The Onion Field
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The Onion Field is a 1979 crime drama film based on Joseph Wambaugh’s true-crime book about a real-life kidnapping and murder of a Los Angeles police officer.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Onion Field canonical | 7 |
| The Onion Field (film) | 5 |
| The Onion Field (1979 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2169728 — 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 Onion Field Context triple: [James Woods, notableWork, The Onion Field]
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A.
Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust is a 1949 film adaptation of William Faulkner’s novel, notable as a socially conscious crime drama addressing racism in the American South.
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B.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
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C.
The Happy Hunting-Grounds
The Happy Hunting-Grounds is a travel and adventure book by Kermit Roosevelt recounting his experiences and observations during expeditions in the American West.
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D.
Thunderbolt, Georgia
Thunderbolt, Georgia is a small coastal town in Chatham County known for its historic shrimping industry and location along the Wilmington River just east of Savannah.
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E.
No One Writes to the Colonel
No One Writes to the Colonel is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays an aging, impoverished colonel’s quiet hope and dignity as he waits in vain for a long-promised government pension.
- 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 Onion Field Target entity description: The Onion Field is a 1979 crime drama film based on Joseph Wambaugh’s true-crime book about a real-life kidnapping and murder of a Los Angeles police officer.
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A.
Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust is a 1949 film adaptation of William Faulkner’s novel, notable as a socially conscious crime drama addressing racism in the American South.
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B.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
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C.
The Happy Hunting-Grounds
The Happy Hunting-Grounds is a travel and adventure book by Kermit Roosevelt recounting his experiences and observations during expeditions in the American West.
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D.
Thunderbolt, Georgia
Thunderbolt, Georgia is a small coastal town in Chatham County known for its historic shrimping industry and location along the Wilmington River just east of Savannah.
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E.
No One Writes to the Colonel
No One Writes to the Colonel is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays an aging, impoverished colonel’s quiet hope and dignity as he waits in vain for a long-promised government pension.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
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
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Input
Subject: The Onion Field Description of subject: The Onion Field is a 1979 crime drama film based on Joseph Wambaugh’s true-crime book about a real-life kidnapping and murder of a Los Angeles police officer.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Onion Field (book)
linked to: The Onion Field
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linked to: The Onion Field
linked to: The Onion Field
linked to: The Onion Field
subject linked to:
Ian Campbell
linked to: The Onion Field