Design for Death
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Design for Death is a 1947 American documentary film examining the cultural and historical roots of Japanese militarism and World War II, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Design for Death canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6875790 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Design for Death Context triple: [20th Academy Awards, bestDocumentaryFeatureWinner, Design for Death]
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A.
The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
"The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death" is a 1987 indie pop album by British band The Housemartins, noted for its jangly guitar sound and socially and politically charged lyrics.
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B.
The Body
"The Body" is a coming-of-age novella by Stephen King, best known as the basis for the 1986 film "Stand by Me."
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C.
De mortalitate
De mortalitate is a Christian theological treatise by Cyprian of Carthage that reflects on death, suffering, and the hope of eternal life amid plague and persecution.
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D.
8 Million Ways to Die
8 Million Ways to Die is a 1986 neo-noir crime thriller film starring Jeff Bridges as a troubled detective drawn into a violent web of drugs and corruption in Los Angeles.
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E.
1000 Ways to Die
1000 Ways to Die is a darkly comedic documentary-style television series that dramatizes unusual and often bizarre real-life deaths.
- 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: Design for Death Target entity description: Design for Death is a 1947 American documentary film examining the cultural and historical roots of Japanese militarism and World War II, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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A.
The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
"The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death" is a 1987 indie pop album by British band The Housemartins, noted for its jangly guitar sound and socially and politically charged lyrics.
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B.
The Body
"The Body" is a coming-of-age novella by Stephen King, best known as the basis for the 1986 film "Stand by Me."
-
C.
De mortalitate
De mortalitate is a Christian theological treatise by Cyprian of Carthage that reflects on death, suffering, and the hope of eternal life amid plague and persecution.
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D.
8 Million Ways to Die
8 Million Ways to Die is a 1986 neo-noir crime thriller film starring Jeff Bridges as a troubled detective drawn into a violent web of drugs and corruption in Los Angeles.
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E.
1000 Ways to Die
1000 Ways to Die is a darkly comedic documentary-style television series that dramatizes unusual and often bizarre real-life deaths.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | documentary film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1948 Academy Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Our Job in Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robert De Grasse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
Imperial Japan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Richard Fleischer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editingBy | Elmo Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre | documentary film ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Japanese militarism
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| musicBy | Leigh Harline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | Kent Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | post–World War II American propaganda films ⓘ |
| producer | Sid Rogell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1947 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| runtime | 89 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Helen G. Rodin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Fleischer NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodor S. Geisel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Design for Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
cultural roots of Japanese militarism
ⓘ
historical causes of World War II in the Pacific ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Design for Death Description of subject: Design for Death is a 1947 American documentary film examining the cultural and historical roots of Japanese militarism and World War II, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Referenced by (3)
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