Doin’ Time on Planet Earth
E744153
Doin’ Time on Planet Earth is a 1988 science-fiction comedy film directed by Charles Matthau about a young man who discovers he may be an alien destined to save the universe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Doin’ Time on Planet Earth canonical | 3 |
| Doin' Time on Planet Earth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8577878 — 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: Doin’ Time on Planet Earth Context triple: [Charles Matthau, notableWork, Doin’ Time on Planet Earth]
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A.
It’s Time
"It's Time" is a breakout alternative rock single by Imagine Dragons that gained widespread popularity for its anthemic sound and introspective lyrics.
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B.
What a Time to Be Alive
What a Time to Be Alive is a collaborative mixtape by Drake and Future that blends trap-influenced production with themes of success, wealth, and hedonism.
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C.
Obey the Time
Obey the Time is an album by the English post-punk band The Durutti Column that blends atmospheric guitar work with electronic and dance-influenced elements.
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D.
What a Time
"What a Time" is a melancholic pop song by Julia Michaels, featuring Niall Horan, that reflects on the bittersweet memories of a past relationship.
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E.
From Time to Time
From Time to Time is a 2009 British fantasy drama film written and directed by Julian Fellowes, blending a World War II–era family mystery with time-travel elements in an English country house.
- 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: Doin’ Time on Planet Earth Target entity description: Doin’ Time on Planet Earth is a 1988 science-fiction comedy film directed by Charles Matthau about a young man who discovers he may be an alien destined to save the universe.
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A.
It’s Time
"It's Time" is a breakout alternative rock single by Imagine Dragons that gained widespread popularity for its anthemic sound and introspective lyrics.
-
B.
What a Time to Be Alive
What a Time to Be Alive is a collaborative mixtape by Drake and Future that blends trap-influenced production with themes of success, wealth, and hedonism.
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C.
Obey the Time
Obey the Time is an album by the English post-punk band The Durutti Column that blends atmospheric guitar work with electronic and dance-influenced elements.
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D.
What a Time
"What a Time" is a melancholic pop song by Julia Michaels, featuring Niall Horan, that reflects on the bittersweet memories of a past relationship.
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E.
From Time to Time
From Time to Time is a 2009 British fantasy drama film written and directed by Julian Fellowes, blending a World War II–era family mystery with time-travel elements in an English country house.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
science fiction comedy film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Charles Matthau ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasDirector | Charles Matthau ⓘ |
| hasGenre | science fiction comedy film ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacterDescription | a young man who discovers he may be an alien destined to save the universe ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
alien visitation
ⓘ
identity ⓘ saving the universe ⓘ |
| productionType | theatrical film ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1988 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| title | Doin’ Time on Planet Earth ⓘ |
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: Doin’ Time on Planet Earth Description of subject: Doin’ Time on Planet Earth is a 1988 science-fiction comedy film directed by Charles Matthau about a young man who discovers he may be an alien destined to save the universe.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.