The Idol
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The Idol is a 2015 Palestinian drama film directed by Hany Abu-Assad that tells the inspirational true story of Gaza singer Mohammed Assaf’s rise to fame on Arab Idol.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Idol canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9997533 — 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 Idol Context triple: [Hany Abu-Assad, notableWork, The Idol]
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A.
The Idol
The Idol is a controversial HBO drama series co-created by Sam Levinson that follows a troubled pop star, played by Lily-Rose Depp, as she becomes entangled with a self-help cult leader in the Los Angeles music industry.
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B.
Idola specus
Idola specus is Francis Bacon’s term for the cognitive biases and distortions that arise from an individual’s personal experiences, education, and temperament.
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C.
Idola Theatri
Idola Theatri is Francis Bacon’s term for the false philosophical systems and dogmas that mislead human understanding like plays on a stage.
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D.
The Eternal Idol
The Eternal Idol is a 1987 heavy metal album by Black Sabbath that marked their first studio release with vocalist Tony Martin and a shift toward a more melodic yet still dark sound.
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E.
De Idololatria
De Idololatria is an early Christian treatise by Tertullian that rigorously examines and condemns various forms of idolatry in the life of believers.
- 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 Idol Target entity description: The Idol is a 2015 Palestinian drama film directed by Hany Abu-Assad that tells the inspirational true story of Gaza singer Mohammed Assaf’s rise to fame on Arab Idol.
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A.
The Idol
The Idol is a controversial HBO drama series co-created by Sam Levinson that follows a troubled pop star, played by Lily-Rose Depp, as she becomes entangled with a self-help cult leader in the Los Angeles music industry.
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B.
Idola specus
Idola specus is Francis Bacon’s term for the cognitive biases and distortions that arise from an individual’s personal experiences, education, and temperament.
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C.
Idola Theatri
Idola Theatri is Francis Bacon’s term for the false philosophical systems and dogmas that mislead human understanding like plays on a stage.
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D.
The Eternal Idol
The Eternal Idol is a 1987 heavy metal album by Black Sabbath that marked their first studio release with vocalist Tony Martin and a shift toward a more melodic yet still dark sound.
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E.
De Idololatria
De Idololatria is an early Christian treatise by Tertullian that rigorously examines and condemns various forms of idolatry in the life of believers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Palestinian film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
life of Mohammed Assaf
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true story ⓘ |
| castMember |
Ahmed Al Rokh
NERFINISHED
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Hiba Attalah NERFINISHED ⓘ Nisreen Faour NERFINISHED ⓘ Tawfeek Barhom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ehab Assal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Palestinian refugee experience
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life under blockade in Gaza ⓘ |
| director | Hany Abu-Assad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Adopt Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Martin Brinkler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
dreams
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inspiration ⓘ music ⓘ overcoming adversity ⓘ perseverance ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Gaza Strip
NERFINISHED
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Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | rise of Mohammed Assaf ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | tt3244512 ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Idol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Mohammed Assaf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hani Abu Hani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
childhood in Gaza
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journey to Arab Idol auditions ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Ya Tayr El Tayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Arab Idol competition
NERFINISHED
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Gaza singer ⓘ |
| producer | Hany Abu-Assad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| screenedAt |
Telluride Film Festival
NERFINISHED
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Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Hany Abu-Assad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Gaza Strip
NERFINISHED
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Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | Arab Idol 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: The Idol Description of subject: The Idol is a 2015 Palestinian drama film directed by Hany Abu-Assad that tells the inspirational true story of Gaza singer Mohammed Assaf’s rise to fame on Arab Idol.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.