O.S.S.
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O.S.S. is a 1946 American World War II spy film directed by Irving Pichel that dramatizes the covert operations of the Office of Strategic Services in Nazi-occupied Europe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| O.S.S. canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7276755 — 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: O.S.S. Context triple: [Irving Pichel, notableWork, O.S.S.]
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A.
Spies
Spies is a German-origin surname most notably associated with August Spies, a prominent 19th-century anarchist and labor activist involved in the Haymarket affair.
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B.
Spies
Spies is a novel by Michael Frayn that explores childhood memory, secrecy, and the blurred line between imagination and reality in wartime England.
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C.
Spies
Spies is a 1928 German silent espionage thriller film directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its intricate plotting, innovative visual style, and influence on the spy genre.
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D.
Operation MI
Operation MI was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s World War II plan to seize Midway Atoll, culminating in the pivotal Battle of Midway in June 1942.
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E.
British Security Coordination
British Security Coordination was a covert British intelligence organization based in New York during World War II that coordinated espionage, propaganda, and security operations across the Western Hemisphere.
- 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: O.S.S. Target entity description: O.S.S. is a 1946 American World War II spy film directed by Irving Pichel that dramatizes the covert operations of the Office of Strategic Services in Nazi-occupied Europe.
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A.
Spies
Spies is a German-origin surname most notably associated with August Spies, a prominent 19th-century anarchist and labor activist involved in the Haymarket affair.
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B.
Spies
Spies is a novel by Michael Frayn that explores childhood memory, secrecy, and the blurred line between imagination and reality in wartime England.
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C.
Spies
Spies is a 1928 German silent espionage thriller film directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its intricate plotting, innovative visual style, and influence on the spy genre.
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D.
Operation MI
Operation MI was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s World War II plan to seize Midway Atoll, culminating in the pivotal Battle of Midway in June 1942.
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E.
British Security Coordination
British Security Coordination was a covert British intelligence organization based in New York during World War II that coordinated espionage, propaganda, and security operations across the Western Hemisphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | activities of the Office of Strategic Services ⓘ |
| castMember |
Alan Ladd
NERFINISHED
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Gavin Muir NERFINISHED ⓘ Geraldine Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hoyt NERFINISHED ⓘ Patric Knowles NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lionel Lindon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts | Office of Strategic Services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Irving Pichel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | William Shea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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spy film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | Approved (Production Code era rating) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
covert operations
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espionage ⓘ |
| musicBy | Daniele Amfitheatrof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | American agents operating behind enemy lines ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portraysOrganization | Office of Strategic Services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Richard Maibaum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1946 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1940s ⓘ |
| runtime | 108 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Burton Wohl
NERFINISHED
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Richard Maibaum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Nazi-occupied Europe
NERFINISHED
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 1940s ⓘ |
| title | O.S.S. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: O.S.S. Description of subject: O.S.S. is a 1946 American World War II spy film directed by Irving Pichel that dramatizes the covert operations of the Office of Strategic Services in Nazi-occupied Europe.
Referenced by (2)
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