Ship of Fools
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Ship of Fools is a 1965 ensemble drama film set aboard a transatlantic ocean liner in the 1930s, exploring themes of prejudice and human folly as its diverse passengers’ lives intersect.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ship of Fools canonical | 8 |
| Ship of Fools (1965 film score) | 1 |
| Ship of Fools (1965 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7093451 — 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: Ship of Fools Context triple: [Ernest Laszlo, notableWork, Ship of Fools]
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A.
Ship of Fools
"Ship of Fools" is a reflective, slow-tempo song by the Grateful Dead known for its soulful vocals and themes of regret and missed chances.
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B.
Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools is a satirical religious painting by Hieronymus Bosch that depicts a chaotic boat of revelers to critique human folly and moral corruption.
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C.
Chain of Fools
"Chain of Fools" is a classic 1967 soul song performed by Aretha Franklin, renowned for its powerful vocals, driving groove, and enduring influence in R&B music.
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D.
Nobody’s Fool
"Nobody’s Fool" is a country song written by Hal Bynum, known for its traditional storytelling style and emotional lyricism.
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E.
The Singing Fool
The Singing Fool is a 1928 American musical drama film starring Al Jolson, notable as an early sound feature that helped solidify his status as one of the era’s biggest stars.
- 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: Ship of Fools Target entity description: Ship of Fools is a 1965 ensemble drama film set aboard a transatlantic ocean liner in the 1930s, exploring themes of prejudice and human folly as its diverse passengers’ lives intersect.
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A.
Ship of Fools
"Ship of Fools" is a reflective, slow-tempo song by the Grateful Dead known for its soulful vocals and themes of regret and missed chances.
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B.
Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools is a satirical religious painting by Hieronymus Bosch that depicts a chaotic boat of revelers to critique human folly and moral corruption.
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C.
Chain of Fools
"Chain of Fools" is a classic 1967 soul song performed by Aretha Franklin, renowned for its powerful vocals, driving groove, and enduring influence in R&B music.
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D.
Nobody’s Fool
"Nobody’s Fool" is a country song written by Hal Bynum, known for its traditional storytelling style and emotional lyricism.
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E.
The Singing Fool
The Singing Fool is a 1928 American musical drama film starring Al Jolson, notable as an early sound feature that helped solidify his status as one of the era’s biggest stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| award |
Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Black-and-White
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Cinematography – Black-and-White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ship of Fools (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Katherine Anne Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ernest Laszlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Stanley Kramer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Robert C. Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
German nationalist
ⓘ
Jewish salesman ⓘ aging Southern belle ⓘ alcoholic ex–baseball player ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
antisemitism
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class divisions ⓘ political tension in pre–World War II Europe ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasEnsembleCast | true ⓘ |
| musicBy | Ernest Gold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
human folly
ⓘ
intersecting lives of passengers ⓘ prejudice ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actress
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Stanley Kramer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Stanley Kramer Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1965 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| runtime | 149 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Abby Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | transatlantic ocean liner ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1930s ⓘ |
| starredActor |
George Segal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Heinz Rühmann NERFINISHED ⓘ Jose Ferrer NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Marvin NERFINISHED ⓘ Oskar Werner NERFINISHED ⓘ Simone Signoret NERFINISHED ⓘ Vivien Leigh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Ship of Fools Description of subject: Ship of Fools is a 1965 ensemble drama film set aboard a transatlantic ocean liner in the 1930s, exploring themes of prejudice and human folly as its diverse passengers’ lives intersect.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ship of Fools (1965 film score)
this entity surface form:
Ship of Fools (1965 film)
subject surface form:
Vivien Leigh