The House of Yes
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The House of Yes is a 1997 dark comedy film, based on Wendy MacLeod’s play, about a mentally unstable young woman obsessed with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis whose delusions unravel during a dysfunctional family Thanksgiving.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The House of Yes canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6296655 — 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: The House of Yes Context triple: [Beau Flynn, notableWork, The House of Yes]
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A.
The Power of Yes
The Power of Yes is a former marketing slogan used by Washington Mutual bank to promote its customer-friendly, can-do brand image.
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B.
Our House
Our House is an American family drama television series from the 1980s starring Wilford Brimley as the gruff but caring patriarch of a multigenerational household.
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C.
Our House
"Our House" is a classic folk-rock song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, celebrated for its warm, domestic imagery and rich vocal harmonies.
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D.
About the House
"About the House" is a 1965 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects on domestic life, memory, and the passage of time through the organizing metaphor of a house.
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E.
Women of the House
Women of the House is a mid-1990s American sitcom and spin-off of Designing Women that follows Suzanne Sugarbaker’s misadventures in Washington, D.C., featuring Patricia Heaton in a supporting role.
- 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: The House of Yes Target entity description: The House of Yes is a 1997 dark comedy film, based on Wendy MacLeod’s play, about a mentally unstable young woman obsessed with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis whose delusions unravel during a dysfunctional family Thanksgiving.
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A.
The Power of Yes
The Power of Yes is a former marketing slogan used by Washington Mutual bank to promote its customer-friendly, can-do brand image.
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B.
Our House
Our House is an American family drama television series from the 1980s starring Wilford Brimley as the gruff but caring patriarch of a multigenerational household.
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C.
Our House
"Our House" is a classic folk-rock song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, celebrated for its warm, domestic imagery and rich vocal harmonies.
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D.
About the House
"About the House" is a 1965 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects on domestic life, memory, and the passage of time through the organizing metaphor of a house.
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E.
Women of the House
Women of the House is a mid-1990s American sitcom and spin-off of Designing Women that follows Suzanne Sugarbaker’s misadventures in Washington, D.C., featuring Patricia Heaton in a supporting role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | stage play ⓘ |
| basedOn | The House of Yes (play) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Mark Waters ⓘ |
| distributor | Miramax Films ⓘ |
| festivalScreening | Sundance Film Festival ⓘ |
| filmFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ independent film ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Freddie Prinze Jr.
ⓘ
Geneviève Bujold ⓘ Josh Hamilton ⓘ Parker Posey ⓘ Tori Spelling ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Anthony
ⓘ
Jackie-O ⓘ Lesly ⓘ Marty ⓘ Mrs. Pascal ⓘ
linked to:
Florence Pascal
|
| narrativeFocus |
delusion and mental illness
ⓘ
dysfunctional family dynamics ⓘ incestuous relationships ⓘ obsession with the Kennedy assassination ⓘ |
| notableFor | Parker Posey performance ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| playwrightOfSource | Wendy MacLeod ⓘ |
| portrays |
Freddie Prinze Jr. as Anthony
ⓘ
linked to:
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Geneviève Bujold as Mrs. Pascal ⓘ Josh Hamilton as Marty ⓘ Parker Posey as Jackie-O ⓘ Tori Spelling as Lesly ⓘ
linked to:
Tori Spelling
|
| productionCompany |
The Shooting Gallery
ⓘ
linked to:
Shooting Gallery
|
| protagonistObsession | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait | mentally unstable ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 85 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Mark Waters
ⓘ
Wendy MacLeod ⓘ |
| setting |
Thanksgiving holiday
ⓘ
suburban Washington, D.C. area ⓘ |
| theme |
American political mythology
ⓘ
family dysfunction ⓘ identity and role-playing ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1960s-1980s American culture (referenced) ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: The House of Yes Description of subject: The House of Yes is a 1997 dark comedy film, based on Wendy MacLeod’s play, about a mentally unstable young woman obsessed with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis whose delusions unravel during a dysfunctional family Thanksgiving.
Referenced by (8)
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