Passing
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"Passing" is a 2021 black-and-white drama film, based on Nella Larsen’s novel, that explores racial identity and colorism in 1920s Harlem.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Passing canonical | 30 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1779003 — 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: Passing Context triple: [Tessa Thompson, notableWork, Passing]
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A.
Getting On
Getting On is an American dark comedy television series set in a dysfunctional hospital geriatric ward, adapted from the British show of the same name.
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B.
A Passion for Success
"A Passion for Success" is a motivational and philosophical business book by Japanese entrepreneur and philanthropist Kazuo Inamori, outlining his principles for ethical leadership, personal growth, and corporate management.
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C.
Hurdle
Hurdle is a surname most notably associated with Clint Hurdle, a former Major League Baseball player and manager.
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D.
Graduation
Graduation is Kanye West’s critically acclaimed 2007 studio album that blends hip hop with electronic and pop influences and features hits like “Stronger” and “Good Life.”
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E.
Boundary Pass
Boundary Pass is a key marine channel in the Salish Sea between British Columbia and Washington State, serving as part of the international boundary and an important route for commercial and recreational vessels.
- 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: Passing Target entity description: "Passing" is a 2021 black-and-white drama film, based on Nella Larsen’s novel, that explores racial identity and colorism in 1920s Harlem.
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A.
Getting On
Getting On is an American dark comedy television series set in a dysfunctional hospital geriatric ward, adapted from the British show of the same name.
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B.
A Passion for Success
"A Passion for Success" is a motivational and philosophical business book by Japanese entrepreneur and philanthropist Kazuo Inamori, outlining his principles for ethical leadership, personal growth, and corporate management.
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C.
Hurdle
Hurdle is a surname most notably associated with Clint Hurdle, a former Major League Baseball player and manager.
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D.
Graduation
Graduation is Kanye West’s critically acclaimed 2007 studio album that blends hip hop with electronic and pop influences and features hits like “Stronger” and “Good Life.”
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E.
Boundary Pass
Boundary Pass is a key marine channel in the Salish Sea between British Columbia and Washington State, serving as part of the international boundary and an important route for commercial and recreational vessels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
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: Passing Description of subject: "Passing" is a 2021 black-and-white drama film, based on Nella Larsen’s novel, that explores racial identity and colorism in 1920s Harlem.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.