And the Band Played On
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"And the Band Played On" is a 1993 HBO docudrama film about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, adapted from Randy Shilts's non-fiction book of the same name.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| And the Band Played On canonical | 8 |
| And the Band Played On (book) | 2 |
| And the Band Played On (1993 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2152076 — 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: And the Band Played On Context triple: [Matthew Modine, notableWork, And the Band Played On]
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A.
Awakenings
Awakenings is a 1990 drama film, based on Oliver Sacks' memoir and starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, about catatonic patients temporarily revived by a new drug.
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B.
State of Denial
State of Denial is a nonfiction book by journalist Bob Woodward that critically examines the Bush administration’s handling of the Iraq War and the broader war on terror.
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C.
The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart is a landmark 1985 play by Larry Kramer that dramatizes the early years of the AIDS crisis in New York City and the activism it sparked.
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D.
Frontline
Frontline is a long-running American investigative documentary series known for its in-depth reporting and analysis of major social, political, and global issues, produced and broadcast by PBS.
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E.
Another Country
Another Country is a 1962 novel by James Baldwin that explores race, sexuality, and complex human relationships in mid-20th-century America.
- 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: And the Band Played On Target entity description: "And the Band Played On" is a 1993 HBO docudrama film about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, adapted from Randy Shilts's non-fiction book of the same name.
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A.
Awakenings
Awakenings is a 1990 drama film, based on Oliver Sacks' memoir and starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, about catatonic patients temporarily revived by a new drug.
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B.
State of Denial
State of Denial is a nonfiction book by journalist Bob Woodward that critically examines the Bush administration’s handling of the Iraq War and the broader war on terror.
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C.
The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart is a landmark 1985 play by Larry Kramer that dramatizes the early years of the AIDS crisis in New York City and the activism it sparked.
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D.
Frontline
Frontline is a long-running American investigative documentary series known for its in-depth reporting and analysis of major social, political, and global issues, produced and broadcast by PBS.
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E.
Another Country
Another Country is a 1962 novel by James Baldwin that explores race, sexuality, and complex human relationships in mid-20th-century America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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: And the Band Played On Description of subject: "And the Band Played On" is a 1993 HBO docudrama film about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, adapted from Randy Shilts's non-fiction book of the same name.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Matthew Modine
this entity surface form:
And the Band Played On (book)
subject surface form:
Dr. Don Francis (And the Band Played On)
this entity surface form:
And the Band Played On (book)
subject surface form:
Dr. Don Francis (And the Band Played On)
this entity surface form:
And the Band Played On (1993 film)