The Human Factor
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The Human Factor is a biographical sports drama film about Nelson Mandela’s use of rugby to help unite post-apartheid South Africa, adapted from John Carlin’s book "Playing the Enemy."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Human Factor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11422129 — 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 Human Factor Context triple: [Anthony Peckham, wroteScreenplayFor, The Human Factor]
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A.
The Human Edge
The Human Edge is a painting by American abstract expressionist Helen Frankenthaler, known for her innovative color field techniques and lyrical, stain-based compositions.
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B.
More Than Human
More Than Human is a classic 1953 science fiction novel by Theodore Sturgeon that explores the emergence of a gestalt superhuman formed from several misfit individuals with extraordinary abilities.
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C.
The Human Kind
The Human Kind is a 1953 collection of World War II short stories by British author Alexander Baron, drawing on his own combat experiences to depict the lives of ordinary soldiers.
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D.
The Factor
The Factor is the shortened title of the long-running Fox News political talk show hosted by Bill O’Reilly, known for its conservative commentary and combative interview style.
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E.
The Perfect Human
The Perfect Human is the nickname of Swedish former NHL defenseman Nicklas Lidström, renowned for his exceptional skill, consistency, and sportsmanship with the Detroit Red Wings.
- 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 Human Factor Target entity description: The Human Factor is a biographical sports drama film about Nelson Mandela’s use of rugby to help unite post-apartheid South Africa, adapted from John Carlin’s book "Playing the Enemy."
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A.
The Human Edge
The Human Edge is a painting by American abstract expressionist Helen Frankenthaler, known for her innovative color field techniques and lyrical, stain-based compositions.
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B.
More Than Human
More Than Human is a classic 1953 science fiction novel by Theodore Sturgeon that explores the emergence of a gestalt superhuman formed from several misfit individuals with extraordinary abilities.
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C.
The Human Kind
The Human Kind is a 1953 collection of World War II short stories by British author Alexander Baron, drawing on his own combat experiences to depict the lives of ordinary soldiers.
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D.
The Factor
The Factor is the shortened title of the long-running Fox News political talk show hosted by Bill O’Reilly, known for its conservative commentary and combative interview style.
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E.
The Perfect Human
The Perfect Human is the nickname of Swedish former NHL defenseman Nicklas Lidström, renowned for his exceptional skill, consistency, and sportsmanship with the Detroit Red Wings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical film
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film ⓘ sports drama film ⓘ |
| about |
leadership of Nelson Mandela
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nation building ⓘ politics and sport ⓘ racial reconciliation ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Playing the Enemy
NERFINISHED
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book by John Carlin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
post-apartheid reconciliation in South Africa
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rugby union ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
biographical film
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drama film ⓘ sports film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
forgiveness
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overcoming apartheid legacy ⓘ unity through sport ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Nelson Mandela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Nelson Mandela’s use of rugby to promote national unity
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post-apartheid South Africa ⓘ |
| portrays |
1990s South Africa
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Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa ⓘ South African national rugby team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post-apartheid era ⓘ |
| workAuthorOfSource | John Carlin 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: The Human Factor Description of subject: The Human Factor is a biographical sports drama film about Nelson Mandela’s use of rugby to help unite post-apartheid South Africa, adapted from John Carlin’s book "Playing the Enemy."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.