Duel
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"Duel" is a suspenseful short story by Richard Matheson, best known through its acclaimed 1971 film adaptation about a motorist terrorized by a mysterious truck on a remote highway.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duel canonical | 7 |
| Duel (1971 feature film) | 2 |
| Duel (short story) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1753787 — 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: Duel Context triple: [Richard Matheson, notableWork, Duel]
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A.
Duel in the Desert
Duel in the Desert is the longstanding college football rivalry game between the University of Arizona Wildcats and the Arizona State University Sun Devils.
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B.
The Duel
"The Duel" is a novella by Russian writer Anton Chekhov that explores moral conflict, spiritual crisis, and the clash of ideals in a provincial Caucasian town.
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C.
The Die-Hards
The Die-Hards was the famous nickname of the Middlesex Regiment of the British Army, renowned for its steadfast courage and refusal to retreat in battle.
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D.
What Price Glory
What Price Glory is a 1926 silent war-comedy film set during World War I, best known for its blend of battlefield drama and bawdy humor.
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E.
The Duellists
The Duellists is a 1977 historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott, known for its visually striking depiction of two French officers whose bitter rivalry leads to a series of duels during the Napoleonic era.
- 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: Duel Target entity description: "Duel" is a suspenseful short story by Richard Matheson, best known through its acclaimed 1971 film adaptation about a motorist terrorized by a mysterious truck on a remote highway.
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A.
Duel in the Desert
Duel in the Desert is the longstanding college football rivalry game between the University of Arizona Wildcats and the Arizona State University Sun Devils.
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B.
The Duel
"The Duel" is a novella by Russian writer Anton Chekhov that explores moral conflict, spiritual crisis, and the clash of ideals in a provincial Caucasian town.
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C.
The Die-Hards
The Die-Hards was the famous nickname of the Middlesex Regiment of the British Army, renowned for its steadfast courage and refusal to retreat in battle.
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D.
What Price Glory
What Price Glory is a 1926 silent war-comedy film set during World War I, best known for its blend of battlefield drama and bawdy humor.
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E.
The Duellists
The Duellists is a 1977 historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott, known for its visually striking depiction of two French officers whose bitter rivalry leads to a series of duels during the Napoleonic era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
ⓘ
suspense story ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| adaptationCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| adaptationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| adaptationNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| adaptationScreenwriter | Richard Matheson ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television film ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Steven Spielberg ⓘ |
| author | Richard Matheson ⓘ |
| centralConflict | motorist vs. mysterious truck driver ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPublicationYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological thriller
ⓘ
suspense ⓘ |
| hasFilmAdaptation |
Duel (1971 film)
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linked to:
Duel (teleplay)
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| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | David Mann ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedIn |
Playboy magazine
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linked to:
Playboy
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| protagonistOccupation | businessman ⓘ |
| setting |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
remote highway ⓘ |
| theme |
anonymity of violence
ⓘ
paranoia ⓘ road rage ⓘ survival ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Duel Description of subject: "Duel" is a suspenseful short story by Richard Matheson, best known through its acclaimed 1971 film adaptation about a motorist terrorized by a mysterious truck on a remote highway.
Referenced by (10)
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