A Simple Plan
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A Simple Plan is a 1998 neo-noir crime thriller film, directed by Sam Raimi and based on Scott Smith’s novel, about three men who find a crashed plane full of cash and are gradually undone by greed and paranoia.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Simple Plan canonical | 22 |
| A Simple Plan (1998 film) | 2 |
| A Simple Plan (novel) | 2 |
| A Simple Plan (1993 novel) | 1 |
| A Simple Plan (film adaptation screenplay) | 1 |
| A Simple Plan (film) | 1 |
| A Simple Plan universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2216113 — 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: A Simple Plan Context triple: [Billy Bob Thornton, notableWork, A Simple Plan]
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A.
Stakeout
"Stakeout" is a 1987 American buddy-cop comedy thriller film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez as detectives assigned to surveil an escaped convict’s ex-girlfriend.
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B.
American Crime
American Crime is an anthology crime drama television series that explores complex social and racial issues through interconnected stories of crime and its impact on victims, perpetrators, and communities.
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C.
Burnt Offerings
Burnt Offerings is a 1976 supernatural horror film about a family menaced by a malevolent house, noted for its atmospheric dread and starring Karen Black and Oliver Reed.
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D.
Point Blank
Point Blank is a segment or component of the larger work titled "The River," likely representing a distinct chapter, track, or section within that overall composition.
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E.
King Baby
King Baby is a stand-up comedy special by American comedian Jim Gaffigan, known for its observational humor about everyday life, food, and parenting.
- 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: A Simple Plan Target entity description: A Simple Plan is a 1998 neo-noir crime thriller film, directed by Sam Raimi and based on Scott Smith’s novel, about three men who find a crashed plane full of cash and are gradually undone by greed and paranoia.
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A.
Stakeout
"Stakeout" is a 1987 American buddy-cop comedy thriller film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez as detectives assigned to surveil an escaped convict’s ex-girlfriend.
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B.
American Crime
American Crime is an anthology crime drama television series that explores complex social and racial issues through interconnected stories of crime and its impact on victims, perpetrators, and communities.
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C.
Burnt Offerings
Burnt Offerings is a 1976 supernatural horror film about a family menaced by a malevolent house, noted for its atmospheric dread and starring Karen Black and Oliver Reed.
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D.
Point Blank
Point Blank is a segment or component of the larger work titled "The River," likely representing a distinct chapter, track, or section within that overall composition.
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E.
King Baby
King Baby is a stand-up comedy special by American comedian Jim Gaffigan, known for its observational humor about everyday life, food, and parenting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: A Simple Plan Description of subject: A Simple Plan is a 1998 neo-noir crime thriller film, directed by Sam Raimi and based on Scott Smith’s novel, about three men who find a crashed plane full of cash and are gradually undone by greed and paranoia.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
William Robert Thornton
linked to: A Simple Plan
subject linked to:
Paxton
linked to: A Simple Plan
linked to: A Simple Plan
linked to: A Simple Plan
linked to: A Simple Plan
linked to: A Simple Plan
linked to: A Simple Plan
subject linked to:
Scott Smith
linked to: A Simple Plan