film "Bird"
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"Bird" is a 1988 biographical drama film directed by Clint Eastwood that chronicles the life and music of legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bird (1988 film) | 1 |
| film "Bird" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4568522 — 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: film "Bird" Context triple: [Charlie Parker, subjectOf, film "Bird"]
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A.
film Birdman of Alcatraz
Birdman of Alcatraz is a 1962 biographical drama film depicting the life of convicted murderer and renowned prison bird expert Robert Stroud during his years of incarceration.
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B.
The Birds
The Birds is a 1963 suspense-horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, renowned for its terrifying depiction of unexplained bird attacks on a coastal town and its pioneering use of special effects and sound design.
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C.
The Birds
The Birds is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes that satirically depicts humans and birds founding a utopian city in the sky to challenge the gods.
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D.
The Bird
The Bird is a famous oversized bronze bird sculpture by Colombian artist Fernando Botero, exemplifying his signature exaggerated, voluminous style.
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E.
Killing Birds
"Killing Birds" is a song featured on the album "Carry On."
- 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: film "Bird" Target entity description: "Bird" is a 1988 biographical drama film directed by Clint Eastwood that chronicles the life and music of legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker.
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A.
film Birdman of Alcatraz
Birdman of Alcatraz is a 1962 biographical drama film depicting the life of convicted murderer and renowned prison bird expert Robert Stroud during his years of incarceration.
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B.
The Birds
The Birds is a 1963 suspense-horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, renowned for its terrifying depiction of unexplained bird attacks on a coastal town and its pioneering use of special effects and sound design.
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C.
The Birds
The Birds is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes that satirically depicts humans and birds founding a utopian city in the sky to challenge the gods.
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D.
The Bird
The Bird is a famous oversized bronze bird sculpture by Colombian artist Fernando Botero, exemplifying his signature exaggerated, voluminous style.
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E.
Killing Birds
"Killing Birds" is a song featured on the album "Carry On."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Sound
NERFINISHED
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Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedBy | Forest Whitaker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Charlie Parker ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jack N. Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depictsGenre | bebop jazz ⓘ |
| depictsStruggleWith |
alcoholism
ⓘ
drug addiction ⓘ |
| director | Clint Eastwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| editedBy | Joel Cox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresMusicBy | Charlie Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical drama
ⓘ
musical drama ⓘ |
| hasFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
artistic genius
ⓘ
jazz music ⓘ personal tragedy ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Charlie Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Lennie Niehaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
life of Charlie Parker
ⓘ
music career of Charlie Parker ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
Chan Parker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charlie Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Rodney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Clint Eastwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Malpaso Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1988-09-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 161 minutes ⓘ |
| screenedAt | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Joel Oliansky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Kansas City
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
1940s
ⓘ
1950s ⓘ |
| star |
Diane Venora
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Forest Whitaker NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Zelniker NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel E. Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Bird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: film "Bird" Description of subject: "Bird" is a 1988 biographical drama film directed by Clint Eastwood that chronicles the life and music of legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bird (1988 film)