Merrily We Live
E1008423
Merrily We Live is a 1938 American screwball comedy film known for its lighthearted portrayal of an eccentric wealthy family and their misadventures with a supposed tramp-turned-chauffeur.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Merrily We Live canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12888475 — 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: Merrily We Live Context triple: [Clarence Kolb, notableWork, Merrily We Live]
-
A.
The Happiest Days of Our Lives
"The Happiest Days of Our Lives" is a short, transitional Pink Floyd song from their rock opera *The Wall*, leading directly into the iconic track "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)."
-
B.
I Whistle a Happy Tune
"I Whistle a Happy Tune" is a cheerful show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I," known for its theme of using outward confidence to overcome fear.
-
C.
Joy in the Morning
"Joy in the Morning" is a comic novel in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster series, featuring Bertie Wooster’s misadventures and the ingenious problem-solving of his valet Jeeves.
-
D.
Isn't She Lovely
"Isn't She Lovely" is a popular 1976 soul and R&B song by Stevie Wonder, celebrated for its joyful tribute to his newborn daughter and its distinctive harmonica and vocal performances.
-
E.
Life Is Sweet
Life Is Sweet is a 1990 British comedy-drama film directed by Mike Leigh that portrays the everyday struggles and aspirations of a working-class family in suburban London.
- 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: Merrily We Live Target entity description: Merrily We Live is a 1938 American screwball comedy film known for its lighthearted portrayal of an eccentric wealthy family and their misadventures with a supposed tramp-turned-chauffeur.
-
A.
The Happiest Days of Our Lives
"The Happiest Days of Our Lives" is a short, transitional Pink Floyd song from their rock opera *The Wall*, leading directly into the iconic track "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)."
-
B.
I Whistle a Happy Tune
"I Whistle a Happy Tune" is a cheerful show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I," known for its theme of using outward confidence to overcome fear.
-
C.
Joy in the Morning
"Joy in the Morning" is a comic novel in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster series, featuring Bertie Wooster’s misadventures and the ingenious problem-solving of his valet Jeeves.
-
D.
Isn't She Lovely
"Isn't She Lovely" is a popular 1976 soul and R&B song by Stevie Wonder, celebrated for its joyful tribute to his newborn daughter and its distinctive harmonica and vocal performances.
-
E.
Life Is Sweet
Life Is Sweet is a 1990 British comedy-drama film directed by Mike Leigh that portrays the everyday struggles and aspirations of a working-class family in suburban London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
screwball comedy film ⓘ |
| artDirector |
Lyle R. Wheeler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William H. Tuntke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Dark Chapter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
novel by E.J. Rath ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Norbert Brodine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesigner | Royer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Norman Z. McLeod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Rudi Fehr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| filmingProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
screwball comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
E. Wade Rawlins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emily Kilbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ Grosvenor NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Kilbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Kilbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ Patsy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Phil Boutelje NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
eccentric wealthy family
ⓘ
tramp-turned-chauffeur ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound Recording NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
lighthearted portrayal of an eccentric wealthy family
ⓘ
screwball misunderstandings and misadventures ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Hal Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hal Roach Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1938-03-18 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Eddie Moran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack Jevne NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Flournoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| soundRecordingBy | Elmer Raguse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Alan Mowbray
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Billie Burke NERFINISHED ⓘ Bonita Granville NERFINISHED ⓘ Brian Aherne NERFINISHED ⓘ Clarence Kolb NERFINISHED ⓘ Constance Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ Patsy Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Merrily We Live Description of subject: Merrily We Live is a 1938 American screwball comedy film known for its lighthearted portrayal of an eccentric wealthy family and their misadventures with a supposed tramp-turned-chauffeur.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.