The Sun Never Sets
E791913
The Sun Never Sets is a 1939 British Empire–themed drama film, co-written by Leueen MacGrath, that follows a family of colonial administrators whose lives are shaped by their service around the globe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Sun Never Sets canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9328050 — 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: The Sun Never Sets Context triple: [Leueen MacGrath, notableWork, The Sun Never Sets]
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A.
A Sun That Never Sets
A Sun That Never Sets is a 2001 studio album by American avant-garde metal band Neurosis, noted for its atmospheric, experimental blend of post-metal, sludge, and ambient influences.
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B.
Hold the Sunset
Hold the Sunset is a British television sitcom about late-life romance and family complications, starring Alison Steadman alongside John Cleese.
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C.
Escape to the Sun
Escape to the Sun is a 1972 drama film about Soviet Jews attempting to flee religious persecution, featuring Josephine Chaplin in a leading role.
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D.
Chasing the Sun
"Chasing the Sun" is a song by Sara Bareilles featured on her 2013 studio album *The Blessed Unrest*.
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E.
Follow the Sun
"Follow the Sun" is a 1951 biographical drama film about golfer Ben Hogan, in which Gigi Perreau appears among the supporting cast.
- 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: The Sun Never Sets Target entity description: The Sun Never Sets is a 1939 British Empire–themed drama film, co-written by Leueen MacGrath, that follows a family of colonial administrators whose lives are shaped by their service around the globe.
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A.
A Sun That Never Sets
A Sun That Never Sets is a 2001 studio album by American avant-garde metal band Neurosis, noted for its atmospheric, experimental blend of post-metal, sludge, and ambient influences.
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B.
Hold the Sunset
Hold the Sunset is a British television sitcom about late-life romance and family complications, starring Alison Steadman alongside John Cleese.
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C.
Escape to the Sun
Escape to the Sun is a 1972 drama film about Soviet Jews attempting to flee religious persecution, featuring Josephine Chaplin in a leading role.
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D.
Chasing the Sun
"Chasing the Sun" is a song by Sara Bareilles featured on her 2013 studio album *The Blessed Unrest*.
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E.
Follow the Sun
"Follow the Sun" is a 1951 biographical drama film about golfer Ben Hogan, in which Gigi Perreau appears among the supporting cast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfSetting | various British colonies ⓘ |
| director | Rowland V. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
British Empire–themed film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Barbara O'Neil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Basil Rathbone NERFINISHED ⓘ Claude Rains NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas Fairbanks Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Atwill NERFINISHED ⓘ Montagu Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Willes NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
colonial service
ⓘ
duty to the British Empire ⓘ family legacy ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | family of colonial administrators ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | follows a family of British colonial administrators whose lives are shaped by imperial service around the globe ⓘ |
| producer | Rowland V. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1939 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 97 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Charles Bennett
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leueen MacGrath NERFINISHED ⓘ Rowland V. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ W. P. Lipscomb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | phrase "the sun never sets on the British Empire" ⓘ |
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: The Sun Never Sets Description of subject: The Sun Never Sets is a 1939 British Empire–themed drama film, co-written by Leueen MacGrath, that follows a family of colonial administrators whose lives are shaped by their service around the globe.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.