Cul-de-sac (1966 film)
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Cul-de-sac (1966 film) is a darkly comic psychological thriller directed by Roman Polanski about a couple whose isolated island life is disrupted by violent criminals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cul-de-sac (1966 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10856228 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cul-de-sac (1966 film) Context triple: [Jack MacGowran, notableWork, Cul-de-sac (1966 film)]
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A.
Cakes (1963)
Cakes (1963) is a celebrated painting by Wayne Thiebaud that depicts an array of frosted cakes in a bright, orderly display, exemplifying his signature exploration of everyday American consumer culture through vivid color and thick impasto.
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B.
Cactus Flower (1969 film)
Cactus Flower (1969 film) is a 1969 romantic comedy starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn, based on a Broadway play and noted for Hawn’s Academy Award–winning performance.
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C.
Saturn Boulevard
Saturn Boulevard is a primary thoroughfare in the Nestor neighborhood of San Diego, California, serving as a key local connector for traffic and commerce.
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D.
Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point is a famous viewpoint in Death Valley National Park known for its striking eroded badlands and panoramic desert landscapes.
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E.
Zabriskie Hall
Zabriskie Hall is a historic academic building on the campus of Wells College in Aurora, New York.
- 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: Cul-de-sac (1966 film) Target entity description: Cul-de-sac (1966 film) is a darkly comic psychological thriller directed by Roman Polanski about a couple whose isolated island life is disrupted by violent criminals.
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A.
Cakes (1963)
Cakes (1963) is a celebrated painting by Wayne Thiebaud that depicts an array of frosted cakes in a bright, orderly display, exemplifying his signature exploration of everyday American consumer culture through vivid color and thick impasto.
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B.
Cactus Flower (1969 film)
Cactus Flower (1969 film) is a 1969 romantic comedy starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn, based on a Broadway play and noted for Hawn’s Academy Award–winning performance.
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C.
Saturn Boulevard
Saturn Boulevard is a primary thoroughfare in the Nestor neighborhood of San Diego, California, serving as a key local connector for traffic and commerce.
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D.
Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point is a famous viewpoint in Death Valley National Park known for its striking eroded badlands and panoramic desert landscapes.
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E.
Zabriskie Hall
Zabriskie Hall is a historic academic building on the campus of Wells College in Aurora, New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Golden Bear (shared) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | 16th Berlin International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Gilbert Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| composer | Krzysztof Komeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Roman Polanski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Compton Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Alastair McIntyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Holy Island, Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmMovement | British New Wave-adjacent cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
crime film ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Donald Pleasence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Françoise Dorléac NERFINISHED ⓘ Iain Quarrier NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack MacGowran NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Stander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
invasion of domestic space
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marital dysfunction ⓘ masculinity and power ⓘ |
| narrativeElement | intrusion of violent criminals ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a couple living on an isolated island ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of absurdist humor and psychological tension
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use of isolated island castle setting ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman Polanski filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Gene Gutowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1966-06-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 111 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Gérard Brach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Polanski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Lindisfarne Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Donald Pleasence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Françoise Dorléac NERFINISHED ⓘ Iain Quarrier NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack MacGowran NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Stander 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: Cul-de-sac (1966 film) Description of subject: Cul-de-sac (1966 film) is a darkly comic psychological thriller directed by Roman Polanski about a couple whose isolated island life is disrupted by violent criminals.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.