To Fly or Not to Fly
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"To Fly or Not to Fly" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series *The Life of Birds* that explores how and why flight evolved in birds and why some species have lost the ability to fly.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| To Fly or Not to Fly canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T971928 — 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 Fly or Not to Fly Context triple: [The Life of Birds, hasEpisode, To Fly or Not to Fly]
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A.
How It Feels to Fly
"How It Feels to Fly" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys featured on her 2009 album *The Element of Freedom*.
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B.
FlyAway
FlyAway is a shuttle bus service that provides direct transportation between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and various locations in the Los Angeles area.
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C.
Flight
Flight is a 2012 American drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis, centered on an airline pilot whose heroic emergency landing leads to a harrowing investigation into his personal struggles with addiction.
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D.
Flightplan
Flightplan is a 2005 psychological thriller film starring Jodie Foster as a mother whose daughter mysteriously disappears during a transatlantic flight.
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E.
Learning to Fly
"Learning to Fly" is a 1991 rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, known for its reflective lyrics and enduring popularity as one of Petty's signature tracks.
- 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 Fly or Not to Fly Target entity description: "To Fly or Not to Fly" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series *The Life of Birds* that explores how and why flight evolved in birds and why some species have lost the ability to fly.
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A.
How It Feels to Fly
"How It Feels to Fly" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys featured on her 2009 album *The Element of Freedom*.
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B.
FlyAway
FlyAway is a shuttle bus service that provides direct transportation between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and various locations in the Los Angeles area.
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C.
Flight
Flight is a 2012 American drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis, centered on an airline pilot whose heroic emergency landing leads to a harrowing investigation into his personal struggles with addiction.
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D.
Flightplan
Flightplan is a 2005 psychological thriller film starring Jodie Foster as a mother whose daughter mysteriously disappears during a transatlantic flight.
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E.
Learning to Fly
"Learning to Fly" is a 1991 rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, known for its reflective lyrics and enduring popularity as one of Petty's signature tracks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary television episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| basedInFranchise |
The Life collection (David Attenborough documentaries)
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linked to:
David Attenborough’s Life series
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| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresTopic |
adaptations for powered flight
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bird anatomy related to flight ⓘ ecological reasons for flightlessness ⓘ energetic costs of flight ⓘ evolution of flight in birds ⓘ flightless birds ⓘ loss of flight in birds ⓘ |
| genre | nature documentary ⓘ |
| hasMedium | television ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrator | David Attenborough ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC ⓘ |
| partOf | The Life of Birds ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | BBC natural history television ⓘ |
| presenter | David Attenborough ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC Natural History Unit ⓘ |
| seriesCreator | David Attenborough ⓘ |
| subject |
animal behavior
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avian evolution ⓘ birds ⓘ |
| title | To Fly or Not to Fly ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: To Fly or Not to Fly Description of subject: "To Fly or Not to Fly" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series *The Life of Birds* that explores how and why flight evolved in birds and why some species have lost the ability to fly.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.