Follow a Star
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"Follow a Star" is a 1959 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as an inept but endearing aspiring entertainer whose misadventures lead him toward unexpected success.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Follow a Star canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T308602 — 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: Follow a Star Context triple: [Norman Wisdom, notableWork, Follow a Star]
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A.
The Stars, Like Dust
The Stars, Like Dust is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, following a young nobleman entangled in political intrigue and rebellion against a tyrannical interstellar regime.
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B.
The Cosmic Connection
The Cosmic Connection is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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C.
The Lives of the Stars
"The Lives of the Stars" is an episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the birth, evolution, and death of stars and their role in shaping the universe.
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D.
Rendezvous With Destiny
"Rendezvous With Destiny" is the famous motto of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division, reflecting its elite airborne role and historic combat legacy.
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E.
The Tragedy of the Moon
The Tragedy of the Moon is a collection of science essays by Isaac Asimov that explores astronomy, the Moon, and broader scientific and philosophical themes for a general audience.
- 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: Follow a Star Target entity description: "Follow a Star" is a 1959 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as an inept but endearing aspiring entertainer whose misadventures lead him toward unexpected success.
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A.
The Stars, Like Dust
The Stars, Like Dust is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, following a young nobleman entangled in political intrigue and rebellion against a tyrannical interstellar regime.
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B.
The Cosmic Connection
The Cosmic Connection is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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C.
The Lives of the Stars
"The Lives of the Stars" is an episode of the science documentary series *Cosmos: A Personal Voyage* that explores the birth, evolution, and death of stars and their role in shaping the universe.
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D.
Rendezvous With Destiny
"Rendezvous With Destiny" is the famous motto of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division, reflecting its elite airborne role and historic combat legacy.
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E.
The Tragedy of the Moon
The Tragedy of the Moon is a collection of science essays by Isaac Asimov that explores astronomy, the Moon, and broader scientific and philosophical themes for a general audience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British comedy film
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film ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy |
Norman Wisdom
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surface form:
Norman Truscott – Norman Wisdom
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| cinematography | Jack Asher ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Robert Asher ⓘ |
| distributor | Rank Organisation ⓘ |
| editor | Frederick Wilson ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| hasSetting | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Norman Truscott ⓘ |
| musicBy | Philip Green ⓘ |
| notableFor | featuring Norman Wisdom as an inept aspiring entertainer ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Norman Wisdom filmography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An inept but well-meaning aspiring entertainer blunders through a series of misadventures that eventually lead to unexpected success. ⓘ |
| producer | Hugh Stewart ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Rank Organisation ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 86 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Henry Blyth
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Jack Davies ⓘ |
| starring |
Edie Martin
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Fenella Fielding ⓘ Harold Goodwin ⓘ Hattie Jacques ⓘ Jerry Desmonde ⓘ Norman Wisdom ⓘ Richard Wattis ⓘ |
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: Follow a Star Description of subject: "Follow a Star" is a 1959 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as an inept but endearing aspiring entertainer whose misadventures lead him toward unexpected success.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.