Alphaville
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Alphaville is a 1965 French science-fiction noir film by Jean-Luc Godard that blends dystopian themes with experimental, genre-bending style.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alphaville canonical | 14 |
| Alphaville (fictional city) | 2 |
| Alphaville (1965 film) | 1 |
| Alphaville (film score) | 1 |
| Alphaville universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1825809 — 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: Alphaville Context triple: [Jean-Luc Godard, notableWork, Alphaville]
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A.
Donovan's Brain
Donovan's Brain is a 1953 science fiction horror film about a disembodied brain that telepathically controls a scientist, adapted from Curt Siodmak's novel of the same name.
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B.
THX 1138
THX 1138 is a dystopian science fiction film set in a sterile, totalitarian future where citizens are controlled through drugs and surveillance.
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C.
Aoxomoxoa
Aoxomoxoa is a 1969 psychedelic rock studio album by the Grateful Dead, noted for its experimental sound and innovative use of multitrack recording technology.
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D.
Varèse Sarabande
Varèse Sarabande is a record label renowned for releasing film and television soundtracks and scores.
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E.
Strangeland
Strangeland is a song by the American rock band Green Day from their early compilation album "Kerplunk."
- 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: Alphaville Target entity description: Alphaville is a 1965 French science-fiction noir film by Jean-Luc Godard that blends dystopian themes with experimental, genre-bending style.
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A.
Donovan's Brain
Donovan's Brain is a 1953 science fiction horror film about a disembodied brain that telepathically controls a scientist, adapted from Curt Siodmak's novel of the same name.
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B.
THX 1138
THX 1138 is a dystopian science fiction film set in a sterile, totalitarian future where citizens are controlled through drugs and surveillance.
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C.
Aoxomoxoa
Aoxomoxoa is a 1969 psychedelic rock studio album by the Grateful Dead, noted for its experimental sound and innovative use of multitrack recording technology.
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D.
Varèse Sarabande
Varèse Sarabande is a record label renowned for releasing film and television soundtracks and scores.
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E.
Strangeland
Strangeland is a song by the American rock band Green Day from their early compilation album "Kerplunk."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
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film ⓘ noir film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| AIName | Alpha 60 ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Golden Bear ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Lemmy Caution character from pulp novels
ⓘ
linked to:
Lemmy Caution
|
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
dehumanizing effects of technology
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dystopia ⓘ logic versus emotion ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| character |
Lemmy Caution
ⓘ
Natacha von Braun ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Raoul Coutard ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Jean-Luc Godard ⓘ |
| distributor | Athos Films ⓘ |
| editedBy | Agnès Guillemot ⓘ |
| era | 1960s European cinema ⓘ |
| filmFestivalScreening |
15th Berlin International Film Festival
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linked to:
Berlin International Film Festival
|
| filmingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
dystopian film ⓘ experimental film ⓘ film noir ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasArtificialIntelligence | Alpha 60 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Paul Misraki ⓘ |
| notableElement |
absence of special effects for science fiction setting
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blend of science fiction and film noir aesthetics ⓘ use of contemporary Paris locations as futuristic city ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | French New Wave ⓘ |
| producer |
André Michelin
ⓘ
Georges de Beauregard ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Rome-Paris Films
ⓘ
linked to:
Elzévir Films
|
| releaseDate | 1965-05-05 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 99 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jean-Luc Godard ⓘ |
| setting |
futuristic city
ⓘ
totalitarian society ⓘ |
| starring |
Akim Tamiroff
ⓘ
Anna Karina ⓘ Eddie Constantine ⓘ Howard Vernon ⓘ |
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: Alphaville Description of subject: Alphaville is a 1965 French science-fiction noir film by Jean-Luc Godard that blends dystopian themes with experimental, genre-bending style.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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