Picnic
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"Picnic" is a 1955 romantic drama film, based on William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, that explores desire and social expectations in a small Kansas town over a Labor Day weekend.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Picnic canonical | 5 |
| Picnic (1955 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10280651 — 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: Picnic Context triple: [William Holden, notableWork, Picnic]
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A.
The Picnic
The Picnic is a vibrant painting by African-American artist Archibald Motley that depicts a lively outdoor social gathering, reflecting his signature focus on Black urban life and culture.
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B.
Banquet
"Banquet" is a song from Joni Mitchell's 1972 album *For the Roses*, reflecting her introspective folk-rock style and lyrical social commentary.
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C.
Banquet
"Banquet" is a breakout indie rock single by British band Bloc Party, known for its angular guitar riffs and energetic post-punk revival sound.
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D.
The Breakfast
The Breakfast is a Rococo painting by French artist François Boucher that depicts an intimate domestic scene of an aristocratic family gathered around a morning meal.
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E.
Fish Fry
"Fish Fry" is a track from Big Black's influential 1987 noise rock album "Songs About Fucking," showcasing the band's abrasive sound and confrontational style.
- 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: Picnic Target entity description: "Picnic" is a 1955 romantic drama film, based on William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, that explores desire and social expectations in a small Kansas town over a Labor Day weekend.
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A.
The Picnic
The Picnic is a vibrant painting by African-American artist Archibald Motley that depicts a lively outdoor social gathering, reflecting his signature focus on Black urban life and culture.
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B.
Banquet
"Banquet" is a song from Joni Mitchell's 1972 album *For the Roses*, reflecting her introspective folk-rock style and lyrical social commentary.
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C.
Banquet
"Banquet" is a breakout indie rock single by British band Bloc Party, known for its angular guitar riffs and energetic post-punk revival sound.
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D.
The Breakfast
The Breakfast is a Rococo painting by French artist François Boucher that depicts an intimate domestic scene of an aristocratic family gathered around a morning meal.
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E.
Fish Fry
"Fish Fry" is a track from Big Black's influential 1987 noise rock album "Songs About Fucking," showcasing the band's abrasive sound and confrontational style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| author | William Inge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Color
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Picnic (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | James Wong Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Joshua Logan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | North America ⓘ |
| editedBy | Charles Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
desire
ⓘ
small-town life ⓘ social expectations ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alan Benson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hal Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ Madge Owens NERFINISHED ⓘ Millie Owens NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosemary Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | George Duning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Director
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Fred Kohlmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1955-11-18 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 115 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Daniel Taradash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| settingLocation | Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | Labor Day weekend ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Arthur O'Connell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Betty Field NERFINISHED ⓘ Cliff Robertson NERFINISHED ⓘ Kim Novak NERFINISHED ⓘ Rettig Nick NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosalind Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Strasberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Verna Felton NERFINISHED ⓘ William Holden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Picnic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Picnic Description of subject: "Picnic" is a 1955 romantic drama film, based on William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, that explores desire and social expectations in a small Kansas town over a Labor Day weekend.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Picnic (1955 film)