The Long Goodbye
E113571
The Long Goodbye is a 1973 neo-noir film directed by Robert Altman, loosely based on Raymond Chandler’s novel and noted for its modern, offbeat take on private detective Philip Marlowe.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Long Goodbye canonical | 16 |
| The Long Goodbye (1973 film) | 4 |
| "The Long Goodbye" | 1 |
| The Long Goodbye (novel) | 1 |
| The Long Goodbye (screenplay) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T964931 — 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 Long Goodbye Context triple: [Sterling Hayden, notableWork, The Long Goodbye]
-
A.
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep is a classic 1946 film noir mystery, directed by Howard Hawks and based on Raymond Chandler’s novel, renowned for its complex plot and iconic performances by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
-
B.
Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry is a music producer best known for his work on Alicia Keys' album "The Element of Freedom."
-
C.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon is a classic 1941 film noir, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart as private detective Sam Spade, widely regarded as a landmark of the genre.
-
D.
L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential is a 1997 neo-noir crime film set in 1950s Los Angeles, acclaimed for its intricate plot, stylish direction, and ensemble cast.
-
E.
Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice is a 2009 neo-noir novel by Thomas Pynchon that follows a stoner private detective navigating a psychedelic, conspiracy-laced Los Angeles at the end of the 1960s.
- 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 Long Goodbye Target entity description: The Long Goodbye is a 1973 neo-noir film directed by Robert Altman, loosely based on Raymond Chandler’s novel and noted for its modern, offbeat take on private detective Philip Marlowe.
-
A.
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep is a classic 1946 film noir mystery, directed by Howard Hawks and based on Raymond Chandler’s novel, renowned for its complex plot and iconic performances by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
-
B.
Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry is a music producer best known for his work on Alicia Keys' album "The Element of Freedom."
-
C.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon is a classic 1941 film noir, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart as private detective Sam Spade, widely regarded as a landmark of the genre.
-
D.
L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential is a 1997 neo-noir crime film set in 1950s Los Angeles, acclaimed for its intricate plot, stylish direction, and ensemble cast.
-
E.
Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice is a 2009 neo-noir novel by Thomas Pynchon that follows a stoner private detective navigating a psychedelic, conspiracy-laced Los Angeles at the end of the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: The Long Goodbye Description of subject: The Long Goodbye is a 1973 neo-noir film directed by Robert Altman, loosely based on Raymond Chandler’s novel and noted for its modern, offbeat take on private detective Philip Marlowe.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Long Goodbye (1973 film)
subject surface form:
The Long Goodbye (1973 film)
this entity surface form:
The Long Goodbye (novel)
subject surface form:
The Long Goodbye (1973 film)
this entity surface form:
"The Long Goodbye"
subject surface form:
Sterling Hayden
this entity surface form:
The Long Goodbye (1973 film)
this entity surface form:
The Long Goodbye (screenplay)
this entity surface form:
The Long Goodbye (1973 film)
this entity surface form:
The Long Goodbye (1973 film)