A Chance to Live
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A Chance to Live is a 1949 British documentary short film about postwar displaced children that won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Chance to Live canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10031706 — 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: A Chance to Live Context triple: [1950 Academy Awards, bestDocumentaryShortSubjectWinner, A Chance to Live]
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A.
The Will to Live
The Will to Live is a 1997 studio album by American singer-songwriter Ben Harper that blends folk, rock, and blues with socially conscious and spiritual themes.
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B.
That Others May Live
That Others May Live is a well-known rescue motto expressing the selfless commitment of search and rescue personnel to risk their lives to save others.
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C.
To Live Again
"To Live Again" is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores a future where human personalities can be recorded and implanted into others, raising complex questions about identity, memory, and immortality.
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D.
A New Life
"A New Life" is a powerful solo ballad from the musical Jekyll & Hyde, sung by the character Lucy as she dreams of escaping her troubled existence and starting over.
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E.
The Life Line
The Life Line is an 1884 maritime rescue painting by American artist Winslow Homer, celebrated for its dramatic depiction of human struggle against the sea and its innovative use of composition and atmosphere.
- 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: A Chance to Live Target entity description: A Chance to Live is a 1949 British documentary short film about postwar displaced children that won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.
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A.
The Will to Live
The Will to Live is a 1997 studio album by American singer-songwriter Ben Harper that blends folk, rock, and blues with socially conscious and spiritual themes.
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B.
That Others May Live
That Others May Live is a well-known rescue motto expressing the selfless commitment of search and rescue personnel to risk their lives to save others.
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C.
To Live Again
"To Live Again" is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores a future where human personalities can be recorded and implanted into others, raising complex questions about identity, memory, and immortality.
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D.
A New Life
"A New Life" is a powerful solo ballad from the musical Jekyll & Hyde, sung by the character Lucy as she dreams of escaping her troubled existence and starting over.
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E.
The Life Line
The Life Line is an 1884 maritime rescue painting by American artist Winslow Homer, celebrated for its dramatic depiction of human struggle against the sea and its innovative use of composition and atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | documentary film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| basedOn | real events ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
children
ⓘ
displaced persons ⓘ refugees ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | theatrical short ⓘ |
| era | post-World War II cinema ⓘ |
| filmIndustry | British cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
ⓘ
short ⓘ |
| hasAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| hasFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| hasGenre | war documentary ⓘ |
| isA | Oscar-winning short documentary ⓘ |
| medium | motion picture ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of postwar displaced children
ⓘ
winning an Academy Award ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| productionCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| productionType | nonfiction ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtime | short ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
World War II aftermath
ⓘ
postwar displaced children ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Chance to Live Description of subject: A Chance to Live is a 1949 British documentary short film about postwar displaced children that won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.