The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T is a 1953 fantasy musical film, co-written by Dr. Seuss, about a tyrannical piano teacher who imprisons children to play an enormous piano.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T canonical | 2 |
| The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14819305 — 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: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T Context triple: [Hans Conried, notableWork, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T]
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A.
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse is a 1938 crime drama film starring Edward G. Robinson as a psychiatrist who becomes involved with a gang of jewel thieves to study criminal behavior.
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B.
Runaround
"Runaround" is a seminal science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that famously introduced and explored the Three Laws of Robotics through a malfunctioning robot on Mercury.
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C.
Runaround
Runaround was a British children's television game show, best known for its energetic format where contestants ran between answer choices to win prizes.
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D.
The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room
"The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room" is a playful, tropical-themed song featuring singing birds and island rhythms, best known as the signature tune of Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room attraction.
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E.
Flubber
Flubber is a 1997 science-fiction comedy film starring Robin Williams as an eccentric professor who invents a bouncy, sentient green substance.
- 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 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T Target entity description: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T is a 1953 fantasy musical film, co-written by Dr. Seuss, about a tyrannical piano teacher who imprisons children to play an enormous piano.
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A.
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse is a 1938 crime drama film starring Edward G. Robinson as a psychiatrist who becomes involved with a gang of jewel thieves to study criminal behavior.
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B.
Runaround
"Runaround" is a seminal science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that famously introduced and explored the Three Laws of Robotics through a malfunctioning robot on Mercury.
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C.
Runaround
Runaround was a British children's television game show, best known for its energetic format where contestants ran between answer choices to win prizes.
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D.
The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room
"The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room" is a playful, tropical-themed song featuring singing birds and island rhythms, best known as the signature tune of Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room attraction.
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E.
Flubber
Flubber is a 1997 science-fiction comedy film starring Robin Williams as an eccentric professor who invents a bouncy, sentient green substance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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