Can Whistle
Some Can Whistle is a contemporary novel by Larry McMurtry that explores complex family relationships, personal redemption, and the search for connection in modern American life.
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E.
So It Doesn’t Whistle
So It Doesn’t Whistle is a lesser-known work by American author Robert Paul Smith, best remembered for his nostalgic and humorous writing about childhood and everyday life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
short film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gary Shaw ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Duncan Jones ⓘ |
| directorCareerContext | preceded Duncan Jones’s feature‑length debut Moon ⓘ |
| editingBy |
Nic Gaster
ⓘ
linked to:
Nicolas Gaster
|
| filmingTechnique | live action ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction film
ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Dominic Mafham
ⓘ
Gavin Stenhouse ⓘ Sally Phillips ⓘ Skye O’Malley ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | http://www.whistlethemovie.com/ ⓘ |
| hasSetting | contemporary London ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
assassination
ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ technology and surveillance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | secretive assassin ⓘ |
| musicBy | Mark Thomas ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early directorial work of Duncan Jones
ⓘ
helping establish Duncan Jones’s reputation before his feature film Moon ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An assassin uses a high‑tech sonic weapon to carry out remote killings while struggling with the moral consequences of his work. ⓘ |
| producer | Duncan Jones ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Whistle Productions ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | short film ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 25 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Duncan Jones ⓘ |
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: Whistle Description of subject: Whistle is a short film directed by Duncan Jones that helped establish his reputation before his feature-length work.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.