Penrod’s Double Trouble (1938 film)
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Penrod’s Double Trouble is a 1938 American comedy film featuring child actor Billy Mauch in a leading role, based on Booth Tarkington’s stories about the mischievous boy Penrod.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Penrod film series | 1 |
| Penrod’s Double Trouble (1938 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3445086 — 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: Penrod’s Double Trouble (1938 film) Context triple: [Billy Mauch, notableWork, Penrod’s Double Trouble (1938 film)]
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A.
Smilin’ Through (1932)
Smilin’ Through (1932) is a romantic drama film from Hollywood’s early sound era, best known as a prestige MGM production featuring themes of love, loss, and spiritual reunion.
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B.
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941 film)
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941 film) is a Technicolor Western drama based on Harold Bell Wright’s novel, starring John Wayne in an early leading role.
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C.
The Yearling (1946 film)
The Yearling (1946 film) is a classic American family drama set in rural Florida, following a young boy’s poignant bond with an orphaned fawn and the hardships faced by his pioneer family.
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D.
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
"Life Begins for Andy Hardy" is a 1941 American comedy-drama film in the long-running Andy Hardy series, following Mickey Rooney's character as he faces the challenges of early adulthood.
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E.
The Trail of '98 (1928 film)
The Trail of '98 is a 1928 silent adventure film dramatizing the hardships and dangers faced by fortune seekers during the Klondike Gold Rush.
- 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: Penrod’s Double Trouble (1938 film) Target entity description: Penrod’s Double Trouble is a 1938 American comedy film featuring child actor Billy Mauch in a leading role, based on Booth Tarkington’s stories about the mischievous boy Penrod.
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A.
Smilin’ Through (1932)
Smilin’ Through (1932) is a romantic drama film from Hollywood’s early sound era, best known as a prestige MGM production featuring themes of love, loss, and spiritual reunion.
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B.
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941 film)
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941 film) is a Technicolor Western drama based on Harold Bell Wright’s novel, starring John Wayne in an early leading role.
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C.
The Yearling (1946 film)
The Yearling (1946 film) is a classic American family drama set in rural Florida, following a young boy’s poignant bond with an orphaned fawn and the hardships faced by his pioneer family.
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D.
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
"Life Begins for Andy Hardy" is a 1941 American comedy-drama film in the long-running Andy Hardy series, following Mickey Rooney's character as he faces the challenges of early adulthood.
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E.
The Trail of '98 (1928 film)
The Trail of '98 is a 1928 silent adventure film dramatizing the hardships and dangers faced by fortune seekers during the Klondike Gold Rush.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American comedy film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | stories about Penrod by Booth Tarkington ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Booth Tarkington ⓘ |
| castMember | Billy Mauch ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| featureFilm | yes ⓘ |
| featuresActorType | child actor ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | boy protagonist ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
children
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family ⓘ |
| hasFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Penrod ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
childhood
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mischief ⓘ |
| isAdaptationOf |
Penrod stories
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linked to:
Penrod
|
| mainCharacterDescription | mischievous boy ⓘ |
| notableFor | featuring child actor Billy Mauch in a leading role ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| productionCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| publicationDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| starring | Billy Mauch ⓘ |
| title | Penrod’s Double Trouble ⓘ |
| workAuthorOfSource | Booth Tarkington ⓘ |
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: Penrod’s Double Trouble (1938 film) Description of subject: Penrod’s Double Trouble is a 1938 American comedy film featuring child actor Billy Mauch in a leading role, based on Booth Tarkington’s stories about the mischievous boy Penrod.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Penrod’s Double Trouble (1938 film)