Waterfront
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"Waterfront" is a 1939 American crime drama film starring Preston Foster, set against a gritty dockside backdrop of labor strife and personal conflict.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waterfront canonical | 2 |
| Waterfront by Ferguson Findley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6401277 — 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: Waterfront Context triple: [Preston Foster, notableWork, Waterfront]
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A.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is a Boston neighborhood along the harbor known for its maritime history, scenic views, and mix of residential, commercial, and tourist destinations.
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B.
Fairwater
Fairwater is a residential neighbourhood within the town of Cwmbran in South Wales.
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C.
Ferryside
Ferryside is a small coastal village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated on the estuary of the River Towy and known for its scenic views and maritime heritage.
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D.
Seaside
Seaside is a coastal city in Monterey County, California, known for its proximity to Monterey Bay and California State University, Monterey Bay.
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E.
Seaside
Seaside is a popular resort city on the northern Oregon Coast known for its sandy beaches, historic promenade, and family-friendly attractions.
- 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: Waterfront Target entity description: "Waterfront" is a 1939 American crime drama film starring Preston Foster, set against a gritty dockside backdrop of labor strife and personal conflict.
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A.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is a Boston neighborhood along the harbor known for its maritime history, scenic views, and mix of residential, commercial, and tourist destinations.
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B.
Fairwater
Fairwater is a residential neighbourhood within the town of Cwmbran in South Wales.
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C.
Ferryside
Ferryside is a small coastal village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated on the estuary of the River Towy and known for its scenic views and maritime heritage.
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D.
Seaside
Seaside is a coastal city in Monterey County, California, known for its proximity to Monterey Bay and California State University, Monterey Bay.
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E.
Seaside
Seaside is a popular resort city on the northern Oregon Coast known for its sandy beaches, historic promenade, and family-friendly attractions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Arthur L. Todd ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Terry O. Morse ⓘ |
| distributor | Republic Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Ernest J. Nims ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Barbara Pepper
ⓘ
Barry Fitzgerald ⓘ Eddy Waller ⓘ Frank M. Thomas ⓘ Frank Puglia ⓘ George Humbert ⓘ George Irving ⓘ George Offerman Jr. ⓘ Gloria Dickson ⓘ John Sheehan ⓘ John Wray ⓘ Marie Wilson ⓘ Paul Harvey ⓘ Preston Foster ⓘ Raymond Hatton ⓘ Walter Connolly ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
dockworkers
ⓘ
labor strife ⓘ personal conflict ⓘ |
| musicBy | William Lava ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Republic Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1939-03-31 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 59 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bernard Schubert
ⓘ
George Bruce ⓘ |
| setting | dockside waterfront ⓘ |
| starring |
Barry Fitzgerald
ⓘ
Gloria Dickson ⓘ Preston Foster ⓘ Walter Connolly ⓘ |
| title | Waterfront ⓘ |
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: Waterfront Description of subject: "Waterfront" is a 1939 American crime drama film starring Preston Foster, set against a gritty dockside backdrop of labor strife and personal conflict.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.