Island in the Sun
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"Island in the Sun" is a 1957 drama film set in the Caribbean that explores interracial romance and social tensions, starring Joan Fontaine, Harry Belafonte, and James Mason.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Island in the Sun canonical | 3 |
| Island in the Sun (1957 film) | 1 |
| Island in the Sun (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6711780 — 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: Island in the Sun Context triple: [Joan Fontaine, notableWork, Island in the Sun]
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A.
Island in the Sun
"Island in the Sun" is a 1957 calypso-style song by Harry Belafonte that became one of his signature hits and is closely associated with Caribbean themes and imagery.
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B.
Island in the Sun
"Island in the Sun" is a mellow, melodic pop-rock song by Weezer that became one of the band's most popular and enduring hits.
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C.
Sunny Sands
Sunny Sands is a popular sandy beach in Folkestone, Kent, known for its family-friendly atmosphere and traditional seaside charm.
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D.
The Island of Love
The Island of Love is a mythical, enchanted paradise in Luís de Camões' epic poem "Os Lusíadas," where the Portuguese sailors are rewarded with love and rest after their voyages.
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E.
Morning in the Tropics
Morning in the Tropics is a luminous 19th-century landscape painting by Frederic Edwin Church that depicts a richly detailed, atmospheric tropical sunrise.
- 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: Island in the Sun Target entity description: "Island in the Sun" is a 1957 drama film set in the Caribbean that explores interracial romance and social tensions, starring Joan Fontaine, Harry Belafonte, and James Mason.
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A.
Island in the Sun
"Island in the Sun" is a 1957 calypso-style song by Harry Belafonte that became one of his signature hits and is closely associated with Caribbean themes and imagery.
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B.
Island in the Sun
"Island in the Sun" is a mellow, melodic pop-rock song by Weezer that became one of the band's most popular and enduring hits.
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C.
Sunny Sands
Sunny Sands is a popular sandy beach in Folkestone, Kent, known for its family-friendly atmosphere and traditional seaside charm.
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D.
The Island of Love
The Island of Love is a mythical, enchanted paradise in Luís de Camões' epic poem "Os Lusíadas," where the Portuguese sailors are rewarded with love and rest after their voyages.
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E.
Morning in the Tropics
Morning in the Tropics is a luminous 19th-century landscape painting by Frederic Edwin Church that depicts a richly detailed, atmospheric tropical sunrise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| aspectOf | Hollywood films about race relations ⓘ |
| basedOn | Island in the Sun (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Alec Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Freddie Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Color by DeLuxe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Robert Rossen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | David Weisbart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Barbados
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grenada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Dorothy Dandridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry Belafonte NERFINISHED ⓘ James Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Fontaine NERFINISHED ⓘ John Justin NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Rennie NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Owens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleSong | Island in the Sun (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
interracial romance
ⓘ
racism ⓘ social tensions ⓘ |
| musicBy | Malcolm Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | early depiction of interracial relationships in mainstream American cinema ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | 1950s American drama films ⓘ |
| producer | Darryl F. Zanuck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1957 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| runtime | 119 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Robert Rossen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Caribbean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fictional island of Santa Marta ⓘ |
| starring |
Dorothy Dandridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry Belafonte NERFINISHED ⓘ James Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Fontaine NERFINISHED ⓘ John Justin NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Rennie NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Owens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleSongPerformer | Harry Belafonte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Island in the Sun Description of subject: "Island in the Sun" is a 1957 drama film set in the Caribbean that explores interracial romance and social tensions, starring Joan Fontaine, Harry Belafonte, and James Mason.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Island in the Sun (1957 film)
this entity surface form:
Island in the Sun (film)