Island in the Sky
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Island in the Sky is a 1953 American aviation drama film starring John Wayne, based on Ernest K. Gann’s novel about a stranded transport plane and its crew’s struggle for survival in the Arctic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Island in the Sky canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9518501 — 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: Island in the Sky Context triple: [Walter Abel, notableWork, Island in the Sky]
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A.
Island in the Sky
Island in the Sky is a high, scenic mesa district in southeastern Utah known for its expansive overlooks and dramatic views of the canyons carved by the Colorado and Green Rivers.
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B.
Islands in the Sky
Islands in the Sky is the nickname for the Mendocino Ridge American Viticultural Area, a high-elevation coastal winegrowing region in Northern California known for its rugged, fog-blanketed ridges.
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C.
The Plateau
The Plateau is a trendy, artsy neighborhood in Montreal known for its colorful row houses, vibrant street art, and lively café and nightlife scene.
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D.
Calico Hills
Calico Hills is a striking expanse of red and cream sandstone formations popular for hiking, rock climbing, and scenic views within Nevada’s Red Rock Canyon area.
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E.
Surprise Valley
Surprise Valley is a remote high-desert valley in northeastern California known for its geothermal hot springs, ranching landscape, and proximity to the Warner Mountains.
- 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: Island in the Sky Target entity description: Island in the Sky is a 1953 American aviation drama film starring John Wayne, based on Ernest K. Gann’s novel about a stranded transport plane and its crew’s struggle for survival in the Arctic.
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A.
Island in the Sky
Island in the Sky is a high, scenic mesa district in southeastern Utah known for its expansive overlooks and dramatic views of the canyons carved by the Colorado and Green Rivers.
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B.
Islands in the Sky
Islands in the Sky is the nickname for the Mendocino Ridge American Viticultural Area, a high-elevation coastal winegrowing region in Northern California known for its rugged, fog-blanketed ridges.
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C.
The Plateau
The Plateau is a trendy, artsy neighborhood in Montreal known for its colorful row houses, vibrant street art, and lively café and nightlife scene.
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D.
Calico Hills
Calico Hills is a striking expanse of red and cream sandstone formations popular for hiking, rock climbing, and scenic views within Nevada’s Red Rock Canyon area.
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E.
Surprise Valley
Surprise Valley is a remote high-desert valley in northeastern California known for its geothermal hot springs, ranching landscape, and proximity to the Warner Mountains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aviation film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Island in the Sky (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Ernest K. Gann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Allyn Joslyn
NERFINISHED
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Andy Devine NERFINISHED ⓘ George Chandler NERFINISHED ⓘ Hal Baylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Carey Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ James Arness NERFINISHED ⓘ John Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Lloyd Nolan NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Jean Heydt NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Fix NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Moody NERFINISHED ⓘ Regis Toomey NERFINISHED ⓘ Wally Cassell NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Abel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character | Dooley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | William H. Clothier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | William A. Wellman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Ralph Dawson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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drama ⓘ |
| hasType | feature film ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
aviation
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survival ⓘ |
| musicBy | Emil Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | John Wayne filmography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A transport plane becomes stranded in the Arctic, and the crew struggles to survive while rescue efforts are mounted. ⓘ |
| portrays | John Wayne as Dooley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
John Wayne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Fellows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Wayne-Fellows Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1953 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| runtime | 109 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ernest K. Gann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starred | John Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Island in the Sky 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: Island in the Sky Description of subject: Island in the Sky is a 1953 American aviation drama film starring John Wayne, based on Ernest K. Gann’s novel about a stranded transport plane and its crew’s struggle for survival in the Arctic.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.