Adam's Rib
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Adam's Rib is a classic 1949 American romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as married lawyers who oppose each other in a high-profile court case about gender equality.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Adam's Rib canonical | 8 |
| Adam’s Rib | 3 |
| Adam’s Rib (1949 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1191757 — 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: Adam's Rib Context triple: [David Wayne, notableWork, Adam's Rib]
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A.
The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner is a classic 1939 Broadway comedy play, co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, about an acerbic radio personality whose injury-induced stay with a Midwestern family wreaks hilarious havoc.
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B.
The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, celebrated for its elegant dance sequences and classic songs.
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C.
All in the Family
All in the Family is a groundbreaking American television sitcom that aired in the 1970s, known for its candid and often controversial treatment of social and political issues through the lens of a working-class family.
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D.
My Favorite Husband
My Favorite Husband is a late-1940s American radio sitcom starring Lucille Ball that served as a precursor to and inspiration for the television series I Love Lucy.
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E.
All That Heaven Allows
All That Heaven Allows is a 1955 romantic melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk, renowned for its lush Technicolor visuals and its critique of 1950s American social conformity and class prejudice.
- 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: Adam's Rib Target entity description: Adam's Rib is a classic 1949 American romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as married lawyers who oppose each other in a high-profile court case about gender equality.
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A.
The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner is a classic 1939 Broadway comedy play, co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, about an acerbic radio personality whose injury-induced stay with a Midwestern family wreaks hilarious havoc.
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B.
The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, celebrated for its elegant dance sequences and classic songs.
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C.
All in the Family
All in the Family is a groundbreaking American television sitcom that aired in the 1970s, known for its candid and often controversial treatment of social and political issues through the lens of a working-class family.
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D.
My Favorite Husband
My Favorite Husband is a late-1940s American radio sitcom starring Lucille Ball that served as a precursor to and inspiration for the television series I Love Lucy.
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E.
All That Heaven Allows
All That Heaven Allows is a 1955 romantic melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk, renowned for its lush Technicolor visuals and its critique of 1950s American social conformity and class prejudice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| character |
Adam Bonner
ⓘ
Amanda Bonner ⓘ |
| cinematography | George J. Folsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | George Cukor ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | George Boemler ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
courtroom film ⓘ legal comedy ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
criminal law
ⓘ
marital conflict ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
double standards
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gender equality ⓘ marriage ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Miklós Rózsa ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | married lawyers opposing each other in court ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
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surface form:
Academy Award for Best Story
|
| notableFor | on-screen pairing of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
Adam Bonner played by Spencer Tracy
ⓘ
Amanda Bonner played by Katharine Hepburn ⓘ Doris Attinger played by Judy Holliday ⓘ Kip Lurie played by David Wayne ⓘ Warren Attinger played by Tom Ewell ⓘ |
| producer | Lawrence Weingarten ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1949-11-18 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| screenplayType | original screenplay ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Garson Kanin
ⓘ
Ruth Gordon ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
David Wayne
ⓘ
Jean Hagen ⓘ Judy Holliday ⓘ Katharine Hepburn ⓘ Spencer Tracy ⓘ Tom Ewell ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Adam's Rib Description of subject: Adam's Rib is a classic 1949 American romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as married lawyers who oppose each other in a high-profile court case about gender equality.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Adam’s Rib
this entity surface form:
Adam’s Rib
this entity surface form:
Adam’s Rib
subject surface form:
Judy Holliday
this entity surface form:
Adam’s Rib (1949 film)