Topaz
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Topaz is a 1969 Cold War espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the novel by Leon Uris.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Topaz canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13261554 — 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: Topaz Context triple: [John Forsythe, appearedIn, Topaz]
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A.
Topaz
Topaz is a silicate mineral gemstone prized for its clarity and range of colors, commonly used in jewelry and often linked to themes of strength and protection.
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B.
Topaze
Topaze is a celebrated French play by Marcel Pagnol that satirizes corruption and moral compromise through the story of an idealistic schoolteacher drawn into the world of politics and business.
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C.
Sapphire
Sapphire is an American author best known for her novel "Push," which was adapted into the acclaimed film "Precious."
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D.
Sapphire
Sapphire is a precious gemstone variety of the mineral corundum, typically blue, valued for its hardness, brilliance, and use in fine jewelry and industrial applications.
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E.
Sapphire
Sapphire is a 1959 British crime drama film that explores racial tensions and prejudice in London through the investigation of a young woman's murder.
- 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: Topaz Target entity description: Topaz is a 1969 Cold War espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the novel by Leon Uris.
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A.
Topaz
Topaz is a silicate mineral gemstone prized for its clarity and range of colors, commonly used in jewelry and often linked to themes of strength and protection.
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B.
Topaze
Topaze is a celebrated French play by Marcel Pagnol that satirizes corruption and moral compromise through the story of an idealistic schoolteacher drawn into the world of politics and business.
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C.
Sapphire
Sapphire is an American author best known for her novel "Push," which was adapted into the acclaimed film "Precious."
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D.
Sapphire
Sapphire is a 1959 British crime drama film that explores racial tensions and prejudice in London through the investigation of a young woman's murder.
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E.
Sapphire
Sapphire is a precious gemstone variety of the mineral corundum, typically blue, valued for its hardness, brilliance, and use in fine jewelry and industrial applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War film
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espionage film ⓘ film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceMaterial | Leon Uris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Topaz
NERFINISHED
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novel by Leon Uris ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jack Hildyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Alfred Hitchcock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | William H. Ziegler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Cuban revolutionary
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French intelligence agent ⓘ Soviet officials ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Copenhagen
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
political thriller
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spy film ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Claude Jade
NERFINISHED
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Dany Robin NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Stafford NERFINISHED ⓘ John Forsythe NERFINISHED ⓘ John Vernon NERFINISHED ⓘ Karin Dor NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Piccoli NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Subor NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippe Noiret NERFINISHED ⓘ Roscoe Lee Browne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Maurice Jarre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
NATO spy ring
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Soviet penetration of French intelligence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Alfred Hitchcock filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedBy |
Alfred Hitchcock
NERFINISHED
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Universal Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 143 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Alfred Hitchcock
NERFINISHED
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Samuel A. Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setDuring |
Cold War
NERFINISHED
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Cuban Missile Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Topaz 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: Topaz Description of subject: Topaz is a 1969 Cold War espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the novel by Leon Uris.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.