True Stories (film)
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True Stories is a 1986 satirical musical comedy film directed by and starring Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, depicting eccentric small-town Texas life through quirky vignettes and original music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| True Stories | 8 |
| True Stories (film) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2620599 — 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)
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Target entity: True Stories (film) Context triple: [David Byrne, notableWork, True Stories (film)]
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The Stories
The Stories is the English translation of the name of Surah Al-Qasas, a chapter of the Qur’an that recounts key narratives of earlier prophets, especially the story of Moses.
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Based on a T.R.U. Story
Based on a T.R.U. Story is the debut studio album by American rapper 2 Chainz, known for its Southern hip hop sound, high-profile guest features, and commercial success.
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Stories That Matter
Stories That Matter is the guiding motto of the Peabody Awards, emphasizing their focus on honoring impactful and socially significant storytelling in media.
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Inside Story
Inside Story is a 1986 studio album by American singer and actress Grace Jones that blends pop, R&B, and experimental sounds, noted for its innovative production and introspective themes.
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The Whole Truth
The Whole Truth is the official religious magazine of the Church of God in Christ, featuring doctrinal teachings, church news, and inspirational content for its members.
- 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: True Stories (film) Target entity description: True Stories is a 1986 satirical musical comedy film directed by and starring Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, depicting eccentric small-town Texas life through quirky vignettes and original music.
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A.
The Stories
The Stories is the English translation of the name of Surah Al-Qasas, a chapter of the Qur’an that recounts key narratives of earlier prophets, especially the story of Moses.
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B.
Based on a T.R.U. Story
Based on a T.R.U. Story is the debut studio album by American rapper 2 Chainz, known for its Southern hip hop sound, high-profile guest features, and commercial success.
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C.
Stories That Matter
Stories That Matter is the guiding motto of the Peabody Awards, emphasizing their focus on honoring impactful and socially significant storytelling in media.
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D.
Inside Story
Inside Story is a 1986 studio album by American singer and actress Grace Jones that blends pop, R&B, and experimental sounds, noted for its innovative production and introspective themes.
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E.
The Whole Truth
The Whole Truth is the official religious magazine of the Church of God in Christ, featuring doctrinal teachings, church news, and inspirational content for its members.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
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: True Stories (film) Description of subject: True Stories is a 1986 satirical musical comedy film directed by and starring Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, depicting eccentric small-town Texas life through quirky vignettes and original music.
Referenced by (11)
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