A Generation
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A Generation is a 1955 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda that portrays young resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Warsaw and is considered a landmark of postwar Polish cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Generation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10276239 — 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: A Generation Context triple: [Andrzej Wajda, notableWork, A Generation]
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A.
Blank Generation
"Blank Generation" is a seminal 1977 punk rock album by Richard Hell and the Voidoids that helped define the early New York punk scene.
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B.
The Secret Generations
The Secret Generations is a Cold War-era espionage novel by British author John Gardner that follows multiple generations of a family entangled in intelligence work.
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C.
Nowhere Generation
Nowhere Generation is a politically charged punk rock album by American band Rise Against that critiques social inequality and the struggles of younger generations.
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D.
Generations
Generations is a long-running South African television soap opera that follows the intertwined lives and ambitions of characters in Johannesburg’s media and business world.
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E.
Generations
Generations is a solo album by musician Will Butler, known for its energetic indie rock style and introspective, socially aware songwriting.
- 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: A Generation Target entity description: A Generation is a 1955 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda that portrays young resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Warsaw and is considered a landmark of postwar Polish cinema.
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A.
Blank Generation
"Blank Generation" is a seminal 1977 punk rock album by Richard Hell and the Voidoids that helped define the early New York punk scene.
-
B.
The Secret Generations
The Secret Generations is a Cold War-era espionage novel by British author John Gardner that follows multiple generations of a family entangled in intelligence work.
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C.
Nowhere Generation
Nowhere Generation is a politically charged punk rock album by American band Rise Against that critiques social inequality and the struggles of younger generations.
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D.
Generations
Generations is a long-running South African television soap opera that follows the intertwined lives and ambitions of characters in Johannesburg’s media and business world.
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E.
Generations
Generations is a solo album by musician Will Butler, known for its energetic indie rock style and introspective, socially aware songwriting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Polish drama film
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film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Pokolenie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel by Bohdan Czeszko ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jerzy Lipman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland ⓘ |
| depicts |
Nazi occupation of Poland
NERFINISHED
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Polish resistance ⓘ |
| director | Andrzej Wajda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Film Polski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Czesław Raniszewski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDebutOf | Roman Polański NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Ashes and Diamonds
NERFINISHED
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Kanal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | young resistance fighters ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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war film ⓘ |
| hasDirector | Andrzej Wajda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Nazi-occupied Warsaw ⓘ |
| movement | social realism ⓘ |
| musicBy | Andrzej Markowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Polish underground resistance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | landmark of postwar Polish cinema ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Pokolenie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Andrzej Wajda war trilogy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Polish Film School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | working-class youth in Warsaw ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Kadr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s films ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 87 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Bohdan Czeszko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| significance | early major work of Andrzej Wajda ⓘ |
| starred |
Roman Polański
NERFINISHED
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Tadeusz Janczar NERFINISHED ⓘ Tadeusz Łomnicki NERFINISHED ⓘ Urszula Modrzyńska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
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moral choices in wartime ⓘ occupation ⓘ resistance ⓘ |
| timeInSetting | early 1940s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Generation Description of subject: A Generation is a 1955 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda that portrays young resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Warsaw and is considered a landmark of postwar Polish cinema.
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