Silent Running
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Silent Running is a 1972 science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull, known for its environmental themes and Bruce Dern’s portrayal of a botanist protecting Earth’s last surviving plant life in space.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silent Running canonical | 16 |
| Silent Running universe | 2 |
| Silent Running (1972 film) | 1 |
| Silent Running franchise | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T656308 — 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: Silent Running Context triple: [Bruce Dern, notableWork, Silent Running]
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A.
Backdraft
Backdraft is a 1991 action-thriller film about Chicago firefighters, directed by Ron Howard and known for its intense fire sequences and exploration of arson investigations.
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B.
Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point is a famous viewpoint in Death Valley National Park known for its striking eroded badlands and panoramic desert landscapes.
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C.
Rollerball
Rollerball is a 1975 dystopian science fiction sports film depicting a violent future game used by corporations to control society.
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D.
Silver Star
Silver Star is a long-distance Amtrak passenger train that runs along the U.S. East Coast, connecting New York City with Florida.
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E.
Silver Star
The Silver Star is a high-level U.S. military decoration awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States.
- 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: Silent Running Target entity description: Silent Running is a 1972 science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull, known for its environmental themes and Bruce Dern’s portrayal of a botanist protecting Earth’s last surviving plant life in space.
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A.
Backdraft
Backdraft is a 1991 action-thriller film about Chicago firefighters, directed by Ron Howard and known for its intense fire sequences and exploration of arson investigations.
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B.
Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point is a famous viewpoint in Death Valley National Park known for its striking eroded badlands and panoramic desert landscapes.
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C.
Rollerball
Rollerball is a 1975 dystopian science fiction sports film depicting a violent future game used by corporations to control society.
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D.
Silver Star
Silver Star is a long-distance Amtrak passenger train that runs along the U.S. East Coast, connecting New York City with Florida.
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E.
Silver Star
The Silver Star is a high-level U.S. military decoration awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Silent Running Description of subject: Silent Running is a 1972 science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull, known for its environmental themes and Bruce Dern’s portrayal of a botanist protecting Earth’s last surviving plant life in space.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Silent Running
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subject linked to:
robot drones Huey, Dewey, and Louie
linked to: Silent Running