Below the Surface
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Below the Surface is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Irving Willat, known for its underwater sequences and themes of greed and betrayal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Below the Surface canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13014170 — 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: Below the Surface Context triple: [Irving Willat, notableWork, Below the Surface]
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A.
Beneath the Surface
"Beneath the Surface" is GZA's 1999 follow-up studio album that continues his intricate, metaphor-rich lyricism over dark, atmospheric production within the Wu-Tang Clan universe.
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B.
Down in the Depths
"Down in the Depths" is a classic Cole Porter torch song, best known through jazz and pop vocal interpretations such as Ella Fitzgerald’s.
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C.
Just Beneath the Surface
"Just Beneath the Surface" is a song by the American indie rock band Dawes from their album "Stories Don’t End."
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D.
Unterwasser
Unterwasser is a small Swiss village in the canton of St. Gallen, known for its alpine scenery and winter sports opportunities.
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E.
Rising to the Surface
Rising to the Surface is the memoir by British comedian and actor Lenny Henry that chronicles his rise through the entertainment industry and personal life.
- 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: Below the Surface Target entity description: Below the Surface is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Irving Willat, known for its underwater sequences and themes of greed and betrayal.
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A.
Beneath the Surface
"Beneath the Surface" is GZA's 1999 follow-up studio album that continues his intricate, metaphor-rich lyricism over dark, atmospheric production within the Wu-Tang Clan universe.
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B.
Down in the Depths
"Down in the Depths" is a classic Cole Porter torch song, best known through jazz and pop vocal interpretations such as Ella Fitzgerald’s.
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C.
Just Beneath the Surface
"Just Beneath the Surface" is a song by the American indie rock band Dawes from their album "Stories Don’t End."
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D.
Unterwasser
Unterwasser is a small Swiss village in the canton of St. Gallen, known for its alpine scenery and winter sports opportunities.
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E.
Rising to the Surface
Rising to the Surface is the memoir by British comedian and actor Lenny Henry that chronicles his rise through the entertainment industry and personal life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ feature film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| basedInPartOn | deep-sea diving milieu ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | J.O. Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Irving Willat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| era | silent era ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | early underwater cinematography ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
silent drama ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
George Webb
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gladys George NERFINISHED ⓘ Grace Darmond NERFINISHED ⓘ Hobart Bosworth NERFINISHED ⓘ Lloyd Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDirector | Irving Willat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre | melodrama ⓘ |
| hasIntertitlesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
deep-sea diving
ⓘ
salvage operations ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
betrayal
ⓘ
greed ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| isSilent | true ⓘ |
| language | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
family conflict
ⓘ
romantic entanglements ⓘ |
| notableFor | underwater sequences ⓘ |
| partOf | American silent cinema ⓘ |
| producer | Thomas H. Ince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Thomas H. Ince Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1920-04-18 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 70 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Irving Willat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | maritime environment ⓘ |
| starring |
George Webb
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gladys George NERFINISHED ⓘ Grace Darmond NERFINISHED ⓘ Hobart Bosworth NERFINISHED ⓘ Lloyd Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Below the Surface Description of subject: Below the Surface is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Irving Willat, known for its underwater sequences and themes of greed and betrayal.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.