White Sands
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White Sands is a 1992 neo-noir crime thriller film starring Willem Dafoe and Mickey Rourke, centered on a small-town sheriff who becomes entangled in a complex web of murder, impersonation, and arms dealing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| White Sands canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13351401 — 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: White Sands Context triple: [Roger Donaldson, directed, White Sands]
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A.
Rock Mesa
Rock Mesa is a silicic lava dome and associated volcanic feature within Oregon’s Three Sisters volcanic region in the Cascade Range.
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B.
White Sands National Park
White Sands National Park is a protected area in southern New Mexico renowned for its vast, otherworldly dunes of white gypsum sand.
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White Sands gypsum dunes
The White Sands gypsum dunes are a vast, otherworldly expanse of brilliant white sand dunes in southern New Mexico, formed from gypsum crystals and renowned for their striking beauty and unique desert ecosystem.
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D.
Algodones Dunes
Algodones Dunes is a vast sand dune system in southeastern California known for its striking desert landscapes and popular off-highway vehicle recreation.
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E.
Willcox Playa
Willcox Playa is a large dry lakebed in southeastern Arizona commonly used as a landing and test site for aerospace and military operations.
- 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: White Sands Target entity description: White Sands is a 1992 neo-noir crime thriller film starring Willem Dafoe and Mickey Rourke, centered on a small-town sheriff who becomes entangled in a complex web of murder, impersonation, and arms dealing.
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A.
Rock Mesa
Rock Mesa is a silicic lava dome and associated volcanic feature within Oregon’s Three Sisters volcanic region in the Cascade Range.
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B.
White Sands National Park
White Sands National Park is a protected area in southern New Mexico renowned for its vast, otherworldly dunes of white gypsum sand.
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C.
White Sands gypsum dunes
The White Sands gypsum dunes are a vast, otherworldly expanse of brilliant white sand dunes in southern New Mexico, formed from gypsum crystals and renowned for their striking beauty and unique desert ecosystem.
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D.
Algodones Dunes
Algodones Dunes is a vast sand dune system in southeastern California known for its striking desert landscapes and popular off-highway vehicle recreation.
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E.
Willcox Playa
Willcox Playa is a large dry lakebed in southeastern Arizona commonly used as a landing and test site for aerospace and military operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime thriller film
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film ⓘ neo-noir film ⓘ |
| basedInPartOn | White Sands Missile Range (namesake setting) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Gorman Lennox
NERFINISHED
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Greg Meeker NERFINISHED ⓘ Lane Bodine NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Dolezal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Peter Menzies Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Patrick O'Hearn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Roger Donaldson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editor | Conrad Buff IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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neo-noir ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
arms dealing
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corruption ⓘ identity ⓘ impersonation ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A small-town sheriff discovers a dead body and a suitcase full of cash and becomes entangled in a web of murder, impersonation, and arms dealing. ⓘ |
| producer |
Dale Pollock
NERFINISHED
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Rick Rosenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Esparza/Katz Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1992-04-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Daniel Pyne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Beth Grant
NERFINISHED
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James Rebhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ M. Emmet Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio NERFINISHED ⓘ Maura Tierney NERFINISHED ⓘ Mickey Rourke NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel L. Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Willem Dafoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: White Sands Description of subject: White Sands is a 1992 neo-noir crime thriller film starring Willem Dafoe and Mickey Rourke, centered on a small-town sheriff who becomes entangled in a complex web of murder, impersonation, and arms dealing.
Referenced by (1)
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