Black Rock, Arizona
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Black Rock, Arizona is a fictional small desert town best known as the tense, isolated setting of the 1955 film "Bad Day at Black Rock."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Black Rock, Arizona canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6565283 — 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: Black Rock, Arizona Context triple: [Bad Day at Black Rock, settingLocation, Black Rock, Arizona]
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A.
Quartzsite, Arizona
Quartzsite, Arizona is a small desert town in western Arizona famous for its massive winter influx of RVers, rockhounds, and swap-meet vendors drawn to its gem shows and mild climate.
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B.
Rough Rock, Arizona
Rough Rock, Arizona is a small Navajo community on the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona, known for its role in Native American self-determination and bilingual education initiatives.
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C.
Tsaile, Arizona
Tsaile, Arizona is a small Navajo Nation community in Apache County known primarily as the home of Diné College and its scenic high-desert surroundings.
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D.
Rimrock, Arizona
Rimrock, Arizona is a small unincorporated community in central Arizona’s Verde Valley, known for its rural desert setting and proximity to historic and natural attractions.
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E.
Benson, Arizona
Benson, Arizona is a small city in southeastern Arizona known as a gateway to Kartchner Caverns State Park and the surrounding Sonoran Desert 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: Black Rock, Arizona Target entity description: Black Rock, Arizona is a fictional small desert town best known as the tense, isolated setting of the 1955 film "Bad Day at Black Rock."
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A.
Quartzsite, Arizona
Quartzsite, Arizona is a small desert town in western Arizona famous for its massive winter influx of RVers, rockhounds, and swap-meet vendors drawn to its gem shows and mild climate.
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B.
Rough Rock, Arizona
Rough Rock, Arizona is a small Navajo community on the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona, known for its role in Native American self-determination and bilingual education initiatives.
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C.
Tsaile, Arizona
Tsaile, Arizona is a small Navajo Nation community in Apache County known primarily as the home of Diné College and its scenic high-desert surroundings.
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D.
Rimrock, Arizona
Rimrock, Arizona is a small unincorporated community in central Arizona’s Verde Valley, known for its rural desert setting and proximity to historic and natural attractions.
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E.
Benson, Arizona
Benson, Arizona is a small city in southeastern Arizona known as a gateway to Kartchner Caverns State Park and the surrounding Sonoran Desert attractions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional town ⓘ |
| appearsInFilmDirectedBy | John Sturges ⓘ |
| appearsInFilmStarring |
Anne Francis
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Dean Jagger ⓘ Ernest Borgnine ⓘ Lee Marvin ⓘ Robert Ryan ⓘ Spencer Tracy ⓘ Walter Brennan ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedAs |
isolated town
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small desert town ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | Bad Day at Black Rock ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkItAppearsIn |
drama
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thriller ⓘ |
| hasThemeInAssociatedWork |
post–World War II tensions
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prejudice ⓘ small-town secrecy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkItAppearsIn | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Arizona ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the primary setting of the film Bad Day at Black Rock
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isolation ⓘ tense atmosphere ⓘ |
| partOf | fictional places in American cinema ⓘ |
| settingOf | Bad Day at Black Rock ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 1955 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Black Rock, Arizona Description of subject: Black Rock, Arizona is a fictional small desert town best known as the tense, isolated setting of the 1955 film "Bad Day at Black Rock."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.