Alfie (1966 film)
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Alfie (1966 film) is a 1966 British romantic comedy-drama starring Michael Caine as a charming yet morally conflicted womanizer in swinging London.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alfie | 4 |
| Alfie (1966 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12889730 — 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: Alfie (1966 film) Context triple: [Eleanor Bron, appearedIn, Alfie (1966 film)]
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A.
Alfie
Alfie is a diminutive given name, commonly used in English-speaking countries, derived from the name Alfred.
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B.
Alfie
"Alfie" is a classic 1966 pop song, with music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David, best known as the reflective theme from the film of the same name.
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C.
Alfie (2004 film)
Alfie (2004 film) is a 2004 romantic comedy-drama and remake of the 1966 film, starring Jude Law as a charming but emotionally detached womanizer in New York City.
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D.
Billy Liar
Billy Liar is a 1963 British comedy-drama film about a young fantasist escaping his mundane life through elaborate daydreams, widely regarded as a classic of the British New Wave.
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E.
The Alf Garnett Saga
The Alf Garnett Saga is a British television comedy series centered on the bigoted, outspoken character Alf Garnett, expanding on his misadventures and social commentary from earlier shows.
- 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: Alfie (1966 film) Target entity description: Alfie (1966 film) is a 1966 British romantic comedy-drama starring Michael Caine as a charming yet morally conflicted womanizer in swinging London.
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A.
Alfie
Alfie is a diminutive given name, commonly used in English-speaking countries, derived from the name Alfred.
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B.
Alfie
"Alfie" is a classic 1966 pop song, with music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David, best known as the reflective theme from the film of the same name.
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C.
Alfie (2004 film)
Alfie (2004 film) is a 2004 romantic comedy-drama and remake of the 1966 film, starring Jude Law as a charming but emotionally detached womanizer in New York City.
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D.
Billy Liar
Billy Liar is a 1963 British comedy-drama film about a young fantasist escaping his mundane life through elaborate daydreams, widely regarded as a classic of the British New Wave.
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E.
The Alf Garnett Saga
The Alf Garnett Saga is a British television comedy series centered on the bigoted, outspoken character Alf Garnett, expanding on his misadventures and social commentary from earlier shows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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film ⓘ romantic comedy-drama film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Bill Naughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Alfie (novel)
NERFINISHED
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Alfie (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character | Alfie Elkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Otto Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Lewis Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Thelma Connell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| genre |
comedy-drama
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romantic comedy-drama ⓘ |
| leadActorNominationRecipient | Michael Caine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice |
breaking the fourth wall
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voice-over narration ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actor
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Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| notableSong | Alfie (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Michael Caine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Lewis Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Sheldrake Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1966-03-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| remadeAs | Alfie (2004 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runningTime | 114 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Bill Naughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| songComposer | Burt Bacharach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| songLyricist | Hal David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Denholm Elliott
NERFINISHED
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Eleanor Bron NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Asher NERFINISHED ⓘ Julia Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Caine NERFINISHED ⓘ Millicent Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Shelley Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ Vivien Merchant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportingActressNominationRecipient | Vivien Merchant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
morality
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relationships ⓘ womanizing ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1960s ⓘ |
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: Alfie (1966 film) Description of subject: Alfie (1966 film) is a 1966 British romantic comedy-drama starring Michael Caine as a charming yet morally conflicted womanizer in swinging London.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alfie
subject surface form:
Michael Caine
this entity surface form:
Alfie
this entity surface form:
Alfie
this entity surface form:
Alfie