Billy Elliot
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Billy Elliot is a 2000 British coming-of-age film about a working-class boy who discovers a passion for ballet amid the backdrop of the UK miners' strike.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Billy Elliot canonical | 17 |
| Billy Elliot the Musical | 7 |
| Billy Elliot (film) | 1 |
| Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2215866 — 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: Billy Elliot Context triple: [Working Title Films, notableWork, Billy Elliot]
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A.
Somersault
Somersault is a 2004 Australian coming-of-age drama film, directed by Cate Shortland, that follows a troubled teenage girl seeking escape and self-discovery in a small snowbound town.
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B.
Kinky Boots
Kinky Boots is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical, with music by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein, about a struggling shoe factory that reinvents itself by producing flamboyant boots for drag performers.
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C.
Alfie
Alfie is a diminutive given name, commonly used in English-speaking countries, derived from the name Alfred.
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D.
Alfie
"Alfie" is a classic 1966 pop song, with music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David, best known as the reflective theme from the film of the same name.
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E.
Eddie the Eagle
Eddie the Eagle is the costumed eagle mascot who represents the athletic teams and school spirit of North Carolina Central University.
- 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: Billy Elliot Target entity description: Billy Elliot is a 2000 British coming-of-age film about a working-class boy who discovers a passion for ballet amid the backdrop of the UK miners' strike.
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A.
Somersault
Somersault is a 2004 Australian coming-of-age drama film, directed by Cate Shortland, that follows a troubled teenage girl seeking escape and self-discovery in a small snowbound town.
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B.
Kinky Boots
Kinky Boots is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical, with music by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein, about a struggling shoe factory that reinvents itself by producing flamboyant boots for drag performers.
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C.
Alfie
Alfie is a diminutive given name, commonly used in English-speaking countries, derived from the name Alfred.
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D.
Alfie
"Alfie" is a classic 1966 pop song, with music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David, best known as the reflective theme from the film of the same name.
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E.
Eddie the Eagle
Eddie the Eagle is the costumed eagle mascot who represents the athletic teams and school spirit of North Carolina Central University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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coming-of-age film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Director nomination for Stephen Daldry
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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination for Lee Hall ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for Julie Walters ⓘ BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role nomination for Jamie Bell ⓘ BAFTA Award for Best British Film ⓘ
linked to:
BAFTA Award for Best Film
|
| basedOn | original screenplay by Lee Hall ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Brian Tufano ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Warbeck ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Stephen Daldry ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | John Wilson ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Easington, County Durham
ⓘ
linked to:
County Durham
|
| genre |
coming-of-age drama
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dance film ⓘ drama film ⓘ |
| hasTagline | Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. ⓘ |
| inspired |
stage musical Billy Elliot the Musical
ⓘ
linked to:
Billy Elliot the Musical (Broadway)
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| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Billy Elliot ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | fictional town of Everington ⓘ |
| producer |
Greg Brenman
ⓘ
Jonathan Finn ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Tiger Aspect Productions
ⓘ
Working Title Films ⓘ |
| protagonistInterest | ballet ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | student ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2000-05-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 110 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Lee Hall ⓘ |
| setInCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | UK miners' strike of 1984–1985 ⓘ |
| setInRegion | County Durham ⓘ |
| stars |
Gary Lewis
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Jamie Bell ⓘ Jamie Draven ⓘ Janine Birkett ⓘ Jean Heywood ⓘ Julie Walters ⓘ Nicola Blackwell ⓘ Stuart Wells ⓘ |
| theme |
art and self-expression
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class conflict ⓘ family relationships ⓘ masculinity ⓘ pursuit of dreams ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Billy Elliot Description of subject: Billy Elliot is a 2000 British coming-of-age film about a working-class boy who discovers a passion for ballet amid the backdrop of the UK miners' strike.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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