Trial
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"Trial" is a 1955 courtroom drama film starring Arthur Kennedy, known for its exploration of justice, racism, and political manipulation in a highly charged legal case.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Trial canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5957539 — 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: Trial Context triple: [Arthur Kennedy, notableWork, Trial]
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TRY
TRY is the three-letter ISO 4217 currency code for the Turkish lira, the official currency of Türkiye.
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Homma trial
The Homma trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal that prosecuted Japanese General Masaharu Homma for war crimes committed by his forces against American and Filipino prisoners in the Philippines.
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Try
"Try" is a pop ballad by Colbie Caillat that encourages self-acceptance and challenges beauty standards and societal pressure to conform.
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Try
"Try" is a pop ballad by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado, known for its emotional lyrics and melodic, acoustic-driven sound.
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Trial Chambers
Trial Chambers are judicial panels within the Iraqi Special Tribunal responsible for conducting trials and issuing judgments in cases involving serious crimes.
- 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: Trial Target entity description: "Trial" is a 1955 courtroom drama film starring Arthur Kennedy, known for its exploration of justice, racism, and political manipulation in a highly charged legal case.
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A.
TRY
TRY is the three-letter ISO 4217 currency code for the Turkish lira, the official currency of Türkiye.
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B.
Homma trial
The Homma trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal that prosecuted Japanese General Masaharu Homma for war crimes committed by his forces against American and Filipino prisoners in the Philippines.
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C.
Try
"Try" is a pop ballad by Colbie Caillat that encourages self-acceptance and challenges beauty standards and societal pressure to conform.
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D.
Try
"Try" is a pop ballad by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado, known for its emotional lyrics and melodic, acoustic-driven sound.
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E.
Trial Chambers
Trial Chambers are judicial panels within the Iraqi Special Tribunal responsible for conducting trials and issuing judgments in cases involving serious crimes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNominationFor | Arthur Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Trial (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Don Mankiewicz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certificateRating | Approved (Production Code era) ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robert Surtees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| depicts | racially charged murder accusation ⓘ |
| director | Mark Robson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Harold F. Kress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores | conflict between legal ethics and political ideology ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
legal drama film ⓘ |
| hasSetting | American Southwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Arthur Kennedy as a defense attorney ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
justice
ⓘ
political manipulation ⓘ racism ⓘ |
| musicBy | André Previn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | highly charged legal case involving racial tensions ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of political exploitation of legal cases
ⓘ
depiction of racism in a murder trial ⓘ exploration of justice in the American legal system ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American courtroom drama film tradition ⓘ |
| portrays |
McCarthy-era political pressures
ⓘ
courtroom proceedings ⓘ |
| producer | Sol C. Siegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1955 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| runtime | 105 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayAdaptationOf | Trial (novel) by Don Mankiewicz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Don Mankiewicz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| starring |
Arthur Kennedy
NERFINISHED
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Dorothy McGuire NERFINISHED ⓘ Glenn Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hodiak NERFINISHED ⓘ Juano Hernández NERFINISHED ⓘ Katy Jurado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Trial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Trial Description of subject: "Trial" is a 1955 courtroom drama film starring Arthur Kennedy, known for its exploration of justice, racism, and political manipulation in a highly charged legal case.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.