The China Syndrome
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The China Syndrome is a 1979 American thriller film about a near-disastrous nuclear power plant accident, noted for its tense realism and timely commentary on nuclear safety.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The China Syndrome canonical | 28 |
| The China Syndrome universe | 3 |
| The China Syndrome (screenplay) | 1 |
| The China Syndrome novelization | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2217848 — 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 China Syndrome Context triple: [Jack Lemmon, notableWork, The China Syndrome]
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A.
Los Alamos Primer
Los Alamos Primer is a series of introductory lectures delivered in 1943 that outlined the fundamental physics and design concepts behind the first atomic bombs for scientists at the Los Alamos Laboratory.
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B.
Capricorn One
Capricorn One is a 1978 conspiracy thriller film about a faked Mars landing, directed by Peter Hyams and known for its suspenseful plot and commentary on government deception.
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C.
Backdraft
Backdraft is a 1991 action-thriller film about Chicago firefighters, directed by Ron Howard and known for its intense fire sequences and exploration of arson investigations.
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D.
Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May is a 1964 political thriller film about an attempted military coup in the United States, based on the novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II.
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E.
The Andromeda Strain
The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism and the scientific team racing to contain it.
- 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 China Syndrome Target entity description: The China Syndrome is a 1979 American thriller film about a near-disastrous nuclear power plant accident, noted for its tense realism and timely commentary on nuclear safety.
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A.
Los Alamos Primer
Los Alamos Primer is a series of introductory lectures delivered in 1943 that outlined the fundamental physics and design concepts behind the first atomic bombs for scientists at the Los Alamos Laboratory.
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B.
Capricorn One
Capricorn One is a 1978 conspiracy thriller film about a faked Mars landing, directed by Peter Hyams and known for its suspenseful plot and commentary on government deception.
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C.
Backdraft
Backdraft is a 1991 action-thriller film about Chicago firefighters, directed by Ron Howard and known for its intense fire sequences and exploration of arson investigations.
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D.
Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May is a 1964 political thriller film about an attempted military coup in the United States, based on the novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II.
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E.
The Andromeda Strain
The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism and the scientific team racing to contain it.
- 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 China Syndrome Description of subject: The China Syndrome is a 1979 American thriller film about a near-disastrous nuclear power plant accident, noted for its tense realism and timely commentary on nuclear safety.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Theme from "China Syndrome" [songwriter/performer]
subject linked to:
Theme from "China Syndrome" [songwriter/performer]
subject linked to:
Theme from "China Syndrome" [songwriter/performer]