Test Pilot
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Test Pilot is a 1938 American aviation drama film starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy that follows the perilous life and relationships of a daring test pilot.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Test Pilot canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6244311 — 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: Test Pilot Context triple: [Jim Lane, protagonistOf, Test Pilot]
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A.
Teston
Teston is a small village in Kent, England, known for its rural character and location near the River Medway.
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B.
TestFlight
TestFlight is Apple’s official platform for distributing and managing beta versions of iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS apps to testers before App Store release.
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C.
Experimental Test Pilot Course
The Experimental Test Pilot Course is a specialized United States Air Force training program that prepares experienced pilots to conduct and evaluate flight tests of advanced and experimental aircraft.
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D.
Testour
Testour is a historic town in northern Tunisia known for its Andalusian architectural heritage and cultural traditions.
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E.
Basic Pilot Program
The Basic Pilot Program was the original name for the U.S. government’s electronic employment eligibility verification system, later known as E-Verify.
- 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: Test Pilot Target entity description: Test Pilot is a 1938 American aviation drama film starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy that follows the perilous life and relationships of a daring test pilot.
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A.
Teston
Teston is a small village in Kent, England, known for its rural character and location near the River Medway.
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B.
TestFlight
TestFlight is Apple’s official platform for distributing and managing beta versions of iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS apps to testers before App Store release.
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C.
Experimental Test Pilot Course
The Experimental Test Pilot Course is a specialized United States Air Force training program that prepares experienced pilots to conduct and evaluate flight tests of advanced and experimental aircraft.
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D.
Testour
Testour is a historic town in northern Tunisia known for its Andalusian architectural heritage and cultural traditions.
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E.
Basic Pilot Program
The Basic Pilot Program was the original name for the U.S. government’s electronic employment eligibility verification system, later known as E-Verify.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aviation film
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film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy |
Cedric Gibbons
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William A. Horning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Frank Wead ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Harold Rosson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Adrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Victor Fleming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Loew's Inc.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Tom Held NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStudio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
aviation
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | Passed (Production Code era) ⓘ |
| leadActor | Clark Gable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Myrna Loy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ann Barton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gunner Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Franz Waxman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
aviation risks
ⓘ
perilous life of a test pilot ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Sound Recording NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Louis D. Lighton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1938-04-22 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 118 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Vincent Lawrence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Waldemar Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| soundDepartment | Douglas Shearer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Clark Gable
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lionel Barrymore NERFINISHED ⓘ Myrna Loy NERFINISHED ⓘ Spencer Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy | Frank Wead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportingActor |
Lionel Barrymore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spencer Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1930s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Test Pilot Description of subject: Test Pilot is a 1938 American aviation drama film starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy that follows the perilous life and relationships of a daring test pilot.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.