Play-Tone Records (fictional record label from the film That Thing You Do!)
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Play-Tone Records is a fictional 1960s-style pop record label featured in the film "That Thing You Do!", representing the kind of hit-making music companies of that era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Play-Tone Records (fictional record label from the film That Thing You Do!) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8402104 — 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: Play-Tone Records (fictional record label from the film That Thing You Do!) Context triple: [Playtone, basedOn, Play-Tone Records (fictional record label from the film That Thing You Do!)]
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A.
2 Tone Records
2 Tone Records was a British record label central to the late-1970s ska revival and 2 tone movement, known for releasing music by bands like Madness and The Specials.
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B.
Suretone Records
Suretone Records is an American record label known for working with rock and alternative bands, often in partnership with major music distributors.
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C.
Rhythm & Groove Records
Rhythm & Groove Records is a music label known for releasing work by acclaimed soul and jazz vocalist and pianist Oleta Adams.
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D.
Fiction Records
Fiction Records is a British record label best known for releasing influential alternative and rock music, including work by bands such as The Cure and Snow Patrol.
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E.
Leader Records
Leader Records is a record label imprint associated with Kapp Records, known for releasing music under its parent company's umbrella.
- 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: Play-Tone Records (fictional record label from the film That Thing You Do!) Target entity description: Play-Tone Records is a fictional 1960s-style pop record label featured in the film "That Thing You Do!", representing the kind of hit-making music companies of that era.
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A.
2 Tone Records
2 Tone Records was a British record label central to the late-1970s ska revival and 2 tone movement, known for releasing music by bands like Madness and The Specials.
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B.
Suretone Records
Suretone Records is an American record label known for working with rock and alternative bands, often in partnership with major music distributors.
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C.
Rhythm & Groove Records
Rhythm & Groove Records is a music label known for releasing work by acclaimed soul and jazz vocalist and pianist Oleta Adams.
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D.
Fiction Records
Fiction Records is a British record label best known for releasing influential alternative and rock music, including work by bands such as The Cure and Snow Patrol.
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E.
Leader Records
Leader Records is a record label imprint associated with Kapp Records, known for releasing music under its parent company's umbrella.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional organization
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fictional record label ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | That Thing You Do! ⓘ |
| associatedFictionalArtist | The Wonders ⓘ |
| associatedFictionalSong | That Thing You Do! ⓘ |
| associatedMedia | soundtrack of That Thing You Do! ⓘ |
| associatedTimePeriodStyle | 1960s pop aesthetic ⓘ |
| businessModel | hit single–oriented label ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| createdForWork | That Thing You Do! ⓘ |
| depictedAs | powerful gatekeeper in the music industry ⓘ |
| depicts | 1960s pop music business culture ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | does not exist as a real-world record label ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
That Thing You Do! universe
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linked to:
That Thing You Do!
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| genreFocus | pop music ⓘ |
| hasFictionalBranding |
Play-Tone label design
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Play-Tone logo ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | represents hit-making music companies of the 1960s ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | record label for The Wonders ⓘ |
| narrativeThemeRelation | tension between artistic integrity and commercial success ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | major commercial record label ⓘ |
| represents | corporate control over artists’ careers ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting | 1960s ⓘ |
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: Play-Tone Records (fictional record label from the film That Thing You Do!) Description of subject: Play-Tone Records is a fictional 1960s-style pop record label featured in the film "That Thing You Do!", representing the kind of hit-making music companies of that era.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.