The Purple Plain
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The Purple Plain is a 1954 British war drama film set in Burma during World War II, starring Gregory Peck as a traumatized Royal Canadian Air Force pilot.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Purple Plain canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11379456 — 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 Purple Plain Context triple: [Brad Dexter, actedIn, The Purple Plain]
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A.
The Golden Meadows
The Golden Meadows is a celebrated work of classical Arabic literature, renowned for its rich storytelling and cultural significance.
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B.
Outskirts
Outskirts is a 1933 Soviet tragicomic film by director Boris Barnet that portrays the lives of villagers on the Russian front during World War I.
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C.
Outskirts
"Outskirts" is a country song by American singer-songwriter Sam Hunt that blends his signature storytelling with modern production and reflective lyrics about life beyond the city.
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D.
The Prairie
The Prairie is an 1827 frontier novel by James Fenimore Cooper, part of the Leatherstocking Tales, that follows Natty Bumppo in his old age on the Great Plains of the American West.
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E.
High Plain of Heaven
High Plain of Heaven is the celestial realm in Shinto mythology where the kami (gods) dwell and from which they govern the world.
- 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 Purple Plain Target entity description: The Purple Plain is a 1954 British war drama film set in Burma during World War II, starring Gregory Peck as a traumatized Royal Canadian Air Force pilot.
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A.
The Golden Meadows
The Golden Meadows is a celebrated work of classical Arabic literature, renowned for its rich storytelling and cultural significance.
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B.
Outskirts
Outskirts is a 1933 Soviet tragicomic film by director Boris Barnet that portrays the lives of villagers on the Russian front during World War I.
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C.
Outskirts
"Outskirts" is a country song by American singer-songwriter Sam Hunt that blends his signature storytelling with modern production and reflective lyrics about life beyond the city.
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D.
The Prairie
The Prairie is an 1827 frontier novel by James Fenimore Cooper, part of the Leatherstocking Tales, that follows Natty Bumppo in his old age on the Great Plains of the American West.
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E.
High Plain of Heaven
High Plain of Heaven is the celestial realm in Shinto mythology where the kami (gods) dwell and from which they govern the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama film
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film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | H. E. Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Purple Plain (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character | Squadron Leader Bill Forrester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Geoffrey Unsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFilming | Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Robert Parrish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Seth Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalConflict | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre | war drama ⓘ |
| hasAward | Academy Award nomination for Best Sound Recording ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
psychological trauma
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redemption ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacterNationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Royal Canadian Air Force pilot ⓘ |
| militaryBranchDepicted | Royal Canadian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Veale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Gregory Peck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | John Bryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | J. Arthur Rank Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1954 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 100 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Eric Ambler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundRecordingNominee | J. Arthur Rank Organisation Sound Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Bernard Lee
NERFINISHED
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Gregory Peck NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyndon Brook NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice Denham NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Michael NERFINISHED ⓘ Win Min Than NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting | 1940s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Purple Plain Description of subject: The Purple Plain is a 1954 British war drama film set in Burma during World War II, starring Gregory Peck as a traumatized Royal Canadian Air Force pilot.
Referenced by (3)
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