The Center of the World
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"The Center of the World" is a 2001 independent erotic drama film directed by Wayne Wang that explores a complex, transactional relationship between a young dot-com millionaire and a stripper during a trip to Las Vegas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Center of the World canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6188473 — 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: The Center of the World Context triple: [Molly Parker, notableWork, The Center of the World]
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A.
The World Over
The World Over is a weekly Catholic news and commentary television program hosted by Raymond Arroyo that covers current events, culture, and issues affecting the Church and the world.
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B.
Caput Mundi
Caput Mundi is a Latin epithet meaning "capital of the world," historically used to emphasize Rome’s central importance in politics, culture, and civilization.
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C.
A World Between
A World Between is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that explores political manipulation and media control on a distant, idealistic colony world.
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D.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
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E.
Un lugar en el mundo
Un lugar en el mundo is an Argentine drama film, directed by Adolfo Aristarain, that explores family, politics, and social struggle in a rural community.
- 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: The Center of the World Target entity description: "The Center of the World" is a 2001 independent erotic drama film directed by Wayne Wang that explores a complex, transactional relationship between a young dot-com millionaire and a stripper during a trip to Las Vegas.
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A.
The World Over
The World Over is a weekly Catholic news and commentary television program hosted by Raymond Arroyo that covers current events, culture, and issues affecting the Church and the world.
-
B.
Caput Mundi
Caput Mundi is a Latin epithet meaning "capital of the world," historically used to emphasize Rome’s central importance in politics, culture, and civilization.
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C.
A World Between
A World Between is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that explores political manipulation and media control on a distant, idealistic colony world.
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D.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
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E.
Un lugar en el mundo
Un lugar en el mundo is an Argentine drama film, directed by Adolfo Aristarain, that explores family, politics, and social struggle in a rural community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Wayne Wang ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
erotic film ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
hotel room
ⓘ
strip club ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
stripper
ⓘ
young dot-com millionaire ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | psychological exploration of a paid relationship ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young dot-com millionaire and a stripper enter a complex transactional relationship during a trip to Las Vegas. ⓘ |
| portrays |
emotional detachment
ⓘ
internet-era wealth ⓘ sex work ⓘ |
| productionType | independent film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| setting |
Las Vegas
ⓘ
linked to:
Las Vegas, Nevada
|
| theme |
loneliness
ⓘ
power dynamics in relationships ⓘ sexual relationships ⓘ transactional intimacy ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | dot-com era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: The Center of the World Description of subject: "The Center of the World" is a 2001 independent erotic drama film directed by Wayne Wang that explores a complex, transactional relationship between a young dot-com millionaire and a stripper during a trip to Las Vegas.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "Fevers and Mirrors"