The Straight Story
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The Straight Story is a 1999 biographical road drama film directed by David Lynch that follows an elderly man's journey across the American Midwest on a lawnmower to reconcile with his estranged brother.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Straight Story canonical | 6 |
| The Straight Story (score) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9988249 — 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: The Straight Story Context triple: [David Lynch, notableWork, The Straight Story]
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A.
The Road Home
The Road Home is a reflective work by author Sue Smith that explores themes of belonging, personal journey, and the meaning of home.
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B.
The Road Home
The Road Home is a 1999 Chinese romantic drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, known for its lyrical storytelling and evocative cinematography depicting a young woman's devotion to her beloved.
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C.
Sling Blade
Sling Blade is a 1996 American drama film written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, who also stars as a mentally impaired man released from a psychiatric hospital into a small Southern town.
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D.
A River Runs Through It
A River Runs Through It is a 1992 American drama film directed by Robert Redford, based on Norman Maclean’s semi-autobiographical novella about two brothers growing up in early 20th-century Montana and bound together by fly fishing and family.
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E.
One True Thing
One True Thing is a 1994 novel by Anna Quindlen that explores the complex relationship between a daughter and her terminally ill mother, later adapted into a feature film.
- 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: The Straight Story Target entity description: The Straight Story is a 1999 biographical road drama film directed by David Lynch that follows an elderly man's journey across the American Midwest on a lawnmower to reconcile with his estranged brother.
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A.
The Road Home
The Road Home is a reflective work by author Sue Smith that explores themes of belonging, personal journey, and the meaning of home.
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B.
The Road Home
The Road Home is a 1999 Chinese romantic drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, known for its lyrical storytelling and evocative cinematography depicting a young woman's devotion to her beloved.
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C.
Sling Blade
Sling Blade is a 1996 American drama film written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, who also stars as a mentally impaired man released from a psychiatric hospital into a small Southern town.
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D.
A River Runs Through It
A River Runs Through It is a 1992 American drama film directed by Robert Redford, based on Norman Maclean’s semi-autobiographical novella about two brothers growing up in early 20th-century Montana and bound together by fly fishing and family.
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E.
One True Thing
One True Thing is a 1994 novel by Anna Quindlen that explores the complex relationship between a daughter and her terminally ill mother, later adapted into a feature film.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | true story of Alvin Straight ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| director | David Lynch ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical drama
ⓘ
drama ⓘ road movie ⓘ |
| hasDirector | David Lynch ⓘ |
| hasJourneyGoal | reconcile with estranged brother ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Straight Story ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Alvin Straight ⓘ |
| modeOfTravel | lawnmower ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | road narrative ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An elderly man travels across the American Midwest on a lawnmower to reconcile with his estranged brother. ⓘ |
| portrays |
rural American life
ⓘ
sibling relationship ⓘ |
| productionType | feature film ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | elderly ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| setting |
American Midwest
ⓘ
linked to:
Midwestern United States
|
| theme |
aging
ⓘ
family reconciliation ⓘ forgiveness ⓘ journey ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
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: The Straight Story Description of subject: The Straight Story is a 1999 biographical road drama film directed by David Lynch that follows an elderly man's journey across the American Midwest on a lawnmower to reconcile with his estranged brother.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Straight Story