Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
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Escape from Stalag Luft 112B is a comedic World War II prison-camp parody episode from the British television series Ripping Yarns, created by Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Escape from Stalag Luft 112B canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4156428 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Escape from Stalag Luft 112B Context triple: [Ripping Yarns, episodeTitle, Escape from Stalag Luft 112B]
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A.
Stalags
Stalags were German World War II prisoner-of-war camps, particularly notorious for their harsh conditions and high mortality among Soviet captives.
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B.
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story is a 1988 television war drama film that revisits and expands on the true story of Allied POWs’ escape from a German camp during World War II.
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C.
The Great Escape
The Great Escape is a 1963 World War II adventure film about a mass escape from a German POW camp, renowned for its ensemble cast, suspenseful plot, and iconic motorcycle chase sequence.
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D.
Colditz
Colditz is a small town in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany, best known for its historic hilltop castle that served as a high-security prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
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E.
Defense of the Reich
Defense of the Reich was the German Luftwaffe’s World War II air defense campaign aimed at protecting Nazi Germany from Allied strategic bombing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Escape from Stalag Luft 112B Target entity description: Escape from Stalag Luft 112B is a comedic World War II prison-camp parody episode from the British television series Ripping Yarns, created by Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
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A.
Stalags
Stalags were German World War II prisoner-of-war camps, particularly notorious for their harsh conditions and high mortality among Soviet captives.
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B.
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story is a 1988 television war drama film that revisits and expands on the true story of Allied POWs’ escape from a German camp during World War II.
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C.
The Great Escape
The Great Escape is a 1963 World War II adventure film about a mass escape from a German POW camp, renowned for its ensemble cast, suspenseful plot, and iconic motorcycle chase sequence.
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D.
Colditz
Colditz is a small town in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany, best known for its historic hilltop castle that served as a high-security prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
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E.
Defense of the Reich
Defense of the Reich was the German Luftwaffe’s World War II air defense campaign aimed at protecting Nazi Germany from Allied strategic bombing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television episode ⓘ |
| basedOn | World War II prison-camp films ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator |
Michael Palin
ⓘ
Terry Jones ⓘ |
| format | television comedy ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
parody ⓘ war comedy ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Michael Palin
ⓘ
Terry Jones ⓘ various British character actors ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeTheme |
British stiff-upper-lip stereotype
ⓘ
escape from captivity ⓘ satire of war film clichés ⓘ |
| hasProductionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Escape from Stalag Luft 112B ⓘ |
| isPartOfFranchise |
Ripping Yarns television franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
Ripping Yarns
|
| mainSubject |
World War II
ⓘ
prisoner-of-war camp ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC ⓘ |
| parodies | World War II prison-camp genre ⓘ |
| partOf | British television comedy ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Ripping Yarns ⓘ |
| setInPlace | fictional German POW camp ⓘ |
| setInTime | World War II era ⓘ |
| writer |
Michael Palin
ⓘ
Terry Jones ⓘ |
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Subject: Escape from Stalag Luft 112B Description of subject: Escape from Stalag Luft 112B is a comedic World War II prison-camp parody episode from the British television series Ripping Yarns, created by Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
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