The Light That Failed (1939 film)
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The Light That Failed (1939 film) is a 1939 drama based on Rudyard Kipling’s novel, following a war artist who faces the loss of his sight and career.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Light That Failed (1939 film) canonical | 1 |
| The Light That Failed (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2167049 — 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 Light That Failed (1939 film) Context triple: [Jules Furthman, workedOn, The Light That Failed (1939 film)]
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A.
The Dark Eyes of London
The Dark Eyes of London is a 1924 crime novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, centered on a sinister insurance fraud scheme and notorious for its blend of mystery and horror.
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B.
The Light
The Light is a notable work by the rapper Common, showcasing his introspective lyricism and soulful, jazz-influenced hip-hop style.
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C.
Available Light
Available Light is an EP by British singer-songwriter James McCartney, showcasing his melodic rock and acoustic-influenced style.
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D.
The White Shadow
The White Shadow is an American television drama series from the late 1970s that follows a white former professional basketball player who becomes the coach of a predominantly Black high school team in inner-city Los Angeles.
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E.
The Obsolete Man
"The Obsolete Man" is a classic 1961 episode of the anthology series The Twilight Zone that explores themes of totalitarianism, individual worth, and censorship through the story of a librarian condemned as obsolete by a dystopian state.
- 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 Light That Failed (1939 film) Target entity description: The Light That Failed (1939 film) is a 1939 drama based on Rudyard Kipling’s novel, following a war artist who faces the loss of his sight and career.
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A.
The Dark Eyes of London
The Dark Eyes of London is a 1924 crime novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, centered on a sinister insurance fraud scheme and notorious for its blend of mystery and horror.
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B.
The Light
The Light is a notable work by the rapper Common, showcasing his introspective lyricism and soulful, jazz-influenced hip-hop style.
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C.
Available Light
Available Light is an EP by British singer-songwriter James McCartney, showcasing his melodic rock and acoustic-influenced style.
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D.
The White Shadow
The White Shadow is an American television drama series from the late 1970s that follows a white former professional basketball player who becomes the coach of a predominantly Black high school team in inner-city Los Angeles.
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E.
The Obsolete Man
"The Obsolete Man" is a classic 1961 episode of the anthology series The Twilight Zone that explores themes of totalitarianism, individual worth, and censorship through the story of a librarian condemned as obsolete by a dystopian state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama film
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film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
The Light That Failed
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surface form:
The Light That Failed (novel)
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| basedOn |
The Light That Failed (1939 film)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Light That Failed (novel)
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| basedOnAuthor | Rudyard Kipling ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| follows | a war artist who faces the loss of his sight ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasSetting | wartime ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
art
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disability ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| isAdaptation | yes ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
blindness
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loss of career ⓘ war artist ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | decline of an artist ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Sudan ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1939 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| title | The Light That Failed ⓘ |
| workType | feature film ⓘ |
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 Light That Failed (1939 film) Description of subject: The Light That Failed (1939 film) is a 1939 drama based on Rudyard Kipling’s novel, following a war artist who faces the loss of his sight and career.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Light That Failed (1939 film)
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basedOn
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The Light That Failed (1939 film)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
The Light That Failed (novel)