On the Road (2012 film)
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On the Road (2012 film) is a 2012 drama adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s iconic Beat Generation novel, following a group of friends on a restless, cross-country search for freedom and meaning in postwar America.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| On the Road (2012 film) canonical | 4 |
| On the Road (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3626779 — 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: On the Road (2012 film) Context triple: [Garrett Hedlund, notableWork, On the Road (2012 film)]
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The Open Road
"The Open Road" is a chapter in Kenneth Grahame's classic children's novel *The Wind in the Willows*, depicting the characters' adventures and sense of freedom while traveling.
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B.
One for the Road
One for the Road is a short, politically charged one-act play by Harold Pinter that explores themes of power, torture, and authoritarian oppression.
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C.
One for the Road
"One for the Road" is a horror short story by Stephen King, often noted as a companion piece to his novel "’Salem’s Lot," involving a terrifying encounter with vampires during a snowstorm in rural Maine.
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D.
Two for the Road
Two for the Road is a 1967 British romantic dramedy film that follows a couple’s evolving relationship over 12 years, noted for its non-linear narrative and one of Audrey Hepburn’s most acclaimed later performances.
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E.
On the Road
On the Road is a stand-up comedy album by George Carlin showcasing his sharp observational humor and social commentary.
- 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: On the Road (2012 film) Target entity description: On the Road (2012 film) is a 2012 drama adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s iconic Beat Generation novel, following a group of friends on a restless, cross-country search for freedom and meaning in postwar America.
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A.
The Open Road
"The Open Road" is a chapter in Kenneth Grahame's classic children's novel *The Wind in the Willows*, depicting the characters' adventures and sense of freedom while traveling.
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B.
One for the Road
One for the Road is a short, politically charged one-act play by Harold Pinter that explores themes of power, torture, and authoritarian oppression.
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C.
One for the Road
"One for the Road" is a horror short story by Stephen King, often noted as a companion piece to his novel "’Salem’s Lot," involving a terrifying encounter with vampires during a snowstorm in rural Maine.
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D.
Two for the Road
Two for the Road is a 1967 British romantic dramedy film that follows a couple’s evolving relationship over 12 years, noted for its non-linear narrative and one of Audrey Hepburn’s most acclaimed later performances.
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E.
On the Road
On the Road is a stand-up comedy album by George Carlin showcasing his sharp observational humor and social commentary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
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: On the Road (2012 film) Description of subject: On the Road (2012 film) is a 2012 drama adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s iconic Beat Generation novel, following a group of friends on a restless, cross-country search for freedom and meaning in postwar America.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
On the Road (film)
subject surface form:
Garrett Hedlund