The Pianist
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The Pianist is a 2002 historical drama film directed by Roman Polanski that tells the true story of Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman’s struggle to survive the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Warsaw.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Pianist canonical | 18 |
| The Pianist (2002 film) | 4 |
| The Pianist (screenplay) | 2 |
| 2002 film The Pianist | 1 |
| The Pianist (film) | 1 |
| The Pianist (memoir) | 1 |
| The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman | 1 |
| Władysław Szpilman’s memoir The Pianist | 1 |
| film "The Pianist" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T994968 — 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: The Pianist Context triple: [Thomas Kretschmann, notableWork, The Pianist]
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A.
Schindlerjuden
Schindlerjuden were the group of Jewish men, women, and children whose lives were saved from the Holocaust by German industrialist Oskar Schindler through their employment in his factories.
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B.
Schindler's List
Schindler's List is a 1993 historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg that portrays Oskar Schindler’s efforts to save Jewish refugees during the Holocaust.
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C.
Downfall
Downfall is the codename for the planned but never executed Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II.
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D.
Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 World War II revisionist war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, known for its dark humor, stylized violence, and alternate-history plot about a plot to assassinate Nazi leaders.
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E.
Righteous Among the Nations
Righteous Among the Nations is an honorific title given to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.
- 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: The Pianist Target entity description: The Pianist is a 2002 historical drama film directed by Roman Polanski that tells the true story of Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman’s struggle to survive the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Warsaw.
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A.
Schindlerjuden
Schindlerjuden were the group of Jewish men, women, and children whose lives were saved from the Holocaust by German industrialist Oskar Schindler through their employment in his factories.
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B.
Schindler's List
Schindler's List is a 1993 historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg that portrays Oskar Schindler’s efforts to save Jewish refugees during the Holocaust.
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C.
Downfall
Downfall is the codename for the planned but never executed Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II.
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D.
Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 World War II revisionist war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, known for its dark humor, stylized violence, and alternate-history plot about a plot to assassinate Nazi leaders.
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E.
Righteous Among the Nations
Righteous Among the Nations is an honorific title given to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Pianist Description of subject: The Pianist is a 2002 historical drama film directed by Roman Polanski that tells the true story of Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman’s struggle to survive the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Warsaw.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Pianist (2002 film)
subject surface form:
Thomas Kretschmann
this entity surface form:
The Pianist (memoir)
subject surface form:
Wilm Hosenfeld
this entity surface form:
The Pianist (2002 film)
this entity surface form:
The Pianist (2002 film)
subject surface form:
Wilm Hosenfeld
subject surface form:
Wilm Hosenfeld
this entity surface form:
film "The Pianist"
this entity surface form:
The Pianist (screenplay)
this entity surface form:
The Pianist (screenplay)
this entity surface form:
The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman
this entity surface form:
The Pianist (2002 film)
subject surface form:
Adrien Brody
subject surface form:
Dorota
this entity surface form:
2002 film The Pianist
subject surface form:
Dorota
this entity surface form:
The Pianist (film)
subject surface form:
Dorota
this entity surface form:
Władysław Szpilman’s memoir The Pianist