Desperate
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Desperate is a 1947 American film noir crime drama directed by Anthony Mann and starring Steve Brodie as a truck driver ensnared in a deadly conflict with gangsters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Desperate canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21727946 — 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: Desperate Context triple: [Steve Brodie, notableWork, Desperate]
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A.
Desperation
Desperation is a horror novel by Stephen King that follows a group of travelers trapped in a remote Nevada mining town terrorized by a malevolent supernatural force.
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B.
Despair
Despair is one of the seven Endless in Neil Gaiman’s "The Sandman" universe, embodying and personifying the concept of hopelessness and emotional anguish.
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C.
Despair
Despair is a 1978 psychological drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, adapted from Vladimir Nabokov’s novel, in which Dirk Bogarde plays a man descending into madness and identity confusion in 1930s Germany.
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D.
Desperate Things
"Desperate Things" is a song by The Killers from their concept album Pressure Machine, known for its dark, narrative-driven lyrics and atmospheric, small-town storytelling.
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E.
Frantic
Frantic is a 1988 neo-noir thriller film directed by Roman Polanski, starring Harrison Ford as an American doctor searching for his missing wife in Paris.
- 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: Desperate Target entity description: Desperate is a 1947 American film noir crime drama directed by Anthony Mann and starring Steve Brodie as a truck driver ensnared in a deadly conflict with gangsters.
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A.
Desperation
Desperation is a horror novel by Stephen King that follows a group of travelers trapped in a remote Nevada mining town terrorized by a malevolent supernatural force.
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B.
Despair
Despair is one of the seven Endless in Neil Gaiman’s "The Sandman" universe, embodying and personifying the concept of hopelessness and emotional anguish.
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C.
Despair
Despair is a 1978 psychological drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, adapted from Vladimir Nabokov’s novel, in which Dirk Bogarde plays a man descending into madness and identity confusion in 1930s Germany.
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D.
Desperate Things
"Desperate Things" is a song by The Killers from their concept album Pressure Machine, known for its dark, narrative-driven lyrics and atmospheric, small-town storytelling.
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E.
Frantic
Frantic is a 1988 neo-noir thriller film directed by Roman Polanski, starring Harrison Ford as an American doctor searching for his missing wife in Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.