The Crossing
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The Crossing is a Chinese historical epic film that intertwines the lives of several characters against the backdrop of the 1949 sinking of the Taiping steamer during the Chinese Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Crossing canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9802167 — 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 Crossing Context triple: [John Woo, directed, The Crossing]
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A.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a historical novel by Howard Fast that dramatizes George Washington’s daring 1776 crossing of the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a crime novel by Michael Connelly featuring detective Harry Bosch teaming up with defense attorney Mickey Haller to investigate a complex murder case.
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C.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a renowned video art installation by Bill Viola that explores themes of transformation and spirituality through slow-motion imagery of a figure engulfed alternately by fire and water.
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D.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a science fiction television series centered on refugees from a war-torn future seeking asylum in a small American town.
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E.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a 1994 novel by Cormac McCarthy, the second book in his Border Trilogy, following a young cowboy’s harrowing journeys between the United States and Mexico.
- 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 Crossing Target entity description: The Crossing is a Chinese historical epic film that intertwines the lives of several characters against the backdrop of the 1949 sinking of the Taiping steamer during the Chinese Civil War.
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A.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a 1994 novel by Cormac McCarthy, the second book in his Border Trilogy, following a young cowboy’s harrowing journeys between the United States and Mexico.
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B.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a crime novel by Michael Connelly featuring detective Harry Bosch teaming up with defense attorney Mickey Haller to investigate a complex murder case.
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C.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a renowned video art installation by Bill Viola that explores themes of transformation and spirituality through slow-motion imagery of a figure engulfed alternately by fire and water.
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D.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a historical novel by Howard Fast that dramatizes George Washington’s daring 1776 crossing of the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a science fiction television series centered on refugees from a war-torn future seeking asylum in a small American town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese film
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film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Crossing: Part 1
NERFINISHED
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The Crossing: Part 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | sinking of the Taiping steamer ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Zhao Xiaoding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| depicts |
refugees fleeing to Taiwan
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romantic relationships during wartime ⓘ social upheaval in late 1940s China ⓘ |
| director | John Woo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Beijing Galloping Horse Film & TV Production NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Angie Lam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresHistoricalEvent |
Chinese Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
sinking of the Taiping steamer ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Beijing
NERFINISHED
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Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | intertwined lives of several characters ⓘ |
| genre |
epic film
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historical film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Crossing: Part 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Crossing: Part 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainEventYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Taro Iwashiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | sinking of the Taiping steamer ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | multi-strand ensemble narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| producer | John Woo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseCountry |
China
NERFINISHED
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Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDatePart1 | 2014 ⓘ |
| releaseDatePart2 | 2015 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
John Woo
NERFINISHED
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Wang Huiling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Chinese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Huang Xiaoming
NERFINISHED
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Masami Nagasawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Song Hye-kyo NERFINISHED ⓘ Takeshi Kaneshiro NERFINISHED ⓘ Tong Dawei NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhang Ziyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Crossing Description of subject: The Crossing is a Chinese historical epic film that intertwines the lives of several characters against the backdrop of the 1949 sinking of the Taiping steamer during the Chinese Civil War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.