The Public
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The Public is a 2018 drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez about homeless patrons staging an occupation of a public library during a brutal cold snap.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Public canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5018832 — 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)
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Target entity: The Public Context triple: [Taylor Schilling, hasWorkedOn, The Public]
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A.
League of the Public Weal
The League of the Public Weal was a coalition of powerful French nobles formed in 1465 to oppose and curb the growing royal authority of King Louis XI.
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B.
The Good Society
The Good Society is a 1937 political and social philosophy book by Walter Lippmann that critiques both laissez-faire capitalism and collectivist planning while arguing for a liberal, rule-of-law–based order.
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C.
The Good Society
The Good Society is a sociological work by Robert N. Bellah that explores how modern democratic institutions and civic life can be reoriented toward shared moral values and the common good.
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D.
Voices in the City
Voices in the City is a novel by Indian author Anita Desai that explores the inner lives and emotional struggles of a family in Calcutta against the backdrop of urban alienation and social change.
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E.
The Citizens
The Citizens is the commonly used nickname for Manchester City Football Club, a prominent English Premier League team based in Manchester.
- 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: The Public Target entity description: The Public is a 2018 drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez about homeless patrons staging an occupation of a public library during a brutal cold snap.
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A.
League of the Public Weal
The League of the Public Weal was a coalition of powerful French nobles formed in 1465 to oppose and curb the growing royal authority of King Louis XI.
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B.
The Good Society
The Good Society is a 1937 political and social philosophy book by Walter Lippmann that critiques both laissez-faire capitalism and collectivist planning while arguing for a liberal, rule-of-law–based order.
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C.
The Good Society
The Good Society is a sociological work by Robert N. Bellah that explores how modern democratic institutions and civic life can be reoriented toward shared moral values and the common good.
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D.
Voices in the City
Voices in the City is a novel by Indian author Anita Desai that explores the inner lives and emotional struggles of a family in Calcutta against the backdrop of urban alienation and social change.
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E.
The Citizens
The Citizens is the commonly used nickname for Manchester City Football Club, a prominent English Premier League team based in Manchester.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay by Emilio Estevez ⓘ |
| castMember |
Alec Baldwin
NERFINISHED
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Che “Rhymefest” Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Christian Slater NERFINISHED ⓘ Emilio Estevez NERFINISHED ⓘ Gabrielle Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeffrey Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ Jena Malone NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Kenneth Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Taylor Schilling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Juan Miguel Azpiroz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
homeless people
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media coverage of protests ⓘ police negotiation ⓘ |
| director | Emilio Estevez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard Chew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Cincinnati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasSetting | public library ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
civil disobedience
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homelessness ⓘ public libraries ⓘ |
| MPAARating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Tyler Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Homeless patrons stage an occupation of a public library during a brutal cold snap ⓘ |
| premieredAt | Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 2018-09-09 ⓘ |
| producer |
Alexandre Mallet-Guy
NERFINISHED
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Emilio Estevez NERFINISHED ⓘ Lisbeth Barron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Emilio Estevez Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2019-04-05 ⓘ |
| runtime | 122 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Emilio Estevez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Cincinnati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Public NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 2018 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: The Public Description of subject: The Public is a 2018 drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez about homeless patrons staging an occupation of a public library during a brutal cold snap.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.