Bowling
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"Bowling" is a stylistically distinctive split-perspective episode of the sitcom *Malcolm in the Middle* that shows two alternate versions of the same night depending on whether Lois or Hal takes the boys to a bowling alley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bowling canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7257140 — 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: Bowling Context triple: [Malcolm in the Middle, notableEpisode, Bowling]
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A.
Bowling
Bowling is a village on the River Clyde in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, known for its historic harbour and role as a transport hub at the western end of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
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B.
Candlepin
Candlepin is a subscription management service that tracks and enforces software entitlements for Red Hat and related systems.
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C.
Ed’s Bowling
Ed’s Bowling is a family-friendly bowling and entertainment venue located inside West Edmonton Mall, offering lanes, games, and social activities.
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D.
Battle of the Bowling Alley
The Battle of the Bowling Alley was a fierce 1950 engagement of the Korean War in which United Nations and South Korean forces halted repeated North Korean armored assaults along a narrow valley north of Taegu.
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E.
Horseshoe
Horseshoe is a well-known casino and racetrack brand in the United States, recognized for its gambling, entertainment, and hospitality offerings.
- 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: Bowling Target entity description: "Bowling" is a stylistically distinctive split-perspective episode of the sitcom *Malcolm in the Middle* that shows two alternate versions of the same night depending on whether Lois or Hal takes the boys to a bowling alley.
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A.
Bowling
Bowling is a village on the River Clyde in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, known for its historic harbour and role as a transport hub at the western end of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
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B.
Candlepin
Candlepin is a subscription management service that tracks and enforces software entitlements for Red Hat and related systems.
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C.
Ed’s Bowling
Ed’s Bowling is a family-friendly bowling and entertainment venue located inside West Edmonton Mall, offering lanes, games, and social activities.
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D.
Battle of the Bowling Alley
The Battle of the Bowling Alley was a fierce 1950 engagement of the Korean War in which United Nations and South Korean forces halted repeated North Korean armored assaults along a narrow valley north of Taegu.
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E.
Horseshoe
Horseshoe is a well-known casino and racetrack brand in the United States, recognized for its gambling, entertainment, and hospitality offerings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Malcolm in the Middle episode
ⓘ
television episode ⓘ |
| basedOn | original script for Malcolm in the Middle ⓘ |
| centralLocation | bowling alley ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresCharacterTakingBoys |
Hal
ⓘ
Lois ⓘ |
| featuresSplitPerspective | true ⓘ |
| focusesOn | family outing to a bowling alley ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom episode ⓘ |
| hasFamily | Wilkerson family ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dewey
ⓘ
Hal ⓘ Lois ⓘ Malcolm ⓘ Reese ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | alternate versions of the same night ⓘ |
| notableFor | stylistically distinctive split-perspective structure ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Malcolm in the Middle ⓘ |
| protagonist | Malcolm Wilkerson ⓘ |
| seriesGenre | sitcom ⓘ |
| showTitle | Malcolm in the Middle ⓘ |
| toldFromPerspectiveOf |
Hal
ⓘ
Lois ⓘ |
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: Bowling Description of subject: "Bowling" is a stylistically distinctive split-perspective episode of the sitcom *Malcolm in the Middle* that shows two alternate versions of the same night depending on whether Lois or Hal takes the boys to a bowling alley.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.