Dead Pigs
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Dead Pigs is a 2018 Chinese-American dark comedy film directed by Cathy Yan that interweaves the lives of several characters in rapidly modernizing Shanghai.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dead Pigs canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11338124 — 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: Dead Pigs Context triple: [Matthew Shear, notableWork, Dead Pigs]
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A.
Pig Earth
Pig Earth is a collection of interlinked stories and essays by John Berger that portrays the lives, struggles, and culture of French peasant farmers.
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B.
Looking Good Dead
Looking Good Dead is a crime thriller novel by British author Peter James, featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace investigating a brutal murder linked to a sinister online broadcast.
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C.
One Pig
One Pig is an experimental concept album by Matthew Herbert that uses sounds recorded throughout the life cycle of a single pig to explore themes of consumption, ethics, and industrial food production.
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D.
Pigpile
Pigpile is a live album by the American noise rock band Big Black, capturing one of their final performances with raw, abrasive intensity.
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E.
Dead Babies
Dead Babies is a darkly comic 1975 novel by British author Martin Amis that satirizes hedonistic youth culture through a weekend of escalating debauchery and violence.
- 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: Dead Pigs Target entity description: Dead Pigs is a 2018 Chinese-American dark comedy film directed by Cathy Yan that interweaves the lives of several characters in rapidly modernizing Shanghai.
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A.
Pig Earth
Pig Earth is a collection of interlinked stories and essays by John Berger that portrays the lives, struggles, and culture of French peasant farmers.
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B.
Looking Good Dead
Looking Good Dead is a crime thriller novel by British author Peter James, featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace investigating a brutal murder linked to a sinister online broadcast.
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C.
One Pig
One Pig is an experimental concept album by Matthew Herbert that uses sounds recorded throughout the life cycle of a single pig to explore themes of consumption, ethics, and industrial food production.
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D.
Pigpile
Pigpile is a live album by the American noise rock band Big Black, capturing one of their final performances with raw, abrasive intensity.
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E.
Dead Babies
Dead Babies is a darkly comic 1975 novel by British author Martin Amis that satirizes hedonistic youth culture through a weekend of escalating debauchery and violence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dark comedy film
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
China
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Cathy Yan ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
American architect
ⓘ
beauty salon owner ⓘ pig farmer ⓘ wealthy businessman ⓘ young busboy ⓘ |
| hasDirector | Cathy Yan ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage | Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | real-life incident of dead pigs in Chinese rivers ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | ensemble film ⓘ |
| notableFor | Cathy Yan feature directorial debut ⓘ |
| plotCharacteristic | interweaving storylines ⓘ |
| premiereSection | World Cinema Dramatic Competition ⓘ |
| productionCountry |
China
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| productionType | Chinese-American co-production ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Cathy Yan ⓘ |
| setting | Shanghai ⓘ |
| theme |
capitalism
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class disparity ⓘ family relationships ⓘ gentrification ⓘ rapid urbanization ⓘ social change in China ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary Shanghai ⓘ |
| worldPremiereAt | Sundance Film Festival ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dead Pigs Description of subject: Dead Pigs is a 2018 Chinese-American dark comedy film directed by Cathy Yan that interweaves the lives of several characters in rapidly modernizing Shanghai.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.