Shadow
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"Shadow" is a visually striking 2018 Chinese wuxia film by director Zhang Yimou, known for its stylized use of monochrome palettes and intricate political intrigue.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shadow canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4459892 — 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: Shadow Context triple: [Zhang Yimou, notableWork, Shadow]
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A.
Shadow
"Shadow" is a pop-rock song by Ashlee Simpson that explores themes of identity and living in the shadow of a more famous sibling.
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B.
Switch
Switch is a British DJ and record producer known for his influential work in electronic and pop music, including collaborations with major artists like Beyoncé and M.I.A.
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C.
Strife
Strife is a 1909 stage play by John Galsworthy that portrays a bitter industrial conflict between capital and labor, highlighting the human cost of class struggle.
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D.
Shadows
Shadows is a groundbreaking 1959 American independent drama film by John Cassavetes, celebrated for its improvisational style and candid exploration of race and relationships in New York City.
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E.
Mut
Mut is an ancient Egyptian mother goddess associated with kingship and protection, prominently worshipped at Thebes as a principal consort of Amun.
- 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: Shadow Target entity description: "Shadow" is a visually striking 2018 Chinese wuxia film by director Zhang Yimou, known for its stylized use of monochrome palettes and intricate political intrigue.
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A.
Shadow
"Shadow" is a pop-rock song by Ashlee Simpson that explores themes of identity and living in the shadow of a more famous sibling.
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B.
Switch
Switch is a British DJ and record producer known for his influential work in electronic and pop music, including collaborations with major artists like Beyoncé and M.I.A.
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C.
Strife
Strife is a 1909 stage play by John Galsworthy that portrays a bitter industrial conflict between capital and labor, highlighting the human cost of class struggle.
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D.
Shadows
Shadows is a groundbreaking 1959 American independent drama film by John Cassavetes, celebrated for its improvisational style and candid exploration of race and relationships in New York City.
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E.
Mut
Mut is an ancient Egyptian mother goddess associated with kingship and protection, prominently worshipped at Thebes as a principal consort of Amun.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese film
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film ⓘ wuxia film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Horse Award for Best Art Direction
NERFINISHED
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Golden Horse Award for Best Director nomination for Zhang Yimou ⓘ Golden Horse Award for Best Makeup & Costume Design NERFINISHED ⓘ Golden Horse Award for Best Visual Effects NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | concept of body double (shadow) in Chinese history and folklore ⓘ |
| castMember |
Deng Chao
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guan Xiaotong NERFINISHED ⓘ Hu Jun NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun Li NERFINISHED ⓘ Wang Qianyuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Zheng Kai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette | monochrome with desaturated tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| director | Zhang Yimou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorOfPhotography | Zhao Xiaoding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Well Go USA Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Zhang Yimou
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhao Nan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical drama
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martial arts film ⓘ wuxia ⓘ |
| language | Mandarin ⓘ |
| leadActor | Deng Chao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Sun Li NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Commander Ziyu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jingzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ Madam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Lao Zai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
political intrigue
ⓘ
stylized monochrome visual palette ⓘ |
| originalTitle | 影 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Le Vision Pictures
NERFINISHED
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Perfect Village Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhejiang Tianpeng Culture Media NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateChina | 2018-09-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 116 ⓘ |
| screenedAt |
Busan International Film Festival
NERFINISHED
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Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sectionScreened | Out of Competition at Venice ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Three Kingdoms era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
identity and duality
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power and substitution ⓘ |
| title | Shadow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualStyle | ink‑wash painting inspired cinematography ⓘ |
| worldPremiereAt | 75th Venice International Film Festival 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: Shadow Description of subject: "Shadow" is a visually striking 2018 Chinese wuxia film by director Zhang Yimou, known for its stylized use of monochrome palettes and intricate political intrigue.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.