China Clipper
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"China Clipper" is a 1936 aviation-themed drama film, co-written by former naval aviator and screenwriter Frank Wead, that dramatizes the early days of commercial transoceanic flight.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| China Clipper canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10243045 — 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: China Clipper Context triple: [Frank Wead, notableWork, China Clipper]
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A.
Airbus Voyager
Airbus Voyager is a military air-to-air refuelling and transport aircraft used primarily by the Royal Air Force, based on the Airbus A330 platform.
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B.
Mitsubishi CRJ700
The Mitsubishi CRJ700 is a regional jet airliner designed for short- to medium-haul routes, commonly used by regional carriers around the world.
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C.
Boeing 777X
The Boeing 777X is Boeing’s latest generation long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner, featuring new composite wings with folding wingtips and upgraded engines for improved efficiency and capacity.
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D.
Boeing C-40
The Boeing C-40 is a military transport and executive transport aircraft derived from the Boeing 737 airliner and used by the U.S. Air Force for personnel and VIP airlift missions.
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E.
Altior
Altior is a celebrated British National Hunt racehorse renowned for his exceptional unbeaten streak over fences and multiple Grade 1 victories.
- 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: China Clipper Target entity description: "China Clipper" is a 1936 aviation-themed drama film, co-written by former naval aviator and screenwriter Frank Wead, that dramatizes the early days of commercial transoceanic flight.
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A.
Airbus Voyager
Airbus Voyager is a military air-to-air refuelling and transport aircraft used primarily by the Royal Air Force, based on the Airbus A330 platform.
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B.
Mitsubishi CRJ700
The Mitsubishi CRJ700 is a regional jet airliner designed for short- to medium-haul routes, commonly used by regional carriers around the world.
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C.
Boeing 777X
The Boeing 777X is Boeing’s latest generation long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner, featuring new composite wings with folding wingtips and upgraded engines for improved efficiency and capacity.
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D.
Boeing C-40
The Boeing C-40 is a military transport and executive transport aircraft derived from the Boeing 737 airliner and used by the U.S. Air Force for personnel and VIP airlift missions.
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E.
Altior
Altior is a celebrated British National Hunt racehorse renowned for his exceptional unbeaten streak over fences and multiple Grade 1 victories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aviation film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | early days of commercial transoceanic flight ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematography | Arthur L. Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
airline entrepreneurship
ⓘ
development of commercial air routes ⓘ |
| director | Ray Enright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| editedBy | Clarence Kolster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresAircraftType | flying boat ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | live-action ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
ⓘ
aviation film ⓘ drama ⓘ |
| hasTitle | China Clipper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
commercial aviation
ⓘ
transoceanic flight ⓘ |
| motionPictureRatingSystem | pre-MPAA modern ratings era ⓘ |
| musicBy | Leo F. Forbstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | ambitious airline founder ⓘ |
| notableFor | dramatization of early commercial transoceanic flight ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Bischoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1936 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 89 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Frank Wead
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norman Reilly Raine NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Buckingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Beverly Roberts
NERFINISHED
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Henry B. Walthall NERFINISHED ⓘ Humphrey Bogart NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Crehan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat O'Brien NERFINISHED ⓘ Ross Alexander 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: China Clipper Description of subject: "China Clipper" is a 1936 aviation-themed drama film, co-written by former naval aviator and screenwriter Frank Wead, that dramatizes the early days of commercial transoceanic flight.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.