One Eight Seven
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One Eight Seven is a 1997 crime drama film starring Samuel L. Jackson as a high school teacher confronting gang violence and systemic failure in an inner-city Los Angeles school.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| One Eight Seven canonical | 10 |
| One Eight Seven (film universe) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T647574 — 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: One Eight Seven Context triple: [Clifton Collins Jr., notableWork, One Eight Seven]
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A.
The City
The City is a common nickname for Manhattan, the densely populated and iconic borough of New York City known for its skyscrapers, cultural landmarks, and role as a global financial and media hub.
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B.
Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American crime drama film, best known for starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy and for being the movie John Dillinger watched before his death.
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C.
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a jazz-influenced ballet and orchestral piece by Richard Rodgers, originally written for the 1936 musical On Your Toes and later widely performed as a standalone concert work.
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D.
De Gemeene Gratie
De Gemeene Gratie is a major theological work by Abraham Kuyper that develops his doctrine of “common grace,” explaining how God’s grace operates in all of culture and society, not only within the church.
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E.
La Espero
La Espero is the poem by L. L. Zamenhof that serves as the de facto anthem of the international language Esperanto, expressing its ideals of peace and global understanding.
- 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: One Eight Seven Target entity description: One Eight Seven is a 1997 crime drama film starring Samuel L. Jackson as a high school teacher confronting gang violence and systemic failure in an inner-city Los Angeles school.
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A.
The City
The City is a common nickname for Manhattan, the densely populated and iconic borough of New York City known for its skyscrapers, cultural landmarks, and role as a global financial and media hub.
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B.
Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American crime drama film, best known for starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy and for being the movie John Dillinger watched before his death.
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C.
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a jazz-influenced ballet and orchestral piece by Richard Rodgers, originally written for the 1936 musical On Your Toes and later widely performed as a standalone concert work.
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D.
De Gemeene Gratie
De Gemeene Gratie is a major theological work by Abraham Kuyper that develops his doctrine of “common grace,” explaining how God’s grace operates in all of culture and society, not only within the church.
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E.
La Espero
La Espero is the poem by L. L. Zamenhof that serves as the de facto anthem of the international language Esperanto, expressing its ideals of peace and global understanding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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crime drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | 187 ⓘ |
| castMember | Samuel L. Jackson ⓘ |
| certificate |
BBFC 18 (United Kingdom)
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linked to:
BBFC
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| characterRole | Samuel L. Jackson as a high school teacher ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ericson Core ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| director | Kevin Reynolds ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Warner Bros.
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linked to:
Warner Bros. Pictures
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| distributorRegion |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| editedBy | Peter Boyle ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Trevor Garfield ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles, California ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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drama film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
despair and burnout in teaching
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institutional failure ⓘ vigilantism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
gang violence
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high school teaching ⓘ systemic failure in education ⓘ urban education ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Danny Elfman ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a teacher confronting violent students ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
gang culture in Los Angeles
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school violence ⓘ student–teacher conflict ⓘ |
| posterTagline | When schools become war zones and both sides start taking casualties, what then? ⓘ |
| producer |
Bruce Davey
ⓘ
Mel Efros ⓘ
linked to:
Alexei Efros
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| productionCompany | Icon Productions ⓘ |
| protagonist | Trevor Garfield ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1997-07-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 119 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Scott Yagemann ⓘ |
| setting |
Los Angeles
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inner-city high school ⓘ |
| starredActor | Samuel L. Jackson ⓘ |
| storyBy | Scott Yagemann ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1990s ⓘ |
| title | One Eight Seven ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (11)
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