Hopscotch
E447070
"Hopscotch" is a 1980 American spy comedy film starring Walter Matthau as a rogue CIA agent who writes a tell-all memoir while eluding his former colleagues.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hopscotch canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4494149 — 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: Hopscotch Context triple: [Glenda Jackson, notableWork, Hopscotch]
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A.
Hopscotch
"Hopscotch" is an influential experimental novel by Argentine writer Julio Cortázar, renowned for its nonlinear structure and central place in the Latin American literary "Boom."
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B.
Horseshoe
Horseshoe is a well-known casino and racetrack brand in the United States, recognized for its gambling, entertainment, and hospitality offerings.
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C.
The Ball
"The Ball" is a short story by renowned Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, reflecting his characteristic blend of psychological insight and modernist narrative style.
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D.
The Ball
The Ball is the popular nickname for Reunion Tower, a distinctive geodesic observation tower and Dallas landmark known for its glowing spherical top.
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E.
Shoot the Moon
Shoot the Moon is an EP by the American punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, showcasing their melodic, fast-paced, and politically tinged punk sound.
- 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: Hopscotch Target entity description: "Hopscotch" is a 1980 American spy comedy film starring Walter Matthau as a rogue CIA agent who writes a tell-all memoir while eluding his former colleagues.
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A.
Hopscotch
"Hopscotch" is an influential experimental novel by Argentine writer Julio Cortázar, renowned for its nonlinear structure and central place in the Latin American literary "Boom."
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B.
Horseshoe
Horseshoe is a well-known casino and racetrack brand in the United States, recognized for its gambling, entertainment, and hospitality offerings.
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C.
The Ball
"The Ball" is a short story by renowned Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, reflecting his characteristic blend of psychological insight and modernist narrative style.
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D.
The Ball
The Ball is the popular nickname for Reunion Tower, a distinctive geodesic observation tower and Dallas landmark known for its glowing spherical top.
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E.
Shoot the Moon
Shoot the Moon is an EP by the American punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, showcasing their melodic, fast-paced, and politically tinged punk sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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film ⓘ spy comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Hopscotch (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Brian Garfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Isobel von Schonenberg
NERFINISHED
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Joe Cutter NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Kendig NERFINISHED ⓘ Myerson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Arthur Ibbetson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Ronald Neame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | AVCO Embassy Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | North America ⓘ |
| editedBy | Carl Kress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
London, England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Munich, West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Salzburg, Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ Savannah, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
spy film ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Walter Matthau as Miles Kendig, a retired CIA agent ⓘ |
| musicBy | Ian Fraser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a rogue CIA agent exposing agency secrets ⓘ |
| notableFor | mixing espionage with light comedy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A retired CIA agent writes a tell-all memoir and eludes his former colleagues who try to stop him. ⓘ |
| producer |
Edie Landau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martin Starger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Edie & Ely Landau Productions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MLD Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1980-09-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 104 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Brian Garfield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bryan Forbes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Europe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| starring |
George Baker
NERFINISHED
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Glenda Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbert Lom NERFINISHED ⓘ Ned Beatty NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Waterston NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Matthau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Hopscotch Description of subject: "Hopscotch" is a 1980 American spy comedy film starring Walter Matthau as a rogue CIA agent who writes a tell-all memoir while eluding his former colleagues.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.