Dragnet (film, 1987)
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Dragnet (film, 1987) is a comedy crime film starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks that parodies and modernizes the classic Dragnet police procedural for a 1980s audience.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dragnet (1987 film) | 7 |
| "Dragnet" (1989) reboot | 1 |
| Dragnet (film adaptations) | 1 |
| Dragnet (film, 1987) canonical | 1 |
| Pep Streebek (character in Dragnet 1987 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2276066 — 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: Dragnet (film, 1987) Context triple: [Dragnet (television series), hasAdaptation, Dragnet (film, 1987)]
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Dragnet (television series)
Dragnet is a pioneering American police procedural television series that follows the methodical investigations of LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday in Los Angeles.
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Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry is a music producer best known for his work on Alicia Keys' album "The Element of Freedom."
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Klute
Klute is a 1971 neo-noir thriller film directed by Alan J. Pakula, best known for Jane Fonda’s Oscar-winning performance as a call girl involved in a missing-person investigation.
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Grand Theft Auto (1977 film)
Grand Theft Auto (1977 film) is a 1977 American action-comedy road movie directed by and starring Ron Howard, featuring Rance Howard, and centered on a cross-country car chase.
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Detective O'Connor
Detective O'Connor is a character in Stephen Adly Guirgis's Pulitzer Prize–winning play "Between Riverside and Crazy," serving as part of the story's exploration of race, power, and justice in New York City.
- 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: Dragnet (film, 1987) Target entity description: Dragnet (film, 1987) is a comedy crime film starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks that parodies and modernizes the classic Dragnet police procedural for a 1980s audience.
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A.
Dragnet (television series)
Dragnet is a pioneering American police procedural television series that follows the methodical investigations of LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday in Los Angeles.
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B.
Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry is a music producer best known for his work on Alicia Keys' album "The Element of Freedom."
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C.
Klute
Klute is a 1971 neo-noir thriller film directed by Alan J. Pakula, best known for Jane Fonda’s Oscar-winning performance as a call girl involved in a missing-person investigation.
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D.
Grand Theft Auto (1977 film)
Grand Theft Auto (1977 film) is a 1977 American action-comedy road movie directed by and starring Ron Howard, featuring Rance Howard, and centered on a cross-country car chase.
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E.
Detective O'Connor
Detective O'Connor is a character in Stephen Adly Guirgis's Pulitzer Prize–winning play "Between Riverside and Crazy," serving as part of the story's exploration of race, power, and justice in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dragnet (film, 1987) Description of subject: Dragnet (film, 1987) is a comedy crime film starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks that parodies and modernizes the classic Dragnet police procedural for a 1980s audience.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Alexandra Paul as Connie Swail
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Pep Streebek (character in Dragnet 1987 film)
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