Secondhand Lions
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Secondhand Lions is a 2003 coming-of-age comedy-drama film about a shy boy who spends a transformative summer with his two eccentric great-uncles in rural Texas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Secondhand Lions canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4441725 — 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: Secondhand Lions Context triple: [Christian Kane, notableWork, Secondhand Lions]
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A.
A Lion’s Legacy
"A Lion’s Legacy" is an instrumental track composed by Ramin Djawadi for the Game of Thrones Season 7 soundtrack, thematically associated with House Lannister.
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B.
One Day as a Lion
One Day as a Lion is a short-lived rock/rap duo featuring Zack de la Rocha that blended politically charged lyrics with heavy, groove-driven instrumentation.
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C.
The Lion’s World
The Lion’s World is a theological and literary exploration of C. S. Lewis’s Narnia stories by former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.
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D.
Lions and Shadows
Lions and Shadows is an autobiographical novel by Christopher Isherwood that blends memoir and fiction to depict his early life and literary development in 1920s England.
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E.
The Lion and the Rose
"The Lion and the Rose" is the infamous Game of Thrones episode centered on King Joffrey Baratheon’s wedding feast and shocking death, often referred to as the "Purple Wedding."
- 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: Secondhand Lions Target entity description: Secondhand Lions is a 2003 coming-of-age comedy-drama film about a shy boy who spends a transformative summer with his two eccentric great-uncles in rural Texas.
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A.
A Lion’s Legacy
"A Lion’s Legacy" is an instrumental track composed by Ramin Djawadi for the Game of Thrones Season 7 soundtrack, thematically associated with House Lannister.
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B.
One Day as a Lion
One Day as a Lion is a short-lived rock/rap duo featuring Zack de la Rocha that blended politically charged lyrics with heavy, groove-driven instrumentation.
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C.
The Lion’s World
The Lion’s World is a theological and literary exploration of C. S. Lewis’s Narnia stories by former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.
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D.
Lions and Shadows
Lions and Shadows is an autobiographical novel by Christopher Isherwood that blends memoir and fiction to depict his early life and literary development in 1920s England.
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E.
The Lion and the Rose
"The Lion and the Rose" is the infamous Game of Thrones episode centered on King Joffrey Baratheon’s wedding feast and shocking death, often referred to as the "Purple Wedding."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy-drama film
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coming-of-age film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| cinematography | Jack N. Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Tim McCanlies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | New Line Cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | David Moritz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
coming-of-age ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
courage
ⓘ
family ⓘ growing up ⓘ intergenerational friendship ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Garth McCann
NERFINISHED
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Hub McCann NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Caldwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Patrick Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A shy boy spends a transformative summer with his two eccentric great-uncles in rural Texas. ⓘ |
| producer |
Corey Sienega
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Kirschner NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Castle Rock Entertainment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Line Cinema ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2003-09-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 111 ⓘ |
| settingEnvironment | rural Texas farm ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Christian Kane
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deirdre O’Connell NERFINISHED ⓘ Emmanuelle Vaugier NERFINISHED ⓘ Hal Holbrook NERFINISHED ⓘ Jennifer Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Josh Lucas NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Haberer NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyra Sedgwick NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Caine NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael O’Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitchel Musso NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicky Katt NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Duvall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Tim McCanlies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Secondhand Lions Description of subject: Secondhand Lions is a 2003 coming-of-age comedy-drama film about a shy boy who spends a transformative summer with his two eccentric great-uncles in rural Texas.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.