Passport to Pimlico
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Passport to Pimlico is a 1949 British Ealing Studios comedy film in which a London neighborhood discovers an old document that technically makes it part of Burgundy, leading to a wave of humorous bureaucratic and political chaos.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Passport to Pimlico canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5778645 — 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: Passport to Pimlico Context triple: [Michael Balcon, notableWork, Passport to Pimlico]
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A.
Fuente de la Fama y la Carrera de Caballos
Fuente de la Fama y la Carrera de Caballos is an ornate Baroque fountain in San Ildefonso, Spain, notable for its allegorical sculptures and dynamic equestrian figures.
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B.
The Race
The Race is a narrow, fast-moving tidal strait at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, known for its strong currents and challenging navigation conditions.
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C.
The Race
The Race is the historic annual rowing regatta between Harvard and Yale Universities, renowned as the oldest intercollegiate sporting event in the United States.
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D.
En Gallop
"En Gallop" is a song by American singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom, featured on her debut album "The Milk-Eyed Mender."
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E.
At the Races
"At the Races" is a painting by Edgar Degas that depicts the lively atmosphere of a horse-racing scene, reflecting his interest in modern urban leisure and dynamic movement.
- 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: Passport to Pimlico Target entity description: Passport to Pimlico is a 1949 British Ealing Studios comedy film in which a London neighborhood discovers an old document that technically makes it part of Burgundy, leading to a wave of humorous bureaucratic and political chaos.
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A.
Fuente de la Fama y la Carrera de Caballos
Fuente de la Fama y la Carrera de Caballos is an ornate Baroque fountain in San Ildefonso, Spain, notable for its allegorical sculptures and dynamic equestrian figures.
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B.
The Race
The Race is a narrow, fast-moving tidal strait at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, known for its strong currents and challenging navigation conditions.
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C.
The Race
The Race is the historic annual rowing regatta between Harvard and Yale Universities, renowned as the oldest intercollegiate sporting event in the United States.
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D.
En Gallop
"En Gallop" is a song by American singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom, featured on her debut album "The Milk-Eyed Mender."
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E.
At the Races
"At the Races" is a painting by Edgar Degas that depicts the lively atmosphere of a horse-racing scene, reflecting his interest in modern urban leisure and dynamic movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ealing comedy
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| awardNominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Motion Picture Story
NERFINISHED
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Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lionel Banes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Henry Cornelius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Ealing Studios
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ Universal-International (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Michael Truman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Lambeth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
satirical film ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Arthur Pemberton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ Gladys Pemberton NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor Hatton-Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| musicBy | Georges Auric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
bureaucracy
ⓘ
national identity ⓘ rationing and postwar austerity ⓘ |
| notableFor | satirising postwar British bureaucracy and government controls ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Ealing comedies cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Residents of a London district discover an ancient charter proving they are legally part of the Duchy of Burgundy, leading them to declare independence and triggering bureaucratic and political complications. ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Balcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1949-04-28 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 84 ⓘ |
| screenplayBasedOn | original story by T. E. B. Clarke ⓘ |
| screenwriter | T. E. B. Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Pimlico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Basil Radford
NERFINISHED
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Hermione Baddeley NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Hylton NERFINISHED ⓘ John Slater NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Rutherford NERFINISHED ⓘ Naunton Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Dupuis NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Huntley NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Holloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Sydney Tafler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | post-World War II Britain ⓘ |
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Subject: Passport to Pimlico Description of subject: Passport to Pimlico is a 1949 British Ealing Studios comedy film in which a London neighborhood discovers an old document that technically makes it part of Burgundy, leading to a wave of humorous bureaucratic and political chaos.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Michael Balcon