film "Lambada"
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"Lambada" is a 1990 dance drama film centered on the then-popular Brazilian dance craze, featuring high-energy choreography and a storyline set around inner-city youth and their teacher.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| film "Lambada" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13191986 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: film "Lambada" Context triple: [Adolfo Quinones, workedOn, film "Lambada"]
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A.
film "Flicka"
"Flicka" is a 2006 family drama film about a teenage girl who forms a deep bond with a wild mustang, challenging her family's expectations and traditions.
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B.
film "Boogie"
"Boogie" is a 2021 coming-of-age sports drama film that follows a Chinese-American basketball prodigy in Queens as he struggles to balance his NBA dreams with family expectations and cultural identity.
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C.
Blue Movie
Blue Movie is a satirical novel by Terry Southern that lampoons Hollywood through the story of a director attempting to create a high-budget pornographic art film.
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D.
film "Can't Hardly Wait"
"Can't Hardly Wait" is a 1998 teen comedy film that follows a group of high school graduates navigating love, friendship, and identity during a wild graduation party.
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E.
Dance Flick
Dance Flick is a 2009 American parody film that spoofs popular dance movies, produced by the Wayans family.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: film "Lambada" Target entity description: "Lambada" is a 1990 dance drama film centered on the then-popular Brazilian dance craze, featuring high-energy choreography and a storyline set around inner-city youth and their teacher.
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A.
film "Flicka"
"Flicka" is a 2006 family drama film about a teenage girl who forms a deep bond with a wild mustang, challenging her family's expectations and traditions.
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B.
film "Boogie"
"Boogie" is a 2021 coming-of-age sports drama film that follows a Chinese-American basketball prodigy in Queens as he struggles to balance his NBA dreams with family expectations and cultural identity.
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C.
Blue Movie
Blue Movie is a satirical novel by Terry Southern that lampoons Hollywood through the story of a director attempting to create a high-budget pornographic art film.
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D.
film "Can't Hardly Wait"
"Can't Hardly Wait" is a 1998 teen comedy film that follows a group of high school graduates navigating love, friendship, and identity during a wild graduation party.
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E.
Dance Flick
Dance Flick is a 2009 American parody film that spoofs popular dance movies, produced by the Wayans family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dance drama film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Lambada dance craze ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jorge Contreras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Joel Silberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| editedBy | Marcus Manton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDanceStyle | Lambada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| follows |
inner-city youth
ⓘ
their teacher ⓘ |
| genre |
dance film
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drama film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quiñones
NERFINISHED
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Alyson Croft NERFINISHED ⓘ Dennis Burkley NERFINISHED ⓘ J. Eddie Peck NERFINISHED ⓘ Keene Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ Melora Hardin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ricky Paull Goldin NERFINISHED ⓘ Rita Bland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
dance as empowerment
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education ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Lambada (dance) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketingFocus | Lambada dance craze ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Kitay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
education of underprivileged students
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high-energy dance choreography ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Menahem Golan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yoram Globus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 21st Century Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releasedAlongside | The Forbidden Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1990-03-09 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 104 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
John Platt
NERFINISHED
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Roy Langsdon NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheldon Lettich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| teacherCharacterDoubleLife | secret Lambada dancer ⓘ |
| teacherCharacterOccupation | math teacher ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1980s ⓘ |
| title | Lambada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: film "Lambada" Description of subject: "Lambada" is a 1990 dance drama film centered on the then-popular Brazilian dance craze, featuring high-energy choreography and a storyline set around inner-city youth and their teacher.
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