Raffles
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Raffles is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film, based on the gentleman thief A.J. Raffles, that blends romance and suspense in a story of high-society burglary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Raffles canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21417392 — 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: Raffles Context triple: [George Fitzmaurice, directed, Raffles]
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A.
Raffles
Raffles is a surname most famously associated with Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the British statesman and founder of modern Singapore.
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B.
The Madras House
The Madras House is a 1910 play by Harley Granville Barker that critiques Edwardian English society and its attitudes toward commerce, marriage, and sexuality.
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C.
City of Orient
The City of Orient is a small incorporated municipality in Adair County, Iowa, known for its rural Midwestern character and local community governance.
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D.
The Beresford
The Beresford is a landmark luxury cooperative apartment building in New York City, renowned for its distinctive three-towered design overlooking Central Park.
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E.
The Nabob of Sob
The Nabob of Sob was the nickname of American singer Johnnie Ray, famed in the 1950s for his highly emotional, tearful singing style that made him a precursor to rock and roll balladeers.
- 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: Raffles Target entity description: Raffles is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film, based on the gentleman thief A.J. Raffles, that blends romance and suspense in a story of high-society burglary.
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A.
Raffles
Raffles is a surname most famously associated with Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the British statesman and founder of modern Singapore.
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B.
The Madras House
The Madras House is a 1910 play by Harley Granville Barker that critiques Edwardian English society and its attitudes toward commerce, marriage, and sexuality.
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C.
City of Orient
The City of Orient is a small incorporated municipality in Adair County, Iowa, known for its rural Midwestern character and local community governance.
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D.
The Beresford
The Beresford is a landmark luxury cooperative apartment building in New York City, renowned for its distinctive three-towered design overlooking Central Park.
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E.
The Nabob of Sob
The Nabob of Sob was the nickname of American singer Johnnie Ray, famed in the 1950s for his highly emotional, tearful singing style that made him a precursor to rock and roll balladeers.
- F. None of above. chosen
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