The Thing Called Love
E237572
The Thing Called Love is a 1993 romantic drama film about aspiring country musicians in Nashville, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring River Phoenix and Samantha Mathis.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Thing Called Love canonical | 7 |
| Thing Called Love | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2140126 — 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: The Thing Called Love Context triple: [Dermot Mulroney, notableWork, The Thing Called Love]
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A.
The Thing About Love
"The Thing About Love" is a pop ballad by Christina Aguilera from her 2007 album *Back to Basics*, showcasing her soulful vocals and reflective lyrics about the complexities of love.
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B.
For Love Alone
"For Love Alone" is a romance novel written by Ivana Trump that draws on her experiences in high society and glamorous international settings.
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C.
Our Love Affair
"Our Love Affair" is a romantic popular song from the 1940 MGM musical film *Strike Up the Band*, composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
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D.
A New Kind of Love
A New Kind of Love is a 1963 romantic comedy film starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, noted for its playful take on gender roles and high-fashion New York and Paris settings.
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E.
A Love Song
"A Love Song" is a country-pop ballad recorded by Kenny Rogers that became one of his notable hits in the early 1980s.
- 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: The Thing Called Love Target entity description: The Thing Called Love is a 1993 romantic drama film about aspiring country musicians in Nashville, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring River Phoenix and Samantha Mathis.
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A.
The Thing About Love
"The Thing About Love" is a pop ballad by Christina Aguilera from her 2007 album *Back to Basics*, showcasing her soulful vocals and reflective lyrics about the complexities of love.
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B.
For Love Alone
"For Love Alone" is a romance novel written by Ivana Trump that draws on her experiences in high society and glamorous international settings.
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C.
Our Love Affair
"Our Love Affair" is a romantic popular song from the 1940 MGM musical film *Strike Up the Band*, composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
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D.
A New Kind of Love
A New Kind of Love is a 1963 romantic comedy film starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, noted for its playful take on gender roles and high-fashion New York and Paris settings.
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E.
A Love Song
"A Love Song" is a country-pop ballad recorded by Kenny Rogers that became one of his notable hits in the early 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Johnny E. Jensen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Peter Bogdanovich ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Nicholas Beauman ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ |
| follows | young songwriters pursuing careers in country music ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
romance film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Dermot Mulroney
ⓘ
River Phoenix ⓘ Samantha Mathis ⓘ Sandra Bullock ⓘ |
| mainSubject | aspiring country musicians ⓘ |
| musicBy | G. Marq Roswell ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ |
| notableFor | one of River Phoenix's final film roles ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | George Litto ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1993 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 116 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Carol Heikkinen ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Dermot Mulroney
ⓘ
River Phoenix ⓘ Samantha Mathis ⓘ Sandra Bullock ⓘ |
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: The Thing Called Love Description of subject: The Thing Called Love is a 1993 romantic drama film about aspiring country musicians in Nashville, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring River Phoenix and Samantha Mathis.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Thing Called Love
linked to: The Thing Called Love
linked to: The Thing Called Love
subject linked to:
Miranda Presley in The Thing Called Love
linked to: The Thing Called Love