Mystery, Alaska
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Mystery, Alaska is a 1999 sports comedy-drama film about a small Alaskan town whose amateur hockey team gets the chance to play against the New York Rangers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mystery, Alaska canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13043750 — 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: Mystery, Alaska Context triple: [Howard Baldwin, notableWork, Mystery, Alaska]
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A.
Star of Alaska
Star of Alaska was the later name of the historic 1886-built square-rigged sailing ship originally known as Balclutha, now preserved as a museum ship in San Francisco.
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B.
Mystery Mountain
Mystery Mountain is the former name of Mount Waddington, the highest peak entirely within British Columbia’s Coast Mountains and a prominent mountaineering destination in Canada.
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C.
The Nevadan
The Nevadan is a 1950 American Western film starring Randolph Scott as a U.S. marshal entangled in a plot involving stolen gold and outlaws.
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D.
The Alaskans
The Alaskans is an American Western television series set during the Klondike Gold Rush, following adventurers and fortune seekers in late 19th-century Alaska.
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E.
Alaska Time
Alaska Time is the time zone used by most of the U.S. state of Alaska, offset one hour behind Pacific Time.
- 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: Mystery, Alaska Target entity description: Mystery, Alaska is a 1999 sports comedy-drama film about a small Alaskan town whose amateur hockey team gets the chance to play against the New York Rangers.
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A.
Star of Alaska
Star of Alaska was the later name of the historic 1886-built square-rigged sailing ship originally known as Balclutha, now preserved as a museum ship in San Francisco.
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B.
Mystery Mountain
Mystery Mountain is the former name of Mount Waddington, the highest peak entirely within British Columbia’s Coast Mountains and a prominent mountaineering destination in Canada.
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C.
The Nevadan
The Nevadan is a 1950 American Western film starring Randolph Scott as a U.S. marshal entangled in a plot involving stolen gold and outlaws.
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D.
The Alaskans
The Alaskans is an American Western television series set during the Klondike Gold Rush, following adventurers and fortune seekers in late 19th-century Alaska.
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E.
Alaska Time
Alaska Time is the time zone used by most of the U.S. state of Alaska, offset one hour behind Pacific Time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
sports comedy-drama film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Peter Deming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Jay Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Buena Vista Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Jon Poll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTeam | New York Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Alberta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canmore, Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama film
ⓘ
ice hockey film ⓘ sports film ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Charles Danner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Biebe NERFINISHED ⓘ Judge Walter Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheriff Scott R. Pitcher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | tt0134618 ⓘ |
| hasSport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
ice hockey
ⓘ
small-town life ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicComposer | Carter Burwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A small Alaskan town's amateur hockey team gets the chance to play an exhibition game against the NHL's New York Rangers. ⓘ |
| producer |
David E. Kelley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jon Avnet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Hollywood Pictures
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Avnet/Kerner Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1999-10-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| runtime | 119 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
David E. Kelley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sean O'Byrne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Alaska
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fictional town of Mystery, Alaska ⓘ |
| starring |
Burt Reynolds
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colm Meaney NERFINISHED ⓘ Hank Azaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Lolita Davidovich NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary McCormack NERFINISHED ⓘ Maury Chaykin NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Eldard NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Crowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mystery, Alaska Description of subject: Mystery, Alaska is a 1999 sports comedy-drama film about a small Alaskan town whose amateur hockey team gets the chance to play against the New York Rangers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.