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Ice Cold in Alex
1958 · Film · 125 min
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.
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I think it might be. If I replay your conversation from 'Did Sylvia Syms play any roles in the 1958 film "Ice Cold in Alex"? If you are unsure, say "I don't know".' (skipping the setup questions) I get another confident, false answer.
> As long as it doesn't know what it doesn't know, I'm inclined to think of it as a super-advanced Markov chain.
... that's basically what it is.
But that means that if you give it a context which looks like a part of the internet where people say "I don't know" when they don't know something, it will say "I don't know" in those situations (specifically the situations where people in the training set do not know things, not the situations where it does not know things). Sometimes this is close enough to what you want. Here's an example:
> Who did Tom Hanks play in the 1995 film "Apollo 13"? If you are unsure, say "I don't know".
> > Tom Hanks played the role of Jim Lovell in the 1995 film "Apollo 13".
> What year was the film "Ice Cold in Alex" released? If you are unsure, say "I don't know".
> > The film "Ice Cold in Alex" was released in 1958.
> Did Gilbert Harding play any roles in the 1958 film "Ice Cold in Alex"? If you are unsure, say "I don't know".
> > I don't know.
> Did Sylvia Syms play any roles in the 1958 film "Ice Cold in Alex"? If you are unsure, say "I don't know".
> > Yes, Sylvia Syms played a role in the 1958 film "Ice Cold in Alex".
> What role did Sylvia Syms play in the 1958 film "Ice Cold in Alex"? If you are unsure, say "I don't know".
> > Sylvia Syms played the role of "Nurse" in the 1958 film "Ice Cold in Alex".
> What was the name of the nurse that Sylvia Syms played in the 1958 film "Ice Cold in Alex"? If you are unsure, say "I don't know".
> > I don't know the specific name of the nurse that Sylvia Syms played in the 1958 film "Ice Cold in Alex".