A Very Honorable Guy
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A Very Honorable Guy is a 1934 American comedy film starring Joe E. Brown as a man who sells his future life for quick cash, only to desperately try to escape the deal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Very Honorable Guy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5615342 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Very Honorable Guy Context triple: [Joe E. Brown, notableWork, A Very Honorable Guy]
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A.
The Honorable Gentleman
"The Honorable Gentleman" is a short story by Achmed Abdullah, known for its twist ending and exploration of honor and moral ambiguity in an Eastern setting.
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B.
The Gallant Conversation
The Gallant Conversation is a celebrated 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gerard ter Borch, renowned for its subtle depiction of social interaction and refined interior scene.
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C.
The Honorable
"The Honorable" is a formal style of address used for certain public officials and dignitaries in the United States and other countries.
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D.
The Stout Gentleman
The Stout Gentleman is a humorous sketch or tale by Washington Irving, included as one of the stories in his collection "Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists."
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E.
The One and Only
The One and Only is a track from Snoop Dogg’s 2002 album "Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss," showcasing his signature West Coast hip hop style and laid-back flow.
- 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: A Very Honorable Guy Target entity description: A Very Honorable Guy is a 1934 American comedy film starring Joe E. Brown as a man who sells his future life for quick cash, only to desperately try to escape the deal.
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A.
The Honorable Gentleman
"The Honorable Gentleman" is a short story by Achmed Abdullah, known for its twist ending and exploration of honor and moral ambiguity in an Eastern setting.
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B.
The Gallant Conversation
The Gallant Conversation is a celebrated 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gerard ter Borch, renowned for its subtle depiction of social interaction and refined interior scene.
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C.
The Honorable
"The Honorable" is a formal style of address used for certain public officials and dignitaries in the United States and other countries.
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D.
The Stout Gentleman
The Stout Gentleman is a humorous sketch or tale by Washington Irving, included as one of the stories in his collection "Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists."
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E.
The One and Only
The One and Only is a track from Snoop Dogg’s 2002 album "Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss," showcasing his signature West Coast hip hop style and laid-back flow.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Damon Runyon ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Sidney Hickox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Lloyd Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| editedBy | George Amy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
contracts with future consequences
ⓘ
debt ⓘ gambling ⓘ honor ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ferdinand "Ferdie" Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man sells his future life for quick cash and then desperately tries to escape the deal. ⓘ |
| portrays | Joe E. Brown as Ferdinand "Ferdie" Griffith ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Bischoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1934 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 62 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Ben Markson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Lord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary 1930s United States ⓘ |
| starring |
Alan Dinehart
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alice White NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank McHugh NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry O'Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ Hobart Cavanaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe E. Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Barrat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | A Very Honorable Guy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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