Big (1988 film score)
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Big (1988 film score) is the orchestral film soundtrack composed by Howard Shore for the 1988 fantasy-comedy movie "Big," starring Tom Hanks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Big (1988 film) | 3 |
| Big (1988 film score) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1881153 — 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: Big (1988 film score) Context triple: [Howard Shore, notableWork, Big (1988 film score)]
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A.
Hoosiers (1986 film score)
Hoosiers (1986 film score) is the inspirational orchestral and electronic soundtrack composed by Jerry Goldsmith for the 1986 sports drama film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team.
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B.
An American Tail (film score)
An American Tail (film score) is the orchestral soundtrack composed by James Horner for the 1986 animated film, blending emotive themes and memorable melodies that support the movie’s immigrant journey narrative.
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C.
Rain Man (1988 film) score
The "Rain Man" (1988 film) score is a minimalist, synthesizer-driven film soundtrack composed by Hans Zimmer that helped establish his signature style and brought him widespread recognition in Hollywood.
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D.
Poltergeist (1982 film score)
Poltergeist (1982 film score) is a renowned horror film soundtrack composed by Jerry Goldsmith, celebrated for its haunting orchestral themes and innovative use of sound to heighten supernatural terror.
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E.
Rocky Balboa (film) score
The "Rocky Balboa" film score is the orchestral and thematic soundtrack composed by Bill Conti for the 2006 installment of the Rocky franchise, revisiting and updating his iconic musical motifs from the earlier films.
- 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: Big (1988 film score) Target entity description: Big (1988 film score) is the orchestral film soundtrack composed by Howard Shore for the 1988 fantasy-comedy movie "Big," starring Tom Hanks.
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A.
Hoosiers (1986 film score)
Hoosiers (1986 film score) is the inspirational orchestral and electronic soundtrack composed by Jerry Goldsmith for the 1986 sports drama film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team.
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B.
An American Tail (film score)
An American Tail (film score) is the orchestral soundtrack composed by James Horner for the 1986 animated film, blending emotive themes and memorable melodies that support the movie’s immigrant journey narrative.
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C.
Rain Man (1988 film) score
The "Rain Man" (1988 film) score is a minimalist, synthesizer-driven film soundtrack composed by Hans Zimmer that helped establish his signature style and brought him widespread recognition in Hollywood.
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D.
Poltergeist (1982 film score)
Poltergeist (1982 film score) is a renowned horror film soundtrack composed by Jerry Goldsmith, celebrated for its haunting orchestral themes and innovative use of sound to heighten supernatural terror.
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E.
Rocky Balboa (film) score
The "Rocky Balboa" film score is the orchestral and thematic soundtrack composed by Bill Conti for the 2006 installment of the Rocky franchise, revisiting and updating his iconic musical motifs from the earlier films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film score
ⓘ
soundtrack album ⓘ |
| associatedPerformer | Howard Shore ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Big (1988 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Big (1988 film score)
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| composer | Howard Shore ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedAs | score for the fantasy-comedy film Big ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Big (1988 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Big (1988 film score)
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| filmDirectorOfFilm | Penny Marshall ⓘ |
| filmGenreOfFilm | fantasy-comedy ⓘ |
| genre |
film soundtrack
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orchestral film score ⓘ |
| hasMainInstrument |
brass
ⓘ
percussion ⓘ strings ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
| hasType | instrumental score ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Howard Shore ⓘ |
| partOf | music of the film Big ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfFilm | Gracie Films ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| starsInFilm | Tom Hanks ⓘ |
| usesMedium | orchestra ⓘ |
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: Big (1988 film score) Description of subject: Big (1988 film score) is the orchestral film soundtrack composed by Howard Shore for the 1988 fantasy-comedy movie "Big," starring Tom Hanks.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Playland amusement park, Rye, New York
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linked to: Big (1988 film score)
linked to: Big (1988 film score)