To Catch a Thief
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To Catch a Thief is a 1955 romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant as a retired cat burglar suspected of returning to his old ways on the French Riviera.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| To Catch a Thief canonical | 16 |
| Bertani in To Catch a Thief | 1 |
| To Catch a Thief (cast of characters) | 1 |
| To Catch a Thief (novel) | 1 |
| film "To Catch a Thief" by Alfred Hitchcock | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T774852 — 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: To Catch a Thief Context triple: [Cary Grant, notableWork, To Catch a Thief]
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A.
From Russia, with Love
From Russia, with Love is a 1957 James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming, widely regarded as one of the most acclaimed and influential books in the series.
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B.
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Thomas Crown Affair is a stylish 1968 heist film starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, renowned for its sophisticated cat-and-mouse romance and innovative split-screen visuals.
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C.
North by Northwest
North by Northwest is a classic 1959 Alfred Hitchcock thriller film known for its suspenseful mistaken-identity plot and iconic set pieces, including the crop-duster attack and Mount Rushmore climax.
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D.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is a James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming that follows 007's battle against Blofeld and his deepening relationship with Tracy di Vicenzo, culminating in one of the series’ most tragic endings.
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E.
Key Largo
Key Largo is the northernmost and one of the largest islands in the Florida Keys, known for its coral reefs, diving, and marine conservation areas such as John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.
- 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: To Catch a Thief Target entity description: To Catch a Thief is a 1955 romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant as a retired cat burglar suspected of returning to his old ways on the French Riviera.
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A.
From Russia, with Love
From Russia, with Love is a 1957 James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming, widely regarded as one of the most acclaimed and influential books in the series.
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B.
The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps is a classic 1935 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, renowned for its blend of suspense, humor, and the “wrong man” chase narrative that became a hallmark of his style.
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C.
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Thomas Crown Affair is a stylish 1968 heist film starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, renowned for its sophisticated cat-and-mouse romance and innovative split-screen visuals.
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D.
North by Northwest
North by Northwest is a classic 1959 Alfred Hitchcock thriller film known for its suspenseful mistaken-identity plot and iconic set pieces, including the crop-duster attack and Mount Rushmore climax.
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E.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is a James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming that follows 007's battle against Blofeld and his deepening relationship with Tracy di Vicenzo, culminating in one of the series’ most tragic endings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: To Catch a Thief Description of subject: To Catch a Thief is a 1955 romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant as a retired cat burglar suspected of returning to his old ways on the French Riviera.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
To Catch a Thief (novel)
this entity surface form:
To Catch a Thief (cast of characters)
this entity surface form:
Bertani in To Catch a Thief
this entity surface form:
film "To Catch a Thief" by Alfred Hitchcock