Desk Set
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Desk Set is a 1957 romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, centered on the clash between a television network’s research department and a newly installed computer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Desk Set canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5356491 — 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: Desk Set Context triple: [Cyril J. Mockridge, notableWork, Desk Set]
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A.
Resolute desk
The Resolute desk is the iconic, ornately carved presidential desk in the Oval Office, originally crafted from the timbers of the British Arctic exploration ship HMS Resolute and used by many U.S. presidents.
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B.
Chair X
Chair X is one of the numbered academic seats of the Royal Spanish Academy, occupied by a distinguished scholar responsible for contributing to the institution’s work on the Spanish language.
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C.
Chair A
Chair A is one of the numbered academic seats of the Royal Spanish Academy, traditionally assigned to a distinguished scholar of the Spanish language.
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D.
Ant chair
The Ant chair is a minimalist, three-legged molded plywood chair designed by Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen, renowned as an icon of mid-century modern furniture.
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E.
Sofades
Sofades is a town and municipality in central Greece, located in the Thessaly region within the Karditsa regional unit.
- 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: Desk Set Target entity description: Desk Set is a 1957 romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, centered on the clash between a television network’s research department and a newly installed computer.
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A.
Resolute desk
The Resolute desk is the iconic, ornately carved presidential desk in the Oval Office, originally crafted from the timbers of the British Arctic exploration ship HMS Resolute and used by many U.S. presidents.
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B.
Chair X
Chair X is one of the numbered academic seats of the Royal Spanish Academy, occupied by a distinguished scholar responsible for contributing to the institution’s work on the Spanish language.
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C.
Chair A
Chair A is one of the numbered academic seats of the Royal Spanish Academy, traditionally assigned to a distinguished scholar of the Spanish language.
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D.
Ant chair
The Ant chair is a minimalist, three-legged molded plywood chair designed by Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen, renowned as an icon of mid-century modern furniture.
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E.
Sofades
Sofades is a town and municipality in central Greece, located in the Thessaly region within the Karditsa regional unit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Desk Set (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | William Marchant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Leon Shamroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Color by DeLuxe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Walter Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Robert L. Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bunny Watson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Sumner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | CinemaScope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | widescreen ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasMedium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
automation in the workplace
ⓘ
office romance ⓘ technology versus human expertise ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Katharine Hepburn as Bunny Watson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spencer Tracy as Richard Sumner ⓘ |
| musicBy | Cyril J. Mockridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of early computers in office environments ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Spencer Tracy–Katharine Hepburn film collaborations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The film centers on the clash between a television network’s research department and a newly installed computer. ⓘ |
| producer |
Henry Ephron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phoebe Ephron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1957-05-01 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenplayAdaptationOf | Broadway play "Desk Set" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Henry Ephron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phoebe Ephron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | television network research department ⓘ |
| starring |
Dina Merrill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gig Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Blondell NERFINISHED ⓘ Katharine Hepburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Spencer Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sue Randall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Desk Set Description of subject: Desk Set is a 1957 romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, centered on the clash between a television network’s research department and a newly installed computer.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.