Slacker
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Slacker is a 1990 independent film by Richard Linklater that follows a series of eccentric characters in Austin, Texas through a loosely connected, dialogue-driven narrative.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Slacker canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13003919 — 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: Slacker Context triple: [Richard Linklater, notableWork, Slacker]
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A.
Slackers
"Slackers" is a 2002 college-set teen comedy film about a group of scheming students whose elaborate cheating operation unravels when they are blackmailed by an awkward classmate.
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B.
The Chumscrubber
The Chumscrubber is a 2005 dark comedy-drama film that satirizes suburban life and teenage alienation through an ensemble story set in a seemingly perfect but emotionally hollow community.
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C.
Knocked Up
"Knocked Up" is a song by American rock band Kings of Leon, known for its brooding, atmospheric build and serving as the opening track on their album "Because of the Times."
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D.
Knocked Up
Knocked Up is a 2007 romantic comedy film about an unexpected pregnancy that forces a slacker and a career-focused woman to confront adulthood and responsibility.
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E.
Punch Drunk Love
Punch Drunk Love is a track by Common from his album "Universal Mind Control," blending hip hop with experimental, electronic-influenced production.
- 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: Slacker Target entity description: Slacker is a 1990 independent film by Richard Linklater that follows a series of eccentric characters in Austin, Texas through a loosely connected, dialogue-driven narrative.
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A.
Slackers
"Slackers" is a 2002 college-set teen comedy film about a group of scheming students whose elaborate cheating operation unravels when they are blackmailed by an awkward classmate.
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B.
The Chumscrubber
The Chumscrubber is a 2005 dark comedy-drama film that satirizes suburban life and teenage alienation through an ensemble story set in a seemingly perfect but emotionally hollow community.
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C.
Knocked Up
"Knocked Up" is a song by American rock band Kings of Leon, known for its brooding, atmospheric build and serving as the opening track on their album "Because of the Times."
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D.
Knocked Up
Knocked Up is a 2007 romantic comedy film about an unexpected pregnancy that forces a slacker and a career-focused woman to confront adulthood and responsibility.
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E.
Punch Drunk Love
Punch Drunk Love is a track by Common from his album "Universal Mind Control," blending hip hop with experimental, electronic-influenced production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
independent film ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Generation X cinema ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| cultStatus | cult film ⓘ |
| depictsCityAsCharacter |
Austin, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Austin
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| director | Richard Linklater ⓘ |
| distributor | Orion Classics ⓘ |
| eraOfIndependentFilm | pre-Sundance boom early 1990s ⓘ |
| features | ensemble of eccentric characters ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Austin, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Austin
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| followsCharacters | a chain of loosely connected individuals ⓘ |
| followsStructure | roving, handoff-style character transitions ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama film
ⓘ
independent film ⓘ |
| hasDirectorCameo | Richard Linklater ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ |
| hasNoConventionalProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
postmodern disconnection ⓘ slacker culture ⓘ |
| influenced |
American independent films of the 1990s
ⓘ
Clerks ⓘ |
| movement | American independent cinema ⓘ |
| musicBy | Various artists ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
dialogue-driven narrative
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loosely connected vignettes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
minimal plot structure
ⓘ
portrayal of early 1990s youth culture ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portraysSubculture |
artists and musicians
ⓘ
bohemian intellectuals in Austin ⓘ conspiracy theorists ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Detour Filmproduction ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| restoredBy | The Criterion Collection ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| screenedAt | Sundance Film Festival ⓘ |
| setting |
Austin, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Austin
|
| style |
location shooting
ⓘ
long takes ⓘ naturalistic dialogue ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | late 1980s to early 1990s ⓘ |
| writer | Richard Linklater ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Slacker Description of subject: Slacker is a 1990 independent film by Richard Linklater that follows a series of eccentric characters in Austin, Texas through a loosely connected, dialogue-driven narrative.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.