Amistad
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Amistad is a 1997 historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg that depicts the true story of a revolt by enslaved Africans aboard the Spanish ship La Amistad and the subsequent legal battle in the United States.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amistad canonical | 21 |
| La Amistad | 4 |
| film Amistad | 2 |
| 1997 film "Amistad" | 1 |
| Amistad (1997 film) | 1 |
| La Amistad case | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1583189 — 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: Amistad Context triple: [Morgan Freeman, notableWork, Amistad]
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A.
Glory
"Glory" is an Academy Award–winning civil rights anthem by John Legend and Common, written for the 2014 film *Selma* and celebrated for its powerful commentary on racial justice.
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B.
Cry Freedom
Cry Freedom is a 1987 anti-apartheid drama film directed by Richard Attenborough that portrays the life and activism of South African leader Steve Biko and his friendship with journalist Donald Woods.
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C.
Selma
Selma is a small agricultural city in California’s San Joaquin Valley, known for its raisin production and location within Fresno County.
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D.
Selma
Selma is a historic city in central Alabama best known as a key site of the American civil rights movement, particularly the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery marches.
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E.
Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty is a classic 1935 adventure drama film depicting the famous 18th-century naval mutiny aboard the HMS Bounty, widely known for its performances and enduring impact on seafaring cinema.
- 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: Amistad Target entity description: Amistad is a 1997 historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg that depicts the true story of a revolt by enslaved Africans aboard the Spanish ship La Amistad and the subsequent legal battle in the United States.
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A.
Glory
"Glory" is an Academy Award–winning civil rights anthem by John Legend and Common, written for the 2014 film *Selma* and celebrated for its powerful commentary on racial justice.
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B.
Cry Freedom
Cry Freedom is a 1987 anti-apartheid drama film directed by Richard Attenborough that portrays the life and activism of South African leader Steve Biko and his friendship with journalist Donald Woods.
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C.
Selma
Selma is a small agricultural city in California’s San Joaquin Valley, known for its raisin production and location within Fresno County.
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D.
Selma
Selma is a historic city in central Alabama best known as a key site of the American civil rights movement, particularly the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery marches.
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E.
Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty is a classic 1935 adventure drama film depicting the famous 18th-century naval mutiny aboard the HMS Bounty, widely known for its performances and enduring impact on seafaring cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
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: Amistad Description of subject: Amistad is a 1997 historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg that depicts the true story of a revolt by enslaved Africans aboard the Spanish ship La Amistad and the subsequent legal battle in the United States.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Cinqué in Amistad
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Cinqué in Amistad
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linked to: Amistad
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