Earthworm Tractors
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Earthworm Tractors is a 1936 American comedy film starring Joe E. Brown as an overzealous tractor salesman whose antics create chaos in a small town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Earthworm Tractors canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5615343 — 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: Earthworm Tractors Context triple: [Joe E. Brown, notableWork, Earthworm Tractors]
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A.
Love Tractor
Love Tractor is an American alternative rock band from Athens, Georgia, known as part of the early 1980s college rock scene alongside groups like R.E.M. and Pylon.
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B.
The Tractor Boys
The Tractor Boys is the popular nickname of Ipswich Town Football Club, reflecting its roots in the agricultural county of Suffolk and its strong working-class identity.
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C.
The Bug
The Bug is the underworld nickname of Charles Workman, a notorious American mob hitman active during the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
The Worm
The Worm is the famous nickname of Dennis Rodman, the flamboyant NBA Hall of Famer renowned for his tenacious rebounding, defense, and eccentric personality.
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E.
Tukker
Tukker is a given name or surname that functions as a variant spelling of the name Tucker.
- 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: Earthworm Tractors Target entity description: Earthworm Tractors is a 1936 American comedy film starring Joe E. Brown as an overzealous tractor salesman whose antics create chaos in a small town.
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A.
Love Tractor
Love Tractor is an American alternative rock band from Athens, Georgia, known as part of the early 1980s college rock scene alongside groups like R.E.M. and Pylon.
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B.
The Tractor Boys
The Tractor Boys is the popular nickname of Ipswich Town Football Club, reflecting its roots in the agricultural county of Suffolk and its strong working-class identity.
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C.
The Bug
The Bug is the underworld nickname of Charles Workman, a notorious American mob hitman active during the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
The Worm
The Worm is the famous nickname of Dennis Rodman, the flamboyant NBA Hall of Famer renowned for his tenacious rebounding, defense, and eccentric personality.
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E.
Tukker
Tukker is a given name or surname that functions as a variant spelling of the name Tucker.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Earthworm Tractors stories
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short stories by William Hazlett Upson ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Arthur L. Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Ray Enright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Harold McLernon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Carol Hughes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dick Foran NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Lockhart NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Kibbee NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe E. Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ June Travis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMediaType | feature film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
romance
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rural life ⓘ salesmanship ⓘ slapstick comedy ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Alexander Botts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Howard Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
1930s American films
ⓘ
1936 comedy films ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An overzealous tractor salesman causes chaos while trying to sell tractors in a small town. ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Bischoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistPortrayedBy | Joe E. Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1936-07-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 69 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jerry Wald
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Macaulay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | small town ⓘ |
| starring |
Carol Hughes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dick Foran NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Lockhart NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Kibbee NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe E. Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ June Travis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Earthworm Tractors Description of subject: Earthworm Tractors is a 1936 American comedy film starring Joe E. Brown as an overzealous tractor salesman whose antics create chaos in a small town.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.