Sands of Iwo Jima
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Sands of Iwo Jima is a 1949 World War II drama film starring John Wayne as a tough Marine sergeant training recruits for the pivotal Battle of Iwo Jima.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sands of Iwo Jima canonical | 23 |
| The Sands of Iwo Jima | 2 |
| Sands of Iwo Jima (1949 film) | 1 |
| Sands of Iwo Jima universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1287812 — 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: Sands of Iwo Jima Context triple: [Allan Dwan, notableWork, Sands of Iwo Jima]
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Letters from Iwo Jima
Letters from Iwo Jima is a 2006 war film directed by Clint Eastwood that depicts the Battle of Iwo Jima from the Japanese perspective, focusing on the experiences of General Tadamichi Kuribayashi and his soldiers.
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B.
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima is a small volcanic island in the western Pacific Ocean, historically significant as the site of a major World War II battle between the United States and Japan.
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Battle off Samar
The Battle off Samar was a dramatic World War II naval engagement in October 1944 in which a small, outgunned U.S. escort carrier task unit unexpectedly fought off a much larger Japanese surface fleet near the Philippines.
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Kita Iwo Jima
Kita Iwo Jima is a remote, uninhabited volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean that forms part of Japan’s Ogasawara (Bonin) archipelago.
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E.
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora! is the famous coded Japanese radio signal sent by air commander Mitsuo Fuchida to indicate complete surprise had been achieved during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
- 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: Sands of Iwo Jima Target entity description: Sands of Iwo Jima is a 1949 World War II drama film starring John Wayne as a tough Marine sergeant training recruits for the pivotal Battle of Iwo Jima.
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A.
Letters from Iwo Jima
Letters from Iwo Jima is a 2006 war film directed by Clint Eastwood that depicts the Battle of Iwo Jima from the Japanese perspective, focusing on the experiences of General Tadamichi Kuribayashi and his soldiers.
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B.
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima is a small volcanic island in the western Pacific Ocean, historically significant as the site of a major World War II battle between the United States and Japan.
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C.
Battle off Samar
The Battle off Samar was a dramatic World War II naval engagement in October 1944 in which a small, outgunned U.S. escort carrier task unit unexpectedly fought off a much larger Japanese surface fleet near the Philippines.
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D.
Kita Iwo Jima
Kita Iwo Jima is a remote, uninhabited volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean that forms part of Japan’s Ogasawara (Bonin) archipelago.
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E.
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora! is the famous coded Japanese radio signal sent by air commander Mitsuo Fuchida to indicate complete surprise had been achieved during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sands of Iwo Jima Description of subject: Sands of Iwo Jima is a 1949 World War II drama film starring John Wayne as a tough Marine sergeant training recruits for the pivotal Battle of Iwo Jima.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sands of Iwo Jima
linked to: Sands of Iwo Jima
linked to: Sands of Iwo Jima
subject linked to:
Sgt. John M. Stryker – John Wayne
subject linked to:
Sgt. John M. Stryker – John Wayne
subject linked to:
Sgt. John M. Stryker – John Wayne
linked to: Sands of Iwo Jima