The Big Lift
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The Big Lift is a 1950 American drama film about the Berlin Airlift, notable for its semi-documentary style and on-location shooting in postwar Germany.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Big Lift canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5957648 — 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)
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Target entity: The Big Lift Context triple: [Sy Bartlett, workedOn, The Big Lift]
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Lifted
"Lifted" is a work authored by Mercy, likely a literary or creative piece such as a book, story, or script.
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Lifted
Lifted is a music producer known for working on the hit song "Cruel Summer."
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Something Big
"Something Big" is a song featured on the country music album "Hard Promises" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
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The Big Help Out
The Big Help Out is a UK-wide volunteering initiative launched to mark the coronation of King Charles III by encouraging people to support local charities and community groups.
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LIFT
LIFT is a paratransit and demand-response transportation service provided by the North County Transit District in San Diego County for riders with disabilities and mobility limitations.
- 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)
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Target entity: The Big Lift Target entity description: The Big Lift is a 1950 American drama film about the Berlin Airlift, notable for its semi-documentary style and on-location shooting in postwar Germany.
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A.
Lifted
Lifted is a music producer known for working on the hit song "Cruel Summer."
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B.
Lifted
"Lifted" is a work authored by Mercy, likely a literary or creative piece such as a book, story, or script.
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C.
Something Big
"Something Big" is a song featured on the country music album "Hard Promises" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
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D.
The Big Help Out
The Big Help Out is a UK-wide volunteering initiative launched to mark the coronation of King Charles III by encouraging people to support local charities and community groups.
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E.
LIFT
LIFT is a paratransit and demand-response transportation service provided by the North County Transit District in San Diego County for riders with disabilities and mobility limitations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOnEvent | Berlin Airlift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Charles G. Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| depicts | U.S. Air Force operations in Berlin Airlift ⓘ |
| director | George Seaton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
20th Century Fox
NERFINISHED
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Robert L. Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
war film ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStyle | semi-documentary ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alfred Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
on-location shooting in postwar Germany
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semi-documentary style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | Berlin Airlift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | William Perlberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1950-04-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 122 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | George Seaton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
postwar Germany ⓘ |
| stars |
Bruni Löbel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cornell Borchers NERFINISHED ⓘ Montgomery Clift NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Allied airlift to West Berlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cold War-era Berlin ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1948–1949 ⓘ |
| title | The Big Lift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Big Lift Description of subject: The Big Lift is a 1950 American drama film about the Berlin Airlift, notable for its semi-documentary style and on-location shooting in postwar Germany.
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