No Blade of Grass
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No Blade of Grass is a 1970 British post-apocalyptic film about societal collapse following environmental catastrophe, adapted from John Christopher’s novel "The Death of Grass."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| No Blade of Grass canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6027966 — 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: No Blade of Grass Context triple: [Cornel Wilde, directed, No Blade of Grass]
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A.
The Dying Grass
The Dying Grass is a sprawling historical novel by William T. Vollmann that chronicles the Nez Perce War of 1877 in his characteristically dense, experimental style.
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B.
The Tilled Field
The Tilled Field is a seminal 1923–24 surrealist painting by Joan Miró that marks his transition from detailed realism to a highly personal, symbolic, and abstract visual language.
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C.
The Sower
The Sower is a prominent bronze statue symbolizing agriculture and human labor that crowns the tower of the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln.
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D.
The Sower
The Sower is a famous mid-19th-century painting by Jean-François Millet that powerfully depicts a peasant farmer sowing seeds, symbolizing rural labor and social realism.
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E.
The Sheaves
"The Sheaves" is a reflective lyric poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that contemplates mortality and spiritual renewal through the imagery of harvested grain.
- 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: No Blade of Grass Target entity description: No Blade of Grass is a 1970 British post-apocalyptic film about societal collapse following environmental catastrophe, adapted from John Christopher’s novel "The Death of Grass."
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A.
The Dying Grass
The Dying Grass is a sprawling historical novel by William T. Vollmann that chronicles the Nez Perce War of 1877 in his characteristically dense, experimental style.
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B.
The Tilled Field
The Tilled Field is a seminal 1923–24 surrealist painting by Joan Miró that marks his transition from detailed realism to a highly personal, symbolic, and abstract visual language.
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C.
The Sower
The Sower is a prominent bronze statue symbolizing agriculture and human labor that crowns the tower of the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln.
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D.
The Sower
The Sower is a famous mid-19th-century painting by Jean-François Millet that powerfully depicts a peasant farmer sowing seeds, symbolizing rural labor and social realism.
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E.
The Sheaves
"The Sheaves" is a reflective lyric poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that contemplates mortality and spiritual renewal through the imagery of harvested grain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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post-apocalyptic film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The Death of Grass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Death of Grass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | John Christopher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
George Coulouris
NERFINISHED
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Jean Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hamill NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynne Frederick NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel Davenport NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ Wendy Richard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Harry Waxman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
famine
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pandemic plant disease ⓘ social breakdown ⓘ |
| director | Cornel Wilde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editingBy | Eric Boyd-Perkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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post-apocalyptic film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| hasSettingPeriod | near future ⓘ |
| hasTitle | No Blade of Grass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
environmental catastrophe
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societal collapse ⓘ |
| musicBy | Burnell Whibley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | British science fiction cinema ⓘ |
| portrays |
moral dilemmas in survival situations
ⓘ
resource scarcity ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| producer | Cornel Wilde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1970 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| runtime | 96 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Cornel Wilde
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sean Forestal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfFilmRelease | 1970 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: No Blade of Grass Description of subject: No Blade of Grass is a 1970 British post-apocalyptic film about societal collapse following environmental catastrophe, adapted from John Christopher’s novel "The Death of Grass."
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