Providence
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Providence is a 1977 Franco-British fantasy drama film directed by Alain Resnais, acclaimed for its innovative narrative structure and exploration of memory and imagination.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Providence canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7436529 — 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: Providence Context triple: [César Award for Best Film, hasNotableWinner, Providence]
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Providence
Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island, known for its historic architecture, prominent universities, and role as a cultural and economic center in New England.
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Providence
Providence is a small rural town in Saratoga County, New York, known for its forests, lakes, and Adirondack foothills setting.
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C.
Providence
Providence is the divine guidance or care believed to direct human affairs and outcomes according to a higher, benevolent plan.
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D.
Pawtucket
Pawtucket is an industrial city in northeastern Rhode Island known historically as a birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution.
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Hartford (Providence)
Hartford is a neighborhood in the city of Providence, Rhode Island, known as a residential area within Providence County.
- 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: Providence Target entity description: Providence is a 1977 Franco-British fantasy drama film directed by Alain Resnais, acclaimed for its innovative narrative structure and exploration of memory and imagination.
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A.
Providence
Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island, known for its historic architecture, prominent universities, and role as a cultural and economic center in New England.
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B.
Providence
Providence is a small rural town in Saratoga County, New York, known for its forests, lakes, and Adirondack foothills setting.
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C.
Providence
Providence is the divine guidance or care believed to direct human affairs and outcomes according to a higher, benevolent plan.
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D.
Pawtucket
Pawtucket is an industrial city in northeastern Rhode Island known historically as a birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution.
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E.
Hartford (Providence)
Hartford is a neighborhood in the city of Providence, Rhode Island, known as a residential area within Providence County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
César Award for Best Cinematography
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
César Award for Best Director NERFINISHED ⓘ César Award for Best Editing NERFINISHED ⓘ César Award for Best Film NERFINISHED ⓘ César Award for Best Original Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ César Award for Best Production Design NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Ricardo Aronovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| composer | Mikis Theodorakis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Alain Resnais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Gaumont
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Parafrance Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Albert Jurgenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRuntimeMinutes | 110 ⓘ |
| genre |
art film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ |
| hasFilmPosterDesigner | René Ferracci NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme | aging writer confronting mortality ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Clive Langham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterPortrayedBy | John Gielgud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
imagination
ⓘ
memory ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
nonlinear narrative
ⓘ
shifting realities ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of memory and imagination
ⓘ
innovative narrative structure ⓘ |
| originalWorkTitle | Providence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Philippe Dussart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Parafrance Films
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Société Française de Production NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateInFrance | 1977-02-02 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | David Mercer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
David Warner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dirk Bogarde NERFINISHED ⓘ Elaine Stritch NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellen Burstyn NERFINISHED ⓘ John Gielgud 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: Providence Description of subject: Providence is a 1977 Franco-British fantasy drama film directed by Alain Resnais, acclaimed for its innovative narrative structure and exploration of memory and imagination.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.