Less Than Zero
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Less Than Zero is a 1987 American drama film, loosely based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, that follows wealthy Los Angeles teenagers spiraling into drug addiction and moral decay.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Less Than Zero canonical | 17 |
| Less Than Zero (novel) | 4 |
| Less Than Zero (1985 novel) | 2 |
| Less Than Zero (1987 film) | 1 |
| Less Than Zero soundtrack | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T560732 — 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: Less Than Zero Context triple: [Robert Downey Jr., notableWork, Less Than Zero]
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A.
Midnight Madness
Midnight Madness is a popular late-night program at the Toronto International Film Festival that showcases genre films such as horror, action, and cult cinema.
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B.
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Down and Out in Beverly Hills is a 1986 American comedy film about a wealthy but dysfunctional Beverly Hills family whose lives are upended when they take in a suicidal homeless man.
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C.
Darkness on the Edge of Town
"Darkness on the Edge of Town" is a critically acclaimed 1978 rock album by Bruce Springsteen known for its gritty, blue-collar themes and emotionally intense songwriting.
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D.
Chain of Fools
"Chain of Fools" is a classic 1967 soul song performed by Aretha Franklin, renowned for its powerful vocals, driving groove, and enduring influence in R&B music.
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E.
Once in a Lifetime
"Once in a Lifetime" is a satirical stage comedy co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman that lampoons Hollywood’s chaotic transition from silent films to talkies.
- 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: Less Than Zero Target entity description: Less Than Zero is a 1987 American drama film, loosely based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, that follows wealthy Los Angeles teenagers spiraling into drug addiction and moral decay.
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A.
Midnight Madness
Midnight Madness is a popular late-night program at the Toronto International Film Festival that showcases genre films such as horror, action, and cult cinema.
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B.
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Down and Out in Beverly Hills is a 1986 American comedy film about a wealthy but dysfunctional Beverly Hills family whose lives are upended when they take in a suicidal homeless man.
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C.
Darkness on the Edge of Town
"Darkness on the Edge of Town" is a critically acclaimed 1978 rock album by Bruce Springsteen known for its gritty, blue-collar themes and emotionally intense songwriting.
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D.
Chain of Fools
"Chain of Fools" is a classic 1967 soul song performed by Aretha Franklin, renowned for its powerful vocals, driving groove, and enduring influence in R&B music.
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E.
Once in a Lifetime
"Once in a Lifetime" is a satirical stage comedy co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman that lampoons Hollywood’s chaotic transition from silent films to talkies.
- 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: Less Than Zero Description of subject: Less Than Zero is a 1987 American drama film, loosely based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, that follows wealthy Los Angeles teenagers spiraling into drug addiction and moral decay.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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