Malcolm (1986 film)
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Malcolm (1986 film) is an Australian comedy about a shy, mechanically gifted tram enthusiast who becomes involved in a quirky heist, noted for its offbeat humor and inventive use of gadgets.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Malcolm (1986 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6190306 — 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: Malcolm (1986 film) Context triple: [Ken Sallows, notableWork, Malcolm (1986 film)]
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A.
Malcolm
Malcolm is a central human character in "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," portrayed as a compassionate leader who strives to build peace and cooperation between humans and the intelligent apes.
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B.
Malcolm
Malcolm is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, traditionally meaning "disciple of Saint Columba."
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C.
film "Malcolm X" (1992)
The 1992 film "Malcolm X" is a biographical drama directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington that chronicles the life, activism, and assassination of the influential African-American leader Malcolm X.
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D.
Boyz n the Hood
Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 coming-of-age drama film written and directed by John Singleton that explores the lives of young Black men growing up amid violence and systemic inequality in South Central Los Angeles.
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E.
Cry Freedom
Cry Freedom is a 1987 anti-apartheid drama film directed by Richard Attenborough that portrays the life and activism of South African leader Steve Biko and his friendship with journalist Donald Woods.
- 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: Malcolm (1986 film) Target entity description: Malcolm (1986 film) is an Australian comedy about a shy, mechanically gifted tram enthusiast who becomes involved in a quirky heist, noted for its offbeat humor and inventive use of gadgets.
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A.
Malcolm
Malcolm is a central human character in "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," portrayed as a compassionate leader who strives to build peace and cooperation between humans and the intelligent apes.
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B.
Malcolm
Malcolm is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, traditionally meaning "disciple of Saint Columba."
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C.
film "Malcolm X" (1992)
The 1992 film "Malcolm X" is a biographical drama directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington that chronicles the life, activism, and assassination of the influential African-American leader Malcolm X.
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D.
Boyz n the Hood
Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 coming-of-age drama film written and directed by John Singleton that explores the lives of young Black men growing up amid violence and systemic inequality in South Central Los Angeles.
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E.
Cry Freedom
Cry Freedom is a 1987 anti-apartheid drama film directed by Richard Attenborough that portrays the life and activism of South African leader Steve Biko and his friendship with journalist Donald Woods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
AFI Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role
NERFINISHED
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AFI Award for Best Director NERFINISHED ⓘ AFI Award for Best Film NERFINISHED ⓘ AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | David Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Nadia Tass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Hoyts Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Nicholas Beauman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresVehicleType | tram ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle | offbeat ⓘ |
| hasOriginalScoreComposer | Graeme Revell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
friendship
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individualism ⓘ social isolation ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Malcolm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | tram enthusiast ⓘ |
| mainCharacterTrait | shy ⓘ |
| musicBy | Graeme Revell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | mechanical gadgets ⓘ |
| notableFor |
inventive use of gadgets
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offbeat humor ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Australian cinema of the 1980s ⓘ |
| plotFocus | heist ⓘ |
| producer | David Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Cascade Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1986-08-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | David Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Colin Friels
NERFINISHED
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John Hargreaves NERFINISHED ⓘ Lindy Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1980s ⓘ |
| writer | David Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Malcolm (1986 film) Description of subject: Malcolm (1986 film) is an Australian comedy about a shy, mechanically gifted tram enthusiast who becomes involved in a quirky heist, noted for its offbeat humor and inventive use of gadgets.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.