United International Pictures
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United International Pictures is a major international film distribution company that releases movies from studios like Paramount and Universal in markets outside the United States.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United International Pictures canonical | 16 |
| Universal Pictures International | 6 |
| United Artists (international) | 2 |
| Universal Pictures International Entertainment | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3342291 — 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)
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Target entity: United International Pictures Context triple: [Poltergeist, distributedBy, United International Pictures]
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A.
Universal-International Pictures
Universal-International Pictures was a major American film studio active primarily in the 1940s and 1950s, known for producing a wide range of Hollywood features including dramas, comedies, and genre films.
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B.
American International Pictures
American International Pictures was a prominent mid-20th-century American film studio best known for its low-budget genre movies, including horror, science fiction, and teen-oriented features.
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C.
United Artists
United Artists is an American film and television entertainment studio historically known for giving filmmakers creative control and producing influential, artist-driven movies.
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D.
Monumental Pictures
Monumental Pictures is the fictional Hollywood film studio featured in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
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E.
Monumental Pictures
Monumental Pictures is a British film and television production company known for producing feature films such as the 2019 adaptation of "Cats."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: United International Pictures Target entity description: United International Pictures is a major international film distribution company that releases movies from studios like Paramount and Universal in markets outside the United States.
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A.
Universal-International Pictures
Universal-International Pictures was a major American film studio active primarily in the 1940s and 1950s, known for producing a wide range of Hollywood features including dramas, comedies, and genre films.
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B.
American International Pictures
American International Pictures was a prominent mid-20th-century American film studio best known for its low-budget genre movies, including horror, science fiction, and teen-oriented features.
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C.
United Artists
United Artists is an American film and television entertainment studio historically known for giving filmmakers creative control and producing influential, artist-driven movies.
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D.
Monumental Pictures
Monumental Pictures is a British film and television production company known for producing feature films such as the 2019 adaptation of "Cats."
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E.
Monumental Pictures
Monumental Pictures is the fictional Hollywood film studio featured in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film distribution company
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joint venture ⓘ |
| areaServed |
Africa
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Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Middle East ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Paramount Pictures International
ⓘ
linked to:
Paramount Pictures
Universal Pictures International ⓘ
linked to:
Universal Pictures
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| businessModel | theatrical film distribution ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | local distribution partners ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distributes |
animated films
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feature films ⓘ independent films ⓘ |
| distributesFilmsFor |
DreamWorks Pictures
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Focus Features ⓘ MGM ⓘ Paramount Pictures ⓘ Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| distributionChannel | cinemas ⓘ |
| focusesOn | studio-backed releases ⓘ |
| foundedAsJointVentureOf |
Paramount Pictures
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Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| handlesMarketingFor |
Paramount films outside the United States
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Universal films outside the United States ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | UIP ⓘ |
| hasCorporateForm | limited company ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfRelease |
international release
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theatrical release ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| industry |
entertainment
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film distribution ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | English ⓘ |
| marketFocus | non-U.S. markets ⓘ |
| notableFunction |
coordinates release dates across territories
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localizes marketing materials ⓘ negotiates with cinema chains ⓘ |
| operatesInTerritoriesOutside |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| operationalScope | global ⓘ |
| ownerOfParentCompany |
NBCUniversal
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Paramount Global ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Comcast
ⓘ
Paramount Global ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Cinema International Corporation
ⓘ
United Artists Theatres international distribution operations ⓘ |
| roleInFilmIndustry | international distributor ⓘ |
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: United International Pictures Description of subject: United International Pictures is a major international film distribution company that releases movies from studios like Paramount and Universal in markets outside the United States.
Referenced by (25)
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