The Killing Floor
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The Killing Floor is a 1984 American television drama film about African American stockyard workers in 1910s Chicago and their struggle to unionize amid racial tensions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Killing Floor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9780563 — 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 Killing Floor Context triple: [Frankie Faison, notableWork, The Killing Floor]
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A.
The Killing Ground
The Killing Ground is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring his recurring character Sean Dillon in a high-stakes tale of terrorism, kidnapping, and covert operations.
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B.
Shoot to Kill
Shoot to Kill is a 1988 American thriller film about an FBI agent and a mountain guide tracking a murderous criminal through the wilderness.
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C.
Generation Kill
Generation Kill is a nonfiction book by Evan Wright and an HBO miniseries adaptation that chronicle the experiences of a U.S. Marine reconnaissance battalion during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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D.
The Killing Hour
The Killing Hour is a crime thriller novel by bestselling American author Lisa Gardner, featuring FBI profiler Kimberly Quincy as she investigates a serial killer who leaves pairs of victims in different locations.
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E.
The Big Kill
The Big Kill is a hardboiled crime novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer, written by American mystery author Mickey Spillane.
- 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 Killing Floor Target entity description: The Killing Floor is a 1984 American television drama film about African American stockyard workers in 1910s Chicago and their struggle to unionize amid racial tensions.
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A.
The Killing Ground
The Killing Ground is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring his recurring character Sean Dillon in a high-stakes tale of terrorism, kidnapping, and covert operations.
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B.
Shoot to Kill
Shoot to Kill is a 1988 American thriller film about an FBI agent and a mountain guide tracking a murderous criminal through the wilderness.
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C.
Generation Kill
Generation Kill is a nonfiction book by Evan Wright and an HBO miniseries adaptation that chronicle the experiences of a U.S. Marine reconnaissance battalion during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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D.
The Killing Hour
The Killing Hour is a crime thriller novel by bestselling American author Lisa Gardner, featuring FBI profiler Kimberly Quincy as she investigates a serial killer who leaves pairs of victims in different locations.
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E.
The Big Kill
The Big Kill is a hardboiled crime novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer, written by American mystery author Mickey Spillane.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical events in Chicago meatpacking industry ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Fred Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depictsEvent | labor struggles in Chicago meatpacking industry ⓘ |
| depictsOrganization | Chicago stockyard unions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Bill Duke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | PBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEditingBy | John Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class struggle
ⓘ
interracial solidarity in labor movement ⓘ racism in the workplace ⓘ unionization ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American stockyard workers
ⓘ
labor organizing ⓘ labor unions ⓘ racial tensions ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | PBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | American Playhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Elsa Rassbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Channel 4
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PBS NERFINISHED ⓘ WDR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1984 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | television broadcast ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 118 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Elsa Rassbach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leslie Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Chicago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chicago stockyards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | 1910s ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Alfre Woodard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clarence Felder NERFINISHED ⓘ Damien Leake NERFINISHED ⓘ Dennis Farina NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernest Rayford NERFINISHED ⓘ John Mahoney NERFINISHED ⓘ Moses Gunn NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosanna Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Killing Floor Description of subject: The Killing Floor is a 1984 American television drama film about African American stockyard workers in 1910s Chicago and their struggle to unionize amid racial tensions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.