Thunder Road
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Thunder Road is a 2016 short film (later expanded into a 2018 feature) written, directed by, and starring Jim Cummings, following a police officer’s emotional breakdown after his mother’s death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thunder Road canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6574361 — 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: Thunder Road Context triple: [Macon Blair, notableWork, Thunder Road]
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A.
Thunder Road
Thunder Road is a critically acclaimed 1975 rock song by Bruce Springsteen that opens his album "Born to Run" and is celebrated for its cinematic storytelling and anthemic sound.
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B.
Lonesome Road
"Lonesome Road" is a folk song interpreted by Joan Baez on her early album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2," showcasing her distinctive vocal style and traditional repertoire.
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C.
Long Road
Long Road is a notable street in Cambridge, England, known for its educational institutions and as a key route in the city's southern area.
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D.
Only One Road
"Only One Road" is a pop ballad by Celine Dion featured on her 1993 album *The Colour of My Love*.
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E.
Backroads
Backroads is a 1972 country-rock album by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition that continued the band’s exploration of narrative-driven, Americana-influenced songs.
- 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: Thunder Road Target entity description: Thunder Road is a 2016 short film (later expanded into a 2018 feature) written, directed by, and starring Jim Cummings, following a police officer’s emotional breakdown after his mother’s death.
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A.
Thunder Road
Thunder Road is a critically acclaimed 1975 rock song by Bruce Springsteen that opens his album "Born to Run" and is celebrated for its cinematic storytelling and anthemic sound.
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B.
Lonesome Road
"Lonesome Road" is a folk song interpreted by Joan Baez on her early album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2," showcasing her distinctive vocal style and traditional repertoire.
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C.
Long Road
Long Road is a notable street in Cambridge, England, known for its educational institutions and as a key route in the city's southern area.
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D.
Only One Road
"Only One Road" is a pop ballad by Celine Dion featured on her 1993 album *The Colour of My Love*.
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E.
Backroads
Backroads is a 1972 country-rock album by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition that continued the band’s exploration of narrative-driven, Americana-influenced songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grand Jury Award at the SXSW Film Festival
ⓘ
linked to:
SXSW Narrative Feature Jury Award
Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival ⓘ
linked to:
Sundance short film awards
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| basedOn |
Thunder Road (2016 short film)
ⓘ
Thunder Road (2018 feature film) ⓘ
linked to:
Thunder Road (1958 film)
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| castMember |
Jim Cummings
ⓘ
Jim Cummings ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director |
Jim Cummings
ⓘ
Jim Cummings ⓘ |
| distributor | Vanishing Angle ⓘ |
| expandedInto |
Thunder Road (2018 feature film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thunder Road (2016 short film)
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| festivalScreening |
South by Southwest
ⓘ
linked to:
SXSW festival
Sundance Film Festival ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Thunder Road (2018 feature film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thunder Road (2016 short film)
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| hasPrequel | Thunder Road (2016 short film) ⓘ |
| independentFilm | true ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
police officer
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police officer ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
emotional breakdown
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emotional breakdown ⓘ grief ⓘ grief ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
English
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| plotSummary |
A police officer experiences an emotional breakdown following his mother’s death.
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A police officer struggles with an emotional breakdown after his mother’s death, affecting his personal and professional life. ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jim Cummings
ⓘ
Jim Cummings ⓘ |
| star |
Jim Cummings
ⓘ
Jim Cummings ⓘ |
| title |
Thunder Road
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Thunder Road ⓘ |
| writer |
Jim Cummings
ⓘ
Jim Cummings ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease |
2016
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2018 ⓘ |
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: Thunder Road Description of subject: Thunder Road is a 2016 short film (later expanded into a 2018 feature) written, directed by, and starring Jim Cummings, following a police officer’s emotional breakdown after his mother’s death.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.