Broken Earth
E613112
"Broken Earth" is a 1939 short film starring Clarence Muse that portrays the struggles of an African American sharecropper in the rural American South.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broken Earth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6711894 — 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: Broken Earth Context triple: [Clarence Muse, notableWork, Broken Earth]
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A.
Ends of the Earth
"Ends of the Earth" is a cinematic, folk-inspired indie rock song by Lord Huron known for its expansive, wanderlust-driven themes and atmospheric sound.
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B.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
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C.
Murmurs of Earth
Murmurs of Earth is a book co-authored and edited by Carl Sagan that documents the creation, contents, and purpose of the Voyager Golden Record sent into space aboard the Voyager spacecraft.
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D.
The Earth Compels
The Earth Compels is a 1938 poetry collection by Louis MacNeice that reflects his characteristic blend of personal lyricism, political awareness, and modernist technique.
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E.
Darkness on the Face of the Earth
"Darkness on the Face of the Earth" is a song by Willie Nelson, featured on his album *Teatro*, blending country with atmospheric, Tex-Mex-influenced production.
- 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: Broken Earth Target entity description: "Broken Earth" is a 1939 short film starring Clarence Muse that portrays the struggles of an African American sharecropper in the rural American South.
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A.
Ends of the Earth
"Ends of the Earth" is a cinematic, folk-inspired indie rock song by Lord Huron known for its expansive, wanderlust-driven themes and atmospheric sound.
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B.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
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C.
Murmurs of Earth
Murmurs of Earth is a book co-authored and edited by Carl Sagan that documents the creation, contents, and purpose of the Voyager Golden Record sent into space aboard the Voyager spacecraft.
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D.
The Earth Compels
The Earth Compels is a 1938 poetry collection by Louis MacNeice that reflects his characteristic blend of personal lyricism, political awareness, and modernist technique.
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E.
Darkness on the Face of the Earth
"Darkness on the Face of the Earth" is a song by Willie Nelson, featured on his album *Teatro*, blending country with atmospheric, Tex-Mex-influenced production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short film ⓘ |
| castMember | Clarence Muse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depictsOccupation | sharecropper ⓘ |
| depictsSocialIssue |
economic hardship
ⓘ
racial inequality in the United States ⓘ |
| featuresEthnicGroup | African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
short film ⓘ |
| hasDurationCategory | short ⓘ |
| hasFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| hasMedium | film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
poverty
ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ rural life in the American South ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | independent film ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American sharecroppers
ⓘ
rural American South ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | rural American South ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American film history ⓘ |
| portrays | struggles of an African American sharecropper ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | 1930s American cinema ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| starredActor | Clarence Muse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Broken Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Broken Earth Description of subject: "Broken Earth" is a 1939 short film starring Clarence Muse that portrays the struggles of an African American sharecropper in the rural American South.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.