The Tunnel
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The Tunnel is a 1935 British science fiction film envisioning the construction of a transatlantic tunnel linking Europe and America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Tunnel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6510273 — 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 Tunnel Context triple: [Maurice Elvey, notableWork, The Tunnel]
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A.
The Tunnel
The Tunnel is a British-French crime drama television series that adapts the Scandinavian show The Bridge, centering on a joint investigation into murders discovered in the Channel Tunnel.
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B.
the Tunnels
The Tunnels are an underground, hidden community beneath New York City where outcasts live in secrecy and form a close-knit, almost mythic society in the TV series "Beauty and the Beast."
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C.
Sun Tunnels
Sun Tunnels is a monumental Land Art installation by Nancy Holt in Utah’s Great Basin Desert, consisting of four massive concrete tubes aligned with the solstices and drilled with star patterns.
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D.
Tar Tunnel
Tar Tunnel is a historic 18th-century industrial tunnel in Ironbridge Gorge, England, known for its natural bitumen seepage and role in the early Industrial Revolution.
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E.
The Caves
The Caves is a rural locality in Central Queensland, Australia, known for its limestone cave systems and proximity to Rockhampton.
- 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 Tunnel Target entity description: The Tunnel is a 1935 British science fiction film envisioning the construction of a transatlantic tunnel linking Europe and America.
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A.
The Tunnel
The Tunnel is a British-French crime drama television series that adapts the Scandinavian show The Bridge, centering on a joint investigation into murders discovered in the Channel Tunnel.
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B.
the Tunnels
The Tunnels are an underground, hidden community beneath New York City where outcasts live in secrecy and form a close-knit, almost mythic society in the TV series "Beauty and the Beast."
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C.
Sun Tunnels
Sun Tunnels is a monumental Land Art installation by Nancy Holt in Utah’s Great Basin Desert, consisting of four massive concrete tubes aligned with the solstices and drilled with star patterns.
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D.
Tar Tunnel
Tar Tunnel is a historic 18th-century industrial tunnel in Ironbridge Gorge, England, known for its natural bitumen seepage and role in the early Industrial Revolution.
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E.
The Caves
The Caves is a rural locality in Central Queensland, Australia, known for its limestone cave systems and proximity to Rockhampton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Transatlantic Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Bernhard Kellermann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Der Tunnel (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Günther Krampf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts | transatlantic tunnel linking Europe and America ⓘ |
| director | Maurice Elvey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Gaumont British Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Charles Frend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStudio | Islington Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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science fiction film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
industrial ambition
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international cooperation ⓘ technological progress ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | construction of a transatlantic tunnel ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hubert Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
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Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | British science fiction cinema ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Balcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Gainsborough Pictures
NERFINISHED
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Gaumont British Picture Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1935-10-03 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 94 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Kurt Siodmak
NERFINISHED
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L. du Garde Peach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | near future ⓘ |
| stars |
C. Aubrey Smith
NERFINISHED
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Frank Cellier NERFINISHED ⓘ Helen Vinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Oscar NERFINISHED ⓘ Leslie Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ Madeleine Carroll NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Dix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Tunnel Description of subject: The Tunnel is a 1935 British science fiction film envisioning the construction of a transatlantic tunnel linking Europe and America.
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