Switch
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Switch is a 1991 fantasy-comedy film in which a chauvinistic man is reincarnated as a woman and must confront sexism and his past behavior.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Switch canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6486872 — 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: Switch Context triple: [Ellen Barkin, notableWork, Switch]
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Switch
Switch is a British DJ and record producer known for his influential work in electronic and pop music, including collaborations with major artists like Beyoncé and M.I.A.
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SWITCH
SWITCH is the Swiss national research and education network organization that provides internet infrastructure, security, and related digital services for Swiss universities and the .ch domain.
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C.
Shadow
"Shadow" is a pop-rock song by Ashlee Simpson that explores themes of identity and living in the shadow of a more famous sibling.
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Shadow
"Shadow" is a visually striking 2018 Chinese wuxia film by director Zhang Yimou, known for its stylized use of monochrome palettes and intricate political intrigue.
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E.
Uno
Uno is a popular shedding-type card game in which players race to discard all their cards by matching colors or numbers and using special action cards.
- 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: Switch Target entity description: Switch is a 1991 fantasy-comedy film in which a chauvinistic man is reincarnated as a woman and must confront sexism and his past behavior.
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A.
Switch
Switch is a British DJ and record producer known for his influential work in electronic and pop music, including collaborations with major artists like Beyoncé and M.I.A.
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B.
SWITCH
SWITCH is the Swiss national research and education network organization that provides internet infrastructure, security, and related digital services for Swiss universities and the .ch domain.
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C.
Shadow
"Shadow" is a pop-rock song by Ashlee Simpson that explores themes of identity and living in the shadow of a more famous sibling.
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D.
Shadow
"Shadow" is a visually striking 2018 Chinese wuxia film by director Zhang Yimou, known for its stylized use of monochrome palettes and intricate political intrigue.
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E.
Uno
Uno is a popular shedding-type card game in which players race to discard all their cards by matching colors or numbers and using special action cards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| castMember |
Basil Hoffman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bill Raymond NERFINISHED ⓘ Bruce Payne NERFINISHED ⓘ Catherine Keener NERFINISHED ⓘ Catherine Reitman NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellen Barkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Smits NERFINISHED ⓘ JoBeth Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Laila Robins NERFINISHED ⓘ Lorraine Bracco NERFINISHED ⓘ Perry King NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria Mahoney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Dick Bush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Blake Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | TriStar Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Robert Pergament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ fantasy comedy ⓘ |
| hasGenderTransformationElement | true ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Switch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Amanda Brooks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steve Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Henry Mancini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
gender roles
ⓘ
redemption ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ sexism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A chauvinistic man is murdered and reincarnated as a woman who must confront sexism and his past behavior. ⓘ |
| producer |
Blake Edwards
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tony Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | TriStar Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1991-05-10 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| runtime | 103 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Blake Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| writer | Blake Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Switch Description of subject: Switch is a 1991 fantasy-comedy film in which a chauvinistic man is reincarnated as a woman and must confront sexism and his past behavior.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.