Catfish
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Catfish is a documentary film that explores online identity and deception through the story of a man who develops a relationship with someone he met on social media.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Catfish canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6490073 — 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: Catfish Context triple: [Jacques Levy, notableWork, Catfish]
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A.
Dark Waters
Dark Waters is a 2019 legal thriller film based on the true story of attorney Robert Bilott’s decades-long battle against the chemical company DuPont over toxic pollution.
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B.
More Fish
More Fish is a 2006 hip-hop album by Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah that serves as a companion piece to his acclaimed album Fishscale.
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C.
Deep Blue Sea
Deep Blue Sea is a 1999 science fiction horror film about genetically engineered sharks that terrorize researchers in an underwater facility.
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D.
The Cove
The Cove is an Oscar-winning 2009 documentary film that exposes the secret dolphin hunting practices in Taiji, Japan, and raises broader concerns about marine conservation and animal rights.
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E.
The Cove
The Cove is a tranquil, tucked-away area along Chicago’s Riverwalk known for its seating, river views, and relaxed atmosphere.
- 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: Catfish Target entity description: Catfish is a documentary film that explores online identity and deception through the story of a man who develops a relationship with someone he met on social media.
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A.
Dark Waters
Dark Waters is a 2019 legal thriller film based on the true story of attorney Robert Bilott’s decades-long battle against the chemical company DuPont over toxic pollution.
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B.
More Fish
More Fish is a 2006 hip-hop album by Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah that serves as a companion piece to his acclaimed album Fishscale.
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C.
Deep Blue Sea
Deep Blue Sea is a 1999 science fiction horror film about genetically engineered sharks that terrorize researchers in an underwater facility.
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D.
The Cove
The Cove is an Oscar-winning 2009 documentary film that exposes the secret dolphin hunting practices in Taiji, Japan, and raises broader concerns about marine conservation and animal rights.
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E.
The Cove
The Cove is a tranquil, tucked-away area along Chicago’s Riverwalk known for its seating, river views, and relaxed atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | documentary film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director |
Ariel Schulman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry Joost NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Relativity Media NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
digital age
ⓘ
identity ⓘ romantic relationships online ⓘ truth and lies ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Angela Wesselman-Pierce
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nev Schulman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique |
handheld camera
ⓘ
verité style ⓘ |
| follows | Nev Schulman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
ⓘ
drama documentary ⓘ |
| hasMusicBy | Mark Mothersbaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
emotional manipulation
ⓘ
family dynamics ⓘ long-distance relationship ⓘ |
| hasTagline | Don't let anyone tell you what it is. ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
online personas
ⓘ
social networking services ⓘ |
| influenced | term "catfishing" in popular culture ⓘ |
| inspired | Catfish: The TV Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | real events ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
internet deception
ⓘ
online identity ⓘ social media relationships ⓘ |
| portrays | Facebook use ⓘ |
| premieredAt | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Andrew Jarecki
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ariel Schulman NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Joost NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Smerling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hit the Ground Running Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rated | PG-13 (MPAA) ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2010-01-22 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 87 minutes ⓘ |
| setting |
Michigan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| title | Catfish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Ariel Schulman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry Joost NERFINISHED ⓘ Nev Schulman 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: Catfish Description of subject: Catfish is a documentary film that explores online identity and deception through the story of a man who develops a relationship with someone he met on social media.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.