Sleep
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Sleep is an experimental 1963 avant-garde film by Andy Warhol consisting of extended, nearly static footage of poet John Giorno sleeping.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T276128 — 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: Sleep Context triple: [Andy Warhol, notableWork, Sleep]
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A.
Insomniac
Insomniac is a 1995 punk rock album by Green Day, known for its heavier, darker sound and fast-paced, aggressive songs.
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B.
Dreams
"Dreams" is a song from John Legend’s 2013 R&B album *Love in the Future*, known for its smooth, romantic production and soulful vocals.
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C.
Night
Night is Elie Wiesel’s harrowing autobiographical account of his experiences as a Jewish teenager in Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust.
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D.
Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart
"Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys that blends emotional lyrics with a lush, retro-inspired production and showcases her powerful vocal performance.
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E.
Relax
"Relax" is a 1983 synth-pop and dance single by British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, notorious for its sexually charged lyrics, controversial music video, and eventual status as an iconic 1980s hit.
- 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: Sleep Target entity description: Sleep is an experimental 1963 avant-garde film by Andy Warhol consisting of extended, nearly static footage of poet John Giorno sleeping.
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A.
Insomniac
Insomniac is a 1995 punk rock album by Green Day, known for its heavier, darker sound and fast-paced, aggressive songs.
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B.
Dreams
"Dreams" is a song from John Legend’s 2013 R&B album *Love in the Future*, known for its smooth, romantic production and soulful vocals.
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C.
Night
Night is Elie Wiesel’s harrowing autobiographical account of his experiences as a Jewish teenager in Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust.
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D.
Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart
"Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys that blends emotional lyrics with a lush, retro-inspired production and showcases her powerful vocal performance.
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E.
Relax
"Relax" is a 1983 synth-pop and dance single by British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, notorious for its sexually charged lyrics, controversial music video, and eventual status as an iconic 1980s hit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde film
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experimental film ⓘ underground film ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Andy Warhol ⓘ |
| depicts | John Giorno sleeping ⓘ |
| director | Andy Warhol ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Film-Makers' Cooperative screenings ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | John Giorno ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Empire (1964 film)
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linked to:
Empire
|
| format | 16 mm film ⓘ |
| hasArtisticMovement | Pop art-related cinema ⓘ |
| hasAudienceReaction |
challenging viewing experience
ⓘ
controversial for length ⓘ |
| hasCastMember | John Giorno ⓘ |
| hasCinematographyStyle |
long takes
ⓘ
static shots ⓘ |
| hasDialogue | none ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
avant-garde
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experimental ⓘ structural film ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
sleep
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linked to:
Sleep
|
| hasTheme |
everyday life
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observation ⓘ repetition ⓘ time ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | feature-length film ⓘ |
| influenced |
durational cinema
ⓘ
structural film movement ⓘ |
| isSilent | true ⓘ |
| movement | New York underground film scene ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extended nearly motionless footage
ⓘ
extreme duration ⓘ minimalist cinematic structure ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Andy Warhol filmography
ⓘ
linked to:
Andy Warhol Films
|
| producer | Andy Warhol ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1963-01-17 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 321 ⓘ |
| starring | John Giorno ⓘ |
| workPeriodOfArtist | early 1960s Andy Warhol films ⓘ |
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: Sleep Description of subject: Sleep is an experimental 1963 avant-garde film by Andy Warhol consisting of extended, nearly static footage of poet John Giorno sleeping.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.