The Big Sleep
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The Big Sleep is a classic 1946 film noir mystery, directed by Howard Hawks and based on Raymond Chandler’s novel, renowned for its complex plot and iconic performances by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Big Sleep canonical | 24 |
| The Big Sleep (1946 film) | 17 |
| The Big Sleep (1969 film) | 1 |
| The Big Sleep (1978 film) | 1 |
| The Big Sleep (novel) | 1 |
| The Big Sleep (screenplay) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T725060 — 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 Big Sleep Context triple: [Humphrey Bogart, notableWork, The Big Sleep]
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A.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon is a classic 1941 film noir, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart as private detective Sam Spade, widely regarded as a landmark of the genre.
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B.
Death in the Afternoon
Death in the Afternoon is Ernest Hemingway’s non-fiction book exploring the culture, technique, and philosophy of Spanish bullfighting, noted for its detailed reportage and meditations on courage and death.
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C.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic 1946 American film noir crime drama, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder that spirals into betrayal and tragedy.
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D.
The Cairo Gang
The Cairo Gang is an indie rock project led by American musician Emmett Kelly, known for its atmospheric, folk-influenced sound and collaborations with artists like Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
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E.
The Skin Game
The Skin Game is a 1920 play by English writer John Galsworthy that explores class conflict and moral compromise through a bitter feud between an old aristocratic family and a nouveau riche industrialist.
- 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 Big Sleep Target entity description: The Big Sleep is a classic 1946 film noir mystery, directed by Howard Hawks and based on Raymond Chandler’s novel, renowned for its complex plot and iconic performances by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
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A.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon is a classic 1941 film noir, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart as private detective Sam Spade, widely regarded as a landmark of the genre.
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B.
Death in the Afternoon
Death in the Afternoon is Ernest Hemingway’s non-fiction book exploring the culture, technique, and philosophy of Spanish bullfighting, noted for its detailed reportage and meditations on courage and death.
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C.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic 1946 American film noir crime drama, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder that spirals into betrayal and tragedy.
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D.
The Cairo Gang
The Cairo Gang is an indie rock project led by American musician Emmett Kelly, known for its atmospheric, folk-influenced sound and collaborations with artists like Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
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E.
The Skin Game
The Skin Game is a 1920 play by English writer John Galsworthy that explores class conflict and moral compromise through a bitter feud between an old aristocratic family and a nouveau riche industrialist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
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 Big Sleep Description of subject: The Big Sleep is a classic 1946 film noir mystery, directed by Howard Hawks and based on Raymond Chandler’s novel, renowned for its complex plot and iconic performances by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
Referenced by (45)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (novel)
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (1978 film)
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Howard Hawks
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
subject surface form:
Jules Furthman
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (screenplay)
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (1969 film)
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Betty Joan Perske
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
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The Big Sleep (1946 film)
this entity surface form:
The Big Sleep (1946 film)
subject surface form:
Humphrey Bogart
this entity surface form:
The Big Sleep (1946 film)