Crashing the Water Barrier
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Crashing the Water Barrier is a short documentary film that chronicles the pioneering high-speed water racing achievements of boat racer Donald Campbell.
All labels observed (1)
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| Crashing the Water Barrier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4570149 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crashing the Water Barrier Context triple: [29th Academy Awards, bestLiveActionShortSubjectOneReelWinner, Crashing the Water Barrier]
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A.
A New Path to the Waterfall
A New Path to the Waterfall is Raymond Carver’s final poetry collection, published posthumously and noted for its stark, reflective meditations on mortality and everyday life.
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B.
Crashing Towers
"Crashing Towers" is an episode title from the 1939 science fiction movie serial *The Phantom Creeps*, starring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist.
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C.
Crashing
Crashing is a British comedy-drama television series created by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, following a group of twenty-somethings living as property guardians in a disused hospital.
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D.
The Coming Wave
The Coming Wave is a nonfiction book by AI pioneer Mustafa Suleyman that explores the transformative power and potential risks of rapidly advancing technologies like artificial intelligence and synthetic biology.
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E.
Don’t Go Near the Water
Don’t Go Near the Water is a 1957 American romantic comedy film set in the U.S. Navy during World War II, known for its humorous take on military public relations and wartime romance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crashing the Water Barrier Target entity description: Crashing the Water Barrier is a short documentary film that chronicles the pioneering high-speed water racing achievements of boat racer Donald Campbell.
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A.
A New Path to the Waterfall
A New Path to the Waterfall is Raymond Carver’s final poetry collection, published posthumously and noted for its stark, reflective meditations on mortality and everyday life.
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B.
Crashing Towers
"Crashing Towers" is an episode title from the 1939 science fiction movie serial *The Phantom Creeps*, starring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist.
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C.
Crashing
Crashing is a British comedy-drama television series created by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, following a group of twenty-somethings living as property guardians in a disused hospital.
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D.
The Coming Wave
The Coming Wave is a nonfiction book by AI pioneer Mustafa Suleyman that explores the transformative power and potential risks of rapidly advancing technologies like artificial intelligence and synthetic biology.
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E.
Don’t Go Near the Water
Don’t Go Near the Water is a 1957 American romantic comedy film set in the U.S. Navy during World War II, known for its humorous take on military public relations and wartime romance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American short film
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short documentary film ⓘ |
| about | pioneering high-speed water racing achievements of Donald Campbell ⓘ |
| academyAwardsEdition | 29th Academy Awards ⓘ |
| award | Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-Reel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
boat racing
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water speed record runs ⓘ |
| director | Larry O’Reilly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| features | Donald Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | documentary film ⓘ |
| hasFormat | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Crashing the Water Barrier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Donald Campbell
NERFINISHED
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high-speed water racing ⓘ water speed record attempts ⓘ |
| narrationBy | Les Tremayne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Donald Campbell’s Bluebird K7 jet hydroplane
NERFINISHED
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record attempts on water at high speed ⓘ |
| producer | Robert Youngson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Reeves Communications NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 9 ⓘ |
| setting | Coniston Water NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectNationality | British ⓘ |
| subjectOccupation | boat racer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Crashing the Water Barrier Description of subject: Crashing the Water Barrier is a short documentary film that chronicles the pioneering high-speed water racing achievements of boat racer Donald Campbell.
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