The Sitter
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The Sitter is a 2011 American comedy film about a slacker college student who becomes an unlikely babysitter for three troublesome kids, directed by David Gordon Green and starring Jonah Hill.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Sitter canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13034474 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Sitter Context triple: [David Gordon Green, notableWork, The Sitter]
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A.
The Up-Standing Sitter
The Up-Standing Sitter is a 1948 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short directed by Robert McKimson and featuring Daffy Duck.
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B.
The Babysitters
The Babysitters is a poem by Sylvia Plath that reflects her characteristic blend of domestic imagery and psychological intensity.
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C.
The Babysitters
The Babysitters is a 2007 independent drama film about a teenage girl who turns her babysitting service into a clandestine call-girl operation for suburban fathers.
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D.
The Boy Downstairs
The Boy Downstairs is a 2017 romantic comedy film about a young woman who unknowingly moves into an apartment above her ex-boyfriend, forcing them to confront their unresolved past.
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E.
The Daughter
The Daughter is a 2015 Australian drama film, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck," that explores buried family secrets and emotional fallout in a small town.
- 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 Sitter Target entity description: The Sitter is a 2011 American comedy film about a slacker college student who becomes an unlikely babysitter for three troublesome kids, directed by David Gordon Green and starring Jonah Hill.
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A.
The Up-Standing Sitter
The Up-Standing Sitter is a 1948 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short directed by Robert McKimson and featuring Daffy Duck.
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B.
The Babysitters
The Babysitters is a poem by Sylvia Plath that reflects her characteristic blend of domestic imagery and psychological intensity.
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C.
The Babysitters
The Babysitters is a 2007 independent drama film about a teenage girl who turns her babysitting service into a clandestine call-girl operation for suburban fathers.
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D.
The Boy Downstairs
The Boy Downstairs is a 2017 romantic comedy film about a young woman who unknowingly moves into an apartment above her ex-boyfriend, forcing them to confront their unresolved past.
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E.
The Daughter
The Daughter is a 2015 Australian drama film, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck," that explores buried family secrets and emotional fallout in a small town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn | loosely inspired by the 1987 film Adventures in Babysitting ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossWorldwide | approximately $34,700,000 ⓘ |
| budget | approximately $25,000,000 ⓘ |
| castMember |
Ari Graynor
NERFINISHED
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Bruce Altman NERFINISHED ⓘ D.W. Moffett NERFINISHED ⓘ Erin Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ J.B. Smoove NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Hecht NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Hernandez NERFINISHED ⓘ Kylie Bunbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Landry Bender NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Method Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Rockwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Tim Orr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | David Gordon Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Craig Alpert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRatingCategory | adult audiences ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coming of age
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family ⓘ responsibility ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacter | Jonah Hill as Noah Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Noah Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy |
David Wingo
NERFINISHED
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Jeff McIlwain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A slacker college student becomes an unlikely babysitter for three troublesome kids and gets pulled into a chaotic night across the city. ⓘ |
| producer |
Derrick Tseng
NERFINISHED
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Jody Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael De Luca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
20th Century Fox
NERFINISHED
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Michael De Luca Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2011-12-09 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 81 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Alessandro Tanaka
NERFINISHED
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Brian Gatewood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| starring | Jonah Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Sitter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Sitter Description of subject: The Sitter is a 2011 American comedy film about a slacker college student who becomes an unlikely babysitter for three troublesome kids, directed by David Gordon Green and starring Jonah Hill.
Referenced by (4)
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