The Year of the Yao
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The Year of the Yao is a documentary film that follows Chinese basketball star Yao Ming’s challenging rookie season in the NBA and his evolving relationship with his interpreter.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Year of the Yao canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10686626 — 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 Year of the Yao Context triple: [James D. Stern, notableWork, The Year of the Yao]
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A.
The Year of the Beasts
The Year of the Beasts is a young adult novel by Cecil Castellucci that blends prose and graphic storytelling to explore themes of jealousy, grief, and sisterhood.
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B.
Year of the Goat
Year of the Goat is one of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs, symbolizing traits such as creativity, gentleness, and compassion, and is widely featured in cultural celebrations and themed collectibles.
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C.
Year of the Snake
Year of the Snake is a Chinese zodiac sign associated with wisdom, intuition, and elegance, represented by the snake in the twelve-year lunar cycle.
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D.
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Dragon is a 1985 crime drama film directed by Michael Cimino that follows a hard-edged New York police captain battling organized crime in Chinatown.
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E.
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Dragon is a recurring zodiac theme in the Chinese lunar calendar, symbolizing power, luck, and prosperity and widely featured in commemorative art and collectibles.
- 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 Year of the Yao Target entity description: The Year of the Yao is a documentary film that follows Chinese basketball star Yao Ming’s challenging rookie season in the NBA and his evolving relationship with his interpreter.
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A.
The Year of the Beasts
The Year of the Beasts is a young adult novel by Cecil Castellucci that blends prose and graphic storytelling to explore themes of jealousy, grief, and sisterhood.
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B.
Year of the Goat
Year of the Goat is one of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs, symbolizing traits such as creativity, gentleness, and compassion, and is widely featured in cultural celebrations and themed collectibles.
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C.
Year of the Snake
Year of the Snake is a Chinese zodiac sign associated with wisdom, intuition, and elegance, represented by the snake in the twelve-year lunar cycle.
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D.
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Dragon is a 1985 crime drama film directed by Michael Cimino that follows a hard-edged New York police captain battling organized crime in Chinatown.
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E.
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Dragon is a recurring zodiac theme in the Chinese lunar calendar, symbolizing power, luck, and prosperity and widely featured in commemorative art and collectibles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary film
ⓘ
sports documentary film ⓘ |
| about |
Yao Ming’s transition from Chinese Basketball Association to NBA
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friendship between Yao Ming and Colin Pine ⓘ media attention surrounding Yao Ming’s rookie season ⓘ |
| basedOn | real events from Yao Ming’s first NBA season ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
China
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depicts | Houston Rockets 2002–03 NBA season ⓘ |
| director |
Adam Del Deo
ⓘ
James D. Stern ⓘ |
| distributor | Fine Line Features ⓘ |
| features |
Houston Rockets team members
ⓘ
National Basketball Association games ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Yao Ming’s cultural adjustment to life in the United States
ⓘ
the relationship between Yao Ming and his interpreter Colin Pine ⓘ |
| follows | Yao Ming’s rookie season in the NBA ⓘ |
| genre |
basketball film
ⓘ
documentary ⓘ sports film ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Houston
ⓘ
various NBA cities in the United States ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
basketball
ⓘ
cross‑cultural communication ⓘ sports celebrity ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Year of the Yao ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Colin Pine
ⓘ
Houston Rockets ⓘ National Basketball Association ⓘ Yao Ming ⓘ |
| narrator | Narrator ⓘ |
| producer |
Adam Del Deo
ⓘ
Bill Horberg ⓘ James D. Stern ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2004 ⓘ |
| releaseEvent | premiere at a film festival in 2004 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 88 minutes ⓘ |
| starring |
Colin Pine
ⓘ
Yao Ming ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Year of the Yao Description of subject: The Year of the Yao is a documentary film that follows Chinese basketball star Yao Ming’s challenging rookie season in the NBA and his evolving relationship with his interpreter.
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