The Dead
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"The Dead" is a 1987 drama film directed by John Huston, adapted from James Joyce’s short story, and widely regarded as one of his most poignant and acclaimed final works.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Dead canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8436488 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Dead Context triple: [Anjelica Huston, notableWork, The Dead]
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A.
The Dead
The Dead was a post-Jerry Garcia incarnation of the Grateful Dead, featuring surviving members of the band performing their classic repertoire in the 2000s.
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B.
The Dead
"The Dead" is a World War I poem by English poet Rupert Brooke that idealizes the noble sacrifice of fallen soldiers.
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C.
The Glorious Dead
"The Glorious Dead" is a solemn commemorative phrase honoring those who lost their lives in war, famously inscribed on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
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D.
The Dead and the Living
The Dead and the Living is a critically acclaimed poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, violence, and mortality in vivid, confessional verse.
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E.
The Dirge
The Dirge is a somber, introspective section of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety,” reflecting the work’s themes of spiritual crisis and postwar disillusionment.
- 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 Dead Target entity description: "The Dead" is a 1987 drama film directed by John Huston, adapted from James Joyce’s short story, and widely regarded as one of his most poignant and acclaimed final works.
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A.
The Dead
The Dead was a post-Jerry Garcia incarnation of the Grateful Dead, featuring surviving members of the band performing their classic repertoire in the 2000s.
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B.
The Dead
"The Dead" is a World War I poem by English poet Rupert Brooke that idealizes the noble sacrifice of fallen soldiers.
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C.
The Glorious Dead
"The Glorious Dead" is a solemn commemorative phrase honoring those who lost their lives in war, famously inscribed on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
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D.
The Dead and the Living
The Dead and the Living is a critically acclaimed poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, violence, and mortality in vivid, confessional verse.
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E.
The Dirge
The Dirge is a somber, introspective section of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety,” reflecting the work’s themes of spiritual crisis and postwar disillusionment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| academyAwardNominationYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Dead (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Fred Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ireland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| director | John Huston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Vestron Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Roberto Silvi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Dublin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Interiors shot in a studio in London ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
period drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Irish identity
ⓘ
epiphany ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Gabriel Conroy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gretta Conroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alex North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | a Dublin dinner party on Epiphany ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being John Huston’s final film as a director
ⓘ
critical acclaim ⓘ faithful adaptation of James Joyce’s short story ⓘ |
| producer |
Chris Sievernich
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wieland Schulz-Keil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Vestron Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1987-12-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 83 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Tony Huston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCity | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| setInYear | 1904 ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Anjelica Huston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cathleen Delany NERFINISHED ⓘ Dan O’Herlihy NERFINISHED ⓘ Donal Donnelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Donal McCann NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Patterson NERFINISHED ⓘ Helena Carroll NERFINISHED ⓘ Ingrid Craigie NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Dowling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Dead Description of subject: "The Dead" is a 1987 drama film directed by John Huston, adapted from James Joyce’s short story, and widely regarded as one of his most poignant and acclaimed final works.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.