National Film Registry
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The National Film Registry is a U.S. Library of Congress program that annually selects and preserves films deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T120148 — 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: National Film Registry Context triple: [The Mark of Zorro, includedIn, National Film Registry]
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A.
United States National Recording Registry
The United States National Recording Registry is a program of the Library of Congress that annually selects and preserves sound recordings deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant to American life.
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B.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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C.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
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D.
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States' official federal list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, or cultural significance.
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E.
National Archives Building
The National Archives Building is a historic federal building in Washington, D.C. that houses and displays foundational U.S. documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
- 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: National Film Registry Target entity description: The National Film Registry is a U.S. Library of Congress program that annually selects and preserves films deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
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A.
United States National Recording Registry
The United States National Recording Registry is a program of the Library of Congress that annually selects and preserves sound recordings deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant to American life.
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B.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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C.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
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D.
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States' official federal list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, or cultural significance.
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National Archives Building
The National Archives Building is a historic federal building in Washington, D.C. that houses and displays foundational U.S. documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States cultural heritage registry
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film preservation program ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| archiveResponsibility |
Library of Congress
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surface form:
Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation
|
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance | preserves American film heritage for future generations ⓘ |
| firstSelectionsAnnouncedBy | Librarian of Congress ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver | designation of films as culturally significant ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
animation
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documentary films ⓘ experimental films ⓘ feature films ⓘ short films ⓘ |
| hasPart | list of selected films ⓘ |
| inception | 1988 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
National Film Preservation Act of 1988
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surface form:
National Film Preservation Act
National Film Preservation Act of 1988 ⓘ |
| legislatedBy | National Film Preservation Act of 1988 ⓘ |
| location | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | National Film Preservation Board ⓘ |
| maintainsRegistryOf | culturally significant American films ⓘ |
| maximumAnnualSelections | 25 films per year ⓘ |
| mediaType |
films
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motion pictures ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
selection does not imply copyright transfer
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selection highlights films at risk of loss or deterioration ⓘ |
| operator | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| partOf | Library of Congress film preservation activities ⓘ |
| preservationAction | encourages proper storage and restoration of selected films ⓘ |
| purpose |
preservation of films
ⓘ
protection of America’s film heritage ⓘ recognition of culturally significant films ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
National Film Preservation Board
ⓘ
National Film Preservation Foundation ⓘ United States National Recording Registry ⓘ
surface form:
National Recording Registry
|
| scope |
American cinema
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films produced or co-produced in the United States ⓘ |
| selectionAnnouncementFrequency | once per year ⓘ |
| selectionAnnouncementMethod | public announcement by Library of Congress ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
aesthetically significant
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culturally significant ⓘ film must be at least 10 years old ⓘ historically significant ⓘ |
| selectionFrequency | annually ⓘ |
| selectionProcess |
final selection by Librarian of Congress
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public nominations ⓘ recommendations by National Film Preservation Board ⓘ |
| selectionStartYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| sponsor | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| website | https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/national-film-registry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: National Film Registry Description of subject: The National Film Registry is a U.S. Library of Congress program that annually selects and preserves films deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
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