16 Blocks
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16 Blocks is a 2006 action-thriller film starring Bruce Willis as a weary NYPD cop escorting a key witness across Manhattan while corrupt officers try to stop them.
All labels observed (1)
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| 16 Blocks canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 16 Blocks Context triple: [Dante Terrell Smith, notableWork, 16 Blocks]
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A.
Blok-L
Blok-L is a Soviet-era rocket upper stage used primarily to place payloads into highly elliptical orbits, notably for Molniya communications satellites.
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B.
Blok DM
Blok DM is a Russian upper stage used primarily on Proton and Zenit launch vehicles to deliver payloads into high-energy orbits such as geostationary transfer and lunar trajectories.
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C.
Block Z
Block Z was the specific spectator section in Brussels’ Heysel Stadium where the fatal crowd crush occurred during the 1985 European Cup final, making it central to the Heysel Stadium disaster.
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D.
Redstone
Redstone is a prominent American media family name most closely associated with the leadership of Viacom and Paramount Global.
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E.
The Brickmaker
The Brickmaker is a scheming, sycophantic Company official in Joseph Conrad’s "Heart of Darkness" who embodies the hypocrisy and moral emptiness of European imperialism.
- 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: 16 Blocks Target entity description: 16 Blocks is a 2006 action-thriller film starring Bruce Willis as a weary NYPD cop escorting a key witness across Manhattan while corrupt officers try to stop them.
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A.
Blok-L
Blok-L is a Soviet-era rocket upper stage used primarily to place payloads into highly elliptical orbits, notably for Molniya communications satellites.
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B.
Blok DM
Blok DM is a Russian upper stage used primarily on Proton and Zenit launch vehicles to deliver payloads into high-energy orbits such as geostationary transfer and lunar trajectories.
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C.
Block Z
Block Z was the specific spectator section in Brussels’ Heysel Stadium where the fatal crowd crush occurred during the 1985 European Cup final, making it central to the Heysel Stadium disaster.
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D.
Redstone
Redstone is a prominent American media family name most closely associated with the leadership of Viacom and Paramount Global.
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E.
The Brickmaker
The Brickmaker is a scheming, sycophantic Company official in Joseph Conrad’s "Heart of Darkness" who embodies the hypocrisy and moral emptiness of European imperialism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
action thriller film
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film ⓘ |
| basedInUniverse | contemporary New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | Jack Mosley is an NYPD detective NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Glen MacPherson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Richard Donner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| distributorRegion |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editedBy | Steve Mirkovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
New York City
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Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
action
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thriller ⓘ |
| hasColorInfo | color ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| hasPosterTagline | For a New York cop and his witness, the distance between life and death just got very short. ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Bruce Willis plays Jack Mosley
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David Morse plays Frank Nugent NERFINISHED ⓘ Mos Def plays Eddie Bunker ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Eddie Bunker
NERFINISHED
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Frank Nugent NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Mosley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Klaus Badelt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
police corruption
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race against time ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A weary NYPD cop must escort a key witness 16 blocks to court while corrupt officers try to stop them. ⓘ |
| producer |
Avi Lerner
NERFINISHED
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John Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ Randall Emmett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Emmett/Furla Films
NERFINISHED
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Millennium Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2006-03-03 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 102 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Richard Wenk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundMix | Dolby Digital NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Bruce Willis
NERFINISHED
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Casey Sander NERFINISHED ⓘ David Morse NERFINISHED ⓘ Jenna Stern NERFINISHED ⓘ Mos Def NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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