Ruby Sparks
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Ruby Sparks is a 2012 romantic comedy-drama film about a novelist whose fictional dream girl unexpectedly comes to life, written by and starring Zoe Kazan alongside Paul Dano.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ruby Sparks canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5693320 — 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: Ruby Sparks Context triple: [Chris Messina, notableWork, Ruby Sparks]
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A.
Intimate Apparel
Intimate Apparel is a critically acclaimed play by Lynn Nottage that explores race, class, gender, and desire in early 20th-century New York through the story of a Black seamstress.
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B.
Margot at the Wedding
Margot at the Wedding is a 2007 American dark comedy-drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach, starring Nicole Kidman as a sharp-tongued writer whose visit to her estranged sister’s wedding stirs up family tensions.
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C.
The Wife
"The Wife" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that explores themes of love, loyalty, and devotion within marriage.
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D.
The Wife
"The Wife" is an 1887 stage drama by American playwright Henry Churchill DeMille that explores marriage, social reputation, and moral conflict in upper-class society.
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E.
Pieces of April
Pieces of April is a 2003 indie dramedy film about a young woman hosting a tense Thanksgiving dinner for her estranged family in a cramped New York City apartment.
- 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: Ruby Sparks Target entity description: Ruby Sparks is a 2012 romantic comedy-drama film about a novelist whose fictional dream girl unexpectedly comes to life, written by and starring Zoe Kazan alongside Paul Dano.
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A.
Intimate Apparel
Intimate Apparel is a critically acclaimed play by Lynn Nottage that explores race, class, gender, and desire in early 20th-century New York through the story of a Black seamstress.
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B.
Margot at the Wedding
Margot at the Wedding is a 2007 American dark comedy-drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach, starring Nicole Kidman as a sharp-tongued writer whose visit to her estranged sister’s wedding stirs up family tensions.
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C.
The Wife
"The Wife" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that explores themes of love, loyalty, and devotion within marriage.
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D.
The Wife
"The Wife" is an 1887 stage drama by American playwright Henry Churchill DeMille that explores marriage, social reputation, and moral conflict in upper-class society.
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E.
Pieces of April
Pieces of April is a 2003 indie dramedy film about a young woman hosting a tense Thanksgiving dinner for her estranged family in a cramped New York City apartment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| associatedWithDirectorsOf | Little Miss Sunshine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Matthew Libatique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director |
Jonathan Dayton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Valerie Faris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Fox Searchlight Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | North America ⓘ |
| editedBy | Pamela Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterWhoIsWriter | true ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasMetafictionalElements | true ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Paul Dano as Calvin Weir-Fields
ⓘ
Zoe Kazan as Ruby Sparks ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Calvin Weir-Fields
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ruby Sparks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Nick Urata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | focus on a young male novelist ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young novelist struggling with writer's block creates a fictional dream girl who inexplicably comes to life. ⓘ |
| portraysGenreBlend | romance, comedy, and drama with fantasy elements ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Locarno International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Bona Fide Productions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fox Searchlight Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 2012-07-25 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 104 ⓘ |
| screenplayDebutOf | Zoe Kazan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Zoe Kazan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| starring |
Annette Bening
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Antonio Banderas NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Messina NERFINISHED ⓘ Elliott Gould NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Dano NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Coogan NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoe Kazan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
creative control in relationships
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personal growth of an author ⓘ the power of imagination ⓘ |
| writer | Zoe Kazan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ruby Sparks Description of subject: Ruby Sparks is a 2012 romantic comedy-drama film about a novelist whose fictional dream girl unexpectedly comes to life, written by and starring Zoe Kazan alongside Paul Dano.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.