Jay and Silent Bob
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Jay and Silent Bob is a comedic film and media franchise created by Kevin Smith that follows the misadventures of two foul-mouthed New Jersey slackers who frequently appear across the View Askewniverse.
All labels observed (1)
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| Jay and Silent Bob canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22496127 — 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)
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Target entity: Jay and Silent Bob Context triple: [Silent Bob, franchise, Jay and Silent Bob]
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A.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a 2001 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that follows the misadventures of his recurring characters Jay and Silent Bob as they travel to Hollywood to stop a movie based on their lives.
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Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot is a 2019 meta-comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that satirizes Hollywood reboots while revisiting the iconic stoner duo from his View Askewniverse.
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Silent Bob
Silent Bob is a mostly silent, trench-coat-wearing slacker and half of the comedic duo with Jay in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse films.
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D.
Clerks
Clerks is a 1994 independent black-and-white comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that follows a day in the lives of two convenience store clerks and became a cult classic.
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Clerks II
Clerks II is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that serves as the sequel to his cult classic indie film Clerks, following the further misadventures of Dante and Randal.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Jay and Silent Bob Target entity description: Jay and Silent Bob is a comedic film and media franchise created by Kevin Smith that follows the misadventures of two foul-mouthed New Jersey slackers who frequently appear across the View Askewniverse.
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A.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a 2001 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that follows the misadventures of his recurring characters Jay and Silent Bob as they travel to Hollywood to stop a movie based on their lives.
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B.
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot is a 2019 meta-comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that satirizes Hollywood reboots while revisiting the iconic stoner duo from his View Askewniverse.
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C.
Silent Bob
Silent Bob is a mostly silent, trench-coat-wearing slacker and half of the comedic duo with Jay in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse films.
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D.
Clerks
Clerks is a 1994 independent black-and-white comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that follows a day in the lives of two convenience store clerks and became a cult classic.
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E.
Clerks II
Clerks II is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that serves as the sequel to his cult classic indie film Clerks, following the further misadventures of Dante and Randal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.