Taffin
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Taffin is a 1988 Irish action thriller film starring Pierce Brosnan as a debt collector who clashes with corrupt developers in a small town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Taffin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13336444 — 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: Taffin Context triple: [Alison Doody, notableWork, Taffin]
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A.
Taff-Ely
Taff-Ely was a former local government district in Mid Glamorgan, Wales, centered on the valleys of the River Taff and River Ely and including towns such as Pontypridd.
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B.
Tawney
Tawney is an English surname most notably associated with the influential economic historian and social critic R. H. Tawney.
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C.
Dalmally
Dalmally is a small village in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland, known for its scenic Highland setting and proximity to Loch Awe.
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D.
Tolhuin
Tolhuin is a small town in the Argentine part of Tierra del Fuego, known for its location on the shores of Lake Fagnano between Ushuaia and Río Grande.
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E.
Llionés
Llionés is the native name for the Leonese language, a Romance language spoken in parts of northwestern Spain.
- 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: Taffin Target entity description: Taffin is a 1988 Irish action thriller film starring Pierce Brosnan as a debt collector who clashes with corrupt developers in a small town.
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A.
Taff-Ely
Taff-Ely was a former local government district in Mid Glamorgan, Wales, centered on the valleys of the River Taff and River Ely and including towns such as Pontypridd.
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B.
Tawney
Tawney is an English surname most notably associated with the influential economic historian and social critic R. H. Tawney.
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C.
Dalmally
Dalmally is a small village in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland, known for its scenic Highland setting and proximity to Loch Awe.
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D.
Tolhuin
Tolhuin is a small town in the Argentine part of Tierra del Fuego, known for its location on the shores of Lake Fagnano between Ushuaia and Río Grande.
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E.
Llionés
Llionés is the native name for the Leonese language, a Romance language spoken in parts of northwestern Spain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
action thriller film
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
novel "Taffin"
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novel "The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn" ⓘ
linked to:
The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
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| basedOnWorkAuthor | Lyndon Mallet ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Roger Pratt ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| director | Francis Megahy ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Cannon Films ⓘ |
| distributor | MGM/UA Communications Co. ⓘ |
| editedBy | Michael Bradsell ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Ireland ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Alison Doody
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Dearbhla Molloy ⓘ Gerard McSorley ⓘ Jeremy Child ⓘ Jim Bartley ⓘ Ray McAnally ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
DVD
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VHS ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Mark Taffin ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | debt collector ⓘ |
| musicBy | Richard Hartley ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A debt collector clashes with corrupt developers threatening a small town. ⓘ |
| producer | Peter Shaw ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Grafton Films ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | David Ambrose ⓘ |
| setting | small Irish town ⓘ |
| starring | Pierce Brosnan ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Taffin Description of subject: Taffin is a 1988 Irish action thriller film starring Pierce Brosnan as a debt collector who clashes with corrupt developers in a small town.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.