Way of the Dragon
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Way of the Dragon is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film written, directed by, and starring Bruce Lee, best known for its iconic fight scene between Lee and Chuck Norris in the Roman Colosseum.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Way of the Dragon canonical | 4 |
| The Way of the Dragon | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11402073 — 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: Way of the Dragon Context triple: [Robert Wall, knownFor, Way of the Dragon]
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A.
Kung Fu
Kung Fu is a 1970s American television series that blends martial arts action with Western drama, following a Shaolin monk’s spiritual and physical journey across the American Old West.
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B.
Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon is a landmark 1973 martial arts film starring Bruce Lee that helped popularize kung fu cinema worldwide and cemented Lee’s status as a global icon.
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C.
Drunken Master
Drunken Master is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film that helped establish Jackie Chan’s signature blend of acrobatic kung fu and slapstick humor.
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D.
Shaolin Kung Fu
Shaolin Kung Fu is a historic Chinese martial arts tradition renowned for its rigorous physical training, intricate techniques, and deep roots in Chan (Zen) Buddhism.
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E.
The Last Dragon
The Last Dragon is a 1985 martial arts comedy film blending kung fu action with Motown music, following a young fighter in Harlem on a quest to achieve the mystical "Glow."
- 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: Way of the Dragon Target entity description: Way of the Dragon is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film written, directed by, and starring Bruce Lee, best known for its iconic fight scene between Lee and Chuck Norris in the Roman Colosseum.
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A.
Kung Fu
Kung Fu is a 1970s American television series that blends martial arts action with Western drama, following a Shaolin monk’s spiritual and physical journey across the American Old West.
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B.
Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon is a landmark 1973 martial arts film starring Bruce Lee that helped popularize kung fu cinema worldwide and cemented Lee’s status as a global icon.
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C.
Drunken Master
Drunken Master is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film that helped establish Jackie Chan’s signature blend of acrobatic kung fu and slapstick humor.
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D.
Shaolin Kung Fu
Shaolin Kung Fu is a historic Chinese martial arts tradition renowned for its rigorous physical training, intricate techniques, and deep roots in Chan (Zen) Buddhism.
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E.
The Last Dragon
The Last Dragon is a 1985 martial arts comedy film blending kung fu action with Motown music, following a young fighter in Harlem on a quest to achieve the mystical "Glow."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hong Kong film
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film ⓘ martial arts film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Return of the Dragon
NERFINISHED
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The Way of the Dragon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedInPartOn | Bruce Lee’s original story ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Chan Ching-kui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Bruce Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Golden Harvest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Cheung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1970s Hong Kong cinema ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Colt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tang Lung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fightChoreographyBy | Bruce Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Hong Kong
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmSeries | Bruce Lee filmography ⓘ |
| followedBy | Enter the Dragon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
ⓘ
martial arts film ⓘ |
| language |
Cantonese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mandarin ⓘ |
| leadActor | Bruce Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Nora Miao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme | Chinese martial artist helping friends in Rome against gangsters ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Joseph Koo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siu Tin Yim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | iconic fight scene between Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris in the Roman Colosseum ⓘ |
| originalTitle | 猛龍過江 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Fist of Fury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Raymond Chow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Concord Production Inc.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Golden Harvest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1972-12-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 100 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Bruce Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Hong Kong
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Bruce Lee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chuck Norris NERFINISHED ⓘ Hwang In-shik NERFINISHED ⓘ Nora Miao NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ Wei Ping-ao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Way of the Dragon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Bruce Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Way of the Dragon Description of subject: Way of the Dragon is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film written, directed by, and starring Bruce Lee, best known for its iconic fight scene between Lee and Chuck Norris in the Roman Colosseum.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Way of the Dragon
this entity surface form:
The Way of the Dragon