Maverick
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Maverick is a 1994 comedic Western film starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and James Garner, centered on a charming gambler trying to raise money for a high-stakes poker tournament.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maverick canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5380789 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Maverick Context triple: [Richard Donner, directed, Maverick]
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A.
Maverick
Maverick is an MBTA subway station on Boston’s Blue Line serving the East Boston neighborhood.
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B.
Maverick
Maverick is a classic American Western comedy television series that aired in the late 1950s, following the adventures of charming, poker-playing gambler Bret Maverick and his relatives.
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C.
Maverick
Maverick is a political nickname for U.S. Senator John McCain, reflecting his reputation for independence and willingness to break with his party.
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D.
Maverick
Maverick is a high-speed steel roller coaster at Cedar Point in Ohio, renowned for its intense launches, inversions, and twisted track layout.
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John Maverick
John Maverick was an early English Puritan clergyman and colonist who became one of the first prominent settlers of Dorchester in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maverick Target entity description: Maverick is a 1994 comedic Western film starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and James Garner, centered on a charming gambler trying to raise money for a high-stakes poker tournament.
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A.
Maverick
Maverick is an MBTA subway station on Boston’s Blue Line serving the East Boston neighborhood.
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B.
Maverick
Maverick is a classic American Western comedy television series that aired in the late 1950s, following the adventures of charming, poker-playing gambler Bret Maverick and his relatives.
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C.
Maverick
Maverick is a political nickname for U.S. Senator John McCain, reflecting his reputation for independence and willingness to break with his party.
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D.
Maverick
Maverick is a high-speed steel roller coaster at Cedar Point in Ohio, renowned for its intense launches, inversions, and twisted track layout.
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E.
John Maverick
John Maverick was an early English Puritan clergyman and colonist who became one of the first prominent settlers of Dorchester in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Maverick (1957 TV series)
NERFINISHED
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characters created by Roy Huggins ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossWorldwide | approximately $183 million ⓘ |
| castMember |
Alfred Molina
NERFINISHED
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Art LaFleur NERFINISHED ⓘ Dan Hedaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Dub Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Geoffrey Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Graham Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ James Coburn NERFINISHED ⓘ James Gammon NERFINISHED ⓘ James Garner NERFINISHED ⓘ Jodie Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Mel Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul L. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Richard Donner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Stuart Baird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Arizona
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Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
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comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
con artistry
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friendship ⓘ gambling ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bret Maverick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Randy Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Costume Design NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A charming gambler tries to raise money to enter a high-stakes poker tournament. ⓘ |
| portrays | professional gambler ⓘ |
| producer |
Bruce Davey
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ⓘ
Richard Donner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Icon Productions
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Regency Enterprises NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1994-05-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 127 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | William Goldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
James Garner
NERFINISHED
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Jodie Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Mel Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maverick Description of subject: Maverick is a 1994 comedic Western film starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and James Garner, centered on a charming gambler trying to raise money for a high-stakes poker tournament.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.