I’m Not Rappaport (1989 film)
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I’m Not Rappaport is a 1989 film adaptation of Herb Gardner’s stage play, centered on the unlikely friendship between two elderly men who spend their days sharing stories and confronting aging while sitting on a bench in New York’s Central Park.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I'm Not Rappaport (film) | 1 |
| I’m Not Rappaport (1989 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10526658 — 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: I’m Not Rappaport (1989 film) Context triple: [Professor Irwin Corey, notableWork, I’m Not Rappaport (1989 film)]
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A.
The Man Who Wasn’t There (1983 film)
The Man Who Wasn’t There is a 1983 mystery-comedy film featuring Steve Guttenberg in a leading role.
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B.
Redford Suite
Redford Suite is a multi-movement jazz composition by The Roots, featured as a central instrumental suite on their concept album "Undun."
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C.
Midnight Run
Midnight Run is a mid-distance sled dog race event held in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, often serving as a companion race to the longer UP 200.
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D.
Midnight Run
Midnight Run is a 1988 action-comedy film starring Robert De Niro as a bounty hunter transporting an accountant across the country while being pursued by the FBI and the mob.
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E.
Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard is a 1980 American comedy-drama film, directed by Jonathan Demme, that fictionalizes the story of a gas-station attendant who allegedly befriends billionaire Howard Hughes and later claims to inherit part of his fortune.
- 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: I’m Not Rappaport (1989 film) Target entity description: I’m Not Rappaport is a 1989 film adaptation of Herb Gardner’s stage play, centered on the unlikely friendship between two elderly men who spend their days sharing stories and confronting aging while sitting on a bench in New York’s Central Park.
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A.
The Man Who Wasn’t There (1983 film)
The Man Who Wasn’t There is a 1983 mystery-comedy film featuring Steve Guttenberg in a leading role.
-
B.
Redford Suite
Redford Suite is a multi-movement jazz composition by The Roots, featured as a central instrumental suite on their concept album "Undun."
-
C.
Midnight Run
Midnight Run is a mid-distance sled dog race event held in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, often serving as a companion race to the longer UP 200.
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D.
Midnight Run
Midnight Run is a 1988 action-comedy film starring Robert De Niro as a bounty hunter transporting an accountant across the country while being pursued by the FBI and the mob.
-
E.
Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard is a 1980 American comedy-drama film, directed by Jonathan Demme, that fictionalizes the story of a gas-station attendant who allegedly befriends billionaire Howard Hughes and later claims to inherit part of his fortune.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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playwright ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | stage play ⓘ |
| author | Herb Gardner ⓘ |
| basedOn | I'm Not Rappaport (play) ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Herb Gardner ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
comedy-drama film ⓘ drama film ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | elderly man ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
friendship
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old age ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSetting |
Central Park
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | friendship between elderly men ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
aging
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interpersonal relationships ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| notableWork | I'm Not Rappaport (play) ⓘ |
| title |
I'm Not Rappaport
ⓘ
linked to:
I’m Not Rappaport
|
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: I’m Not Rappaport (1989 film) Description of subject: I’m Not Rappaport is a 1989 film adaptation of Herb Gardner’s stage play, centered on the unlikely friendship between two elderly men who spend their days sharing stories and confronting aging while sitting on a bench in New York’s Central Park.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
I’m Not Rappaport
linked to: I’m Not Rappaport (1989 film)