Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a 1987 American comedy film written and directed by John Hughes that follows two mismatched travelers, played by Steve Martin and John Candy, on a chaotic journey home for Thanksgiving.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Planes, Trains and Automobiles canonical | 19 |
| 1987 film Planes, Trains and Automobiles | 1 |
| Planes, Trains and Automobiles universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T500366 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Planes, Trains and Automobiles Context triple: [Steve Martin, notableWork, Planes, Trains and Automobiles]
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A.
The Hangover
The Hangover is a 2009 comedy film about a group of friends who must retrace their steps after a wild, forgotten bachelor party in Las Vegas to find their missing groom.
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B.
Red Eye
Red Eye is a 2005 psychological thriller film in which Cillian Murphy plays a charming but menacing terrorist who coerces a hotel manager during a tense overnight flight.
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C.
Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can is a biographical crime film directed by Steven Spielberg that follows the real-life exploits of con artist Frank Abagnale Jr., portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio.
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D.
The Hangover Part II
The Hangover Part II is a 2011 comedy film and sequel to The Hangover, following the same group of friends as they experience another disastrous pre-wedding adventure, this time in Bangkok.
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E.
Sleepless in Seattle
Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 romantic comedy-drama film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, centered on a widower whose son calls a radio show to help find him a new partner.
- 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: Planes, Trains and Automobiles Target entity description: Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a 1987 American comedy film written and directed by John Hughes that follows two mismatched travelers, played by Steve Martin and John Candy, on a chaotic journey home for Thanksgiving.
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A.
The Hangover
The Hangover is a 2009 comedy film about a group of friends who must retrace their steps after a wild, forgotten bachelor party in Las Vegas to find their missing groom.
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B.
Red Eye
Red Eye is a 2005 psychological thriller film in which Cillian Murphy plays a charming but menacing terrorist who coerces a hotel manager during a tense overnight flight.
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C.
Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can is a biographical crime film directed by Steven Spielberg that follows the real-life exploits of con artist Frank Abagnale Jr., portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio.
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D.
The Hangover Part II
The Hangover Part II is a 2011 comedy film and sequel to The Hangover, following the same group of friends as they experience another disastrous pre-wedding adventure, this time in Bangkok.
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E.
Sleepless in Seattle
Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 romantic comedy-drama film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, centered on a widower whose son calls a radio show to help find him a new partner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Planes, Trains and Automobiles Description of subject: Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a 1987 American comedy film written and directed by John Hughes that follows two mismatched travelers, played by Steve Martin and John Candy, on a chaotic journey home for Thanksgiving.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Neil Page (fictional character)
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Neil Page (fictional character)
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Del Griffith in Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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Del Griffith in Planes, Trains and Automobiles
linked to: Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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John
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