Night Bus
E361915
Night Bus is the short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams that served as the literary basis for the classic 1934 romantic comedy film "It Happened One Night."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Night Bus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3474254 — 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: Night Bus Context triple: [It Happened One Night, basedOn, Night Bus]
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A.
Nightmovers
Nightmovers is a novel by American writer Jack Dunphy, known for its introspective, character-driven exploration of relationships and urban life.
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B.
Night Ride Home
"Night Ride Home" is a 1991 studio album by Joni Mitchell that marked a return to a more acoustic, introspective sound and is widely regarded as one of her late-career highlights.
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C.
Nightflyers
Nightflyers is a science fiction horror novella by George R. R. Martin that follows a doomed space expedition haunted by a mysterious presence aboard a starship.
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D.
Subways Are for Sleeping
Subways Are for Sleeping is a 1961 Broadway musical comedy with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne, loosely based on a book about people living in New York’s subway system.
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E.
Nothin' but the Taillights
Nothin' but the Taillights is a 1997 country music album by American singer-songwriter Clint Black that produced several hit singles and marked a major commercial success in his career.
- 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: Night Bus Target entity description: Night Bus is the short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams that served as the literary basis for the classic 1934 romantic comedy film "It Happened One Night."
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A.
Nightmovers
Nightmovers is a novel by American writer Jack Dunphy, known for its introspective, character-driven exploration of relationships and urban life.
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B.
Night Ride Home
"Night Ride Home" is a 1991 studio album by Joni Mitchell that marked a return to a more acoustic, introspective sound and is widely regarded as one of her late-career highlights.
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C.
Nightflyers
Nightflyers is a science fiction horror novella by George R. R. Martin that follows a doomed space expedition haunted by a mysterious presence aboard a starship.
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D.
Subways Are for Sleeping
Subways Are for Sleeping is a 1961 Broadway musical comedy with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne, loosely based on a book about people living in New York’s subway system.
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E.
Nothin' but the Taillights
Nothin' but the Taillights is a 1997 country music album by American singer-songwriter Clint Black that produced several hit singles and marked a major commercial success in his career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
person ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | It Happened One Night ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Hopkins Adams ⓘ |
| basedOn | Night Bus self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Frank Capra ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Cosmopolitan magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | Night Bus self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| occupation | writer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1934 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Night Bus Description of subject: Night Bus is the short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams that served as the literary basis for the classic 1934 romantic comedy film "It Happened One Night."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
It Happened One Night
subject surface form:
Samuel Hopkins Adams