Desperate Search
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Desperate Search is a 1952 American drama film, often categorized as a suspenseful adventure, in which James Craig stars in a story about the frantic hunt for two children lost after a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Desperate Search canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11769302 — 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: Desperate Search Context triple: [James Craig, notableWork, Desperate Search]
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A.
The Search
"The Search" is a song featured on Del Shannon's album "Runaway with Del Shannon," showcasing his signature early 1960s rock and roll style.
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B.
The Search
"The Search" is a 1948 post–World War II drama film about a young Czech boy and an American soldier, widely recognized as one of Montgomery Clift’s early acclaimed screen performances.
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C.
The Search
"The Search" is a 2014 war drama film set during the Second Chechen War, following the intertwined stories of a young refugee boy and aid workers amid the conflict’s devastation.
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D.
Desperate Journey
Desperate Journey is a 1942 World War II adventure film starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan, known for its patriotic tone and story of Allied airmen escaping from Nazi-occupied Europe.
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E.
Desperate Man
Desperate Man is a country music album by American singer-songwriter Eric Church, noted for its blend of outlaw country, rock influences, and introspective storytelling.
- 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: Desperate Search Target entity description: Desperate Search is a 1952 American drama film, often categorized as a suspenseful adventure, in which James Craig stars in a story about the frantic hunt for two children lost after a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness.
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A.
The Search
"The Search" is a song featured on Del Shannon's album "Runaway with Del Shannon," showcasing his signature early 1960s rock and roll style.
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B.
The Search
"The Search" is a 1948 post–World War II drama film about a young Czech boy and an American soldier, widely recognized as one of Montgomery Clift’s early acclaimed screen performances.
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C.
The Search
"The Search" is a 2014 war drama film set during the Second Chechen War, following the intertwined stories of a young refugee boy and aid workers amid the conflict’s devastation.
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D.
Desperate Journey
Desperate Journey is a 1942 World War II adventure film starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan, known for its patriotic tone and story of Allied airmen escaping from Nazi-occupied Europe.
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E.
Desperate Man
Desperate Man is a country music album by American singer-songwriter Eric Church, noted for its blend of outlaw country, rock influences, and introspective storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American drama film
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adventure film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel by Arthur Mayse ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Harold Lipstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Joseph H. Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Newell P. Kimlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1950s American cinema ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
lost children
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rescue pilots ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
parental anxiety
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search and rescue operation ⓘ survival in the wilderness ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
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drama film ⓘ survival film ⓘ |
| hasFilmRatingSystem | United States theatrical release (pre-MPAA ratings era) ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| leadActor | James Craig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Jane Wyatt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | André Previn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two children are lost after a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness and a frantic search is launched to find them. ⓘ |
| producer | Stephen Ames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1952-09-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 71 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Walter Doniger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Canadian wilderness ⓘ |
| starring |
Angela Lansbury
NERFINISHED
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James Craig NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Wyatt NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff York NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Aaker NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Lyon 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: Desperate Search Description of subject: Desperate Search is a 1952 American drama film, often categorized as a suspenseful adventure, in which James Craig stars in a story about the frantic hunt for two children lost after a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.