Man on Wire
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Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary film that chronicles Philippe Petit's daring 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Man on Wire canonical | 26 |
| documentary film "Man on Wire" | 2 |
| Man on Wire (audiobook) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T641264 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Man on Wire Context triple: [Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, notableWinner, Man on Wire]
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127 Hours
127 Hours is a biographical survival drama film directed by Danny Boyle that tells the true story of mountaineer Aron Ralston’s entrapment in a Utah canyon.
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The Walk
The Walk is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis that dramatizes high-wire artist Philippe Petit's daring 1974 walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
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The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life is a 2011 experimental drama film directed by Terrence Malick that explores themes of existence, memory, and spirituality through a visually poetic portrayal of a 1950s Texas family and the origins of the universe.
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Tree of Life
The Tree of Life in Kabbalah is a symbolic diagram of ten interconnected sefirot that maps the structure of divine reality, the cosmos, and the human soul.
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Tree of Life
The Tree of Life is a massive, intricately carved artificial baobab tree that serves as the iconic centerpiece of Disney's Animal Kingdom, featuring hundreds of animal sculptures on its trunk and roots.
- 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: Man on Wire Target entity description: Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary film that chronicles Philippe Petit's daring 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center.
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Free Solo
Free Solo is a 2018 documentary film that follows rock climber Alex Honnold’s daring ropeless ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
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B.
127 Hours
127 Hours is a biographical survival drama film directed by Danny Boyle that tells the true story of mountaineer Aron Ralston’s entrapment in a Utah canyon.
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C.
The Walk
The Walk is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis that dramatizes high-wire artist Philippe Petit's daring 1974 walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
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D.
The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life is a 2011 experimental drama film directed by Terrence Malick that explores themes of existence, memory, and spirituality through a visually poetic portrayal of a 1950s Texas family and the origins of the universe.
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E.
Tree of Life
The Tree of Life in Kabbalah is a symbolic diagram of ten interconnected sefirot that maps the structure of divine reality, the cosmos, and the human soul.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Man on Wire Description of subject: Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary film that chronicles Philippe Petit's daring 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center.
Referenced by (29)
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Philippe Petit was arrested after the walk