Cooley High
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Cooley High is a 1975 coming-of-age comedy-drama film set in 1960s Chicago that follows a group of Black high school friends navigating adolescence, friendship, and hardship.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cooley High canonical | 6 |
| Leroy "Preach" Jackson in Cooley High | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7044589 — 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)
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Target entity: Cooley High Context triple: [Eric Monte, notableWork, Cooley High]
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A.
In School
In School is a non-fiction book by former NHL goaltender and Canadian politician Ken Dryden that examines the challenges and possibilities of the modern education system.
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B.
Hilltop
Hilltop is a residential community located within Gloucester Township in Camden County, New Jersey.
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C.
Brooklyn South
Brooklyn South is an American police drama television series that follows the lives and cases of officers in a tough Brooklyn precinct.
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D.
I School
The I School is the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in the study and design of information, data, and technology in their social context.
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E.
Vernonia High School
Vernonia High School is the public secondary school serving students in the small timber town of Vernonia in Columbia County, Oregon.
- 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: Cooley High Target entity description: Cooley High is a 1975 coming-of-age comedy-drama film set in 1960s Chicago that follows a group of Black high school friends navigating adolescence, friendship, and hardship.
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A.
In School
In School is a non-fiction book by former NHL goaltender and Canadian politician Ken Dryden that examines the challenges and possibilities of the modern education system.
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B.
Hilltop
Hilltop is a residential community located within Gloucester Township in Camden County, New Jersey.
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C.
Brooklyn South
Brooklyn South is an American police drama television series that follows the lives and cases of officers in a tough Brooklyn precinct.
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D.
I School
The I School is the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in the study and design of information, data, and technology in their social context.
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E.
Vernonia High School
Vernonia High School is the public secondary school serving students in the small timber town of Vernonia in Columbia County, Oregon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | experiences of Eric Monte ⓘ |
| castMember |
Corin Rogers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cynthia Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Garrett Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Glynn Turman NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Carter Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Paul Lohmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
public high school life in Chicago
ⓘ
social and economic hardship ⓘ |
| director | Michael Schultz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | American International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Christopher Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRating | PG ⓘ |
| filmRuntime | approximately 107 minutes ⓘ |
| follows | group of Black high school friends ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
coming-of-age ⓘ teen film ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | television series What’s Happening!! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African-American high school students
ⓘ
adolescence ⓘ friendship ⓘ |
| musicBy | Curtis Mayfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | coming-of-age of Black teenagers in an urban environment ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Michael Schultz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | African-American cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Steve Krantz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1975 ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | classic of Black coming-of-age films ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s American cinema ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Eric Monte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1960s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cooley High Description of subject: Cooley High is a 1975 coming-of-age comedy-drama film set in 1960s Chicago that follows a group of Black high school friends navigating adolescence, friendship, and hardship.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Leroy "Preach" Jackson in Cooley High