Volunteers
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"Volunteers" is a 1985 American comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, set in the early 1960s and centered on a privileged slacker who joins the Peace Corps in Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Volunteers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2900690 — 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: Volunteers Context triple: [Rita Wilson, notableWork, Volunteers]
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A.
Volunteers
The Volunteers are the athletic teams representing the University of Tennessee in NCAA Division I sports, particularly known for their passionate fan base and storied football and basketball programs.
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B.
Ross Volunteers
The Ross Volunteers are an elite, historic honor guard and ceremonial unit composed of Texas A&M cadets that serves as the official honor guard for the Governor of Texas.
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C.
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps is a U.S. federal service program that engages volunteers in community service projects across the country, often in exchange for education awards and living stipends.
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D.
Singapore Volunteer Corps
The Singapore Volunteer Corps was a colonial-era volunteer military unit in Singapore that formed the core of local defense forces before being reorganized into the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force.
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E.
The Volunteers
The Volunteers was the popular name for the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, a locally raised militia that provided auxiliary military defense for Hong Kong, particularly during the early 20th century and World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Volunteers Target entity description: "Volunteers" is a 1985 American comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, set in the early 1960s and centered on a privileged slacker who joins the Peace Corps in Southeast Asia.
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A.
Volunteers
The Volunteers are the athletic teams representing the University of Tennessee in NCAA Division I sports, particularly known for their passionate fan base and storied football and basketball programs.
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B.
Ross Volunteers
The Ross Volunteers are an elite, historic honor guard and ceremonial unit composed of Texas A&M cadets that serves as the official honor guard for the Governor of Texas.
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C.
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps is a U.S. federal service program that engages volunteers in community service projects across the country, often in exchange for education awards and living stipends.
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D.
Singapore Volunteer Corps
The Singapore Volunteer Corps was a colonial-era volunteer military unit in Singapore that formed the core of local defense forces before being reorganized into the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force.
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E.
The Volunteers
The Volunteers was the popular name for the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, a locally raised militia that provided auxiliary military defense for Hong Kong, particularly during the early 20th century and World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American comedy film
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film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ric Waite ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Nicholas Meyer ⓘ |
| distributedBy | TriStar Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | William Hoy ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Beth Wexler
ⓘ
Lawrence Bourne III ⓘ Tom Tuttle from Tacoma ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Mexico (bridge sequences) ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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satirical film ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Cold War politics
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foreign aid ⓘ |
| hasTagline | When he volunteered for the Peace Corps, he didn't expect this kind of peace. ⓘ |
| leadActress | Rita Wilson ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | James Horner ⓘ |
| notableFor | pairing of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson before their marriage ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A privileged Yale graduate and gambling debtor flees his obligations by joining the Peace Corps and is sent to a remote village in Southeast Asia. ⓘ |
| producer |
Lawrence Lasker
ⓘ
Walter F. Parkes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | TriStar Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1985-08-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 107 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
David Isaacs
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Keith Critchlow ⓘ Ken Levine ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Southeast Asia
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Thailand (filming location) ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 1960s ⓘ |
| starring |
Gedde Watanabe
ⓘ
John Candy ⓘ Rita Wilson ⓘ Tim Thomerson ⓘ Tom Hanks ⓘ |
| theme |
Peace Corps
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culture clash ⓘ personal growth ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
early Vietnam War era
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post–Korean War era ⓘ |
| title | Volunteers ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Volunteers Description of subject: "Volunteers" is a 1985 American comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, set in the early 1960s and centered on a privileged slacker who joins the Peace Corps in Southeast Asia.
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