Like Mike
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Like Mike is a 2002 family sports comedy film about an orphan who gains extraordinary basketball skills after wearing a pair of magical sneakers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Like Mike canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7075270 — 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: Like Mike Context triple: [Morris Chestnut, notableWork, Like Mike]
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A.
Vinsanity
Vinsanity is the famous nickname of NBA star Vince Carter, celebrated for his spectacular dunks and electrifying athleticism.
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B.
The Mick
The Mick is an American sitcom that follows a brash, irresponsible woman who unexpectedly becomes the guardian of her wealthy sister’s spoiled children.
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C.
Encino Man
Encino Man is a 1992 comedy film about two high school students who discover and befriend a frozen prehistoric caveman in suburban California.
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D.
Grosse Pointe Blank
Grosse Pointe Blank is a 1997 dark comedy film about a hitman who returns to his hometown for a high school reunion while grappling with his violent profession and unresolved past.
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E.
Dude Incredible
Dude Incredible is a 2014 noise rock album by the American band Shellac, known for its minimalist sound, sharp rhythms, and acerbic lyrics.
- 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: Like Mike Target entity description: Like Mike is a 2002 family sports comedy film about an orphan who gains extraordinary basketball skills after wearing a pair of magical sneakers.
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A.
Vinsanity
Vinsanity is the famous nickname of NBA star Vince Carter, celebrated for his spectacular dunks and electrifying athleticism.
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B.
The Mick
The Mick is an American sitcom that follows a brash, irresponsible woman who unexpectedly becomes the guardian of her wealthy sister’s spoiled children.
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C.
Encino Man
Encino Man is a 1992 comedy film about two high school students who discover and befriend a frozen prehistoric caveman in suburban California.
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D.
Grosse Pointe Blank
Grosse Pointe Blank is a 1997 dark comedy film about a hitman who returns to his hometown for a high school reunion while grappling with his violent profession and unresolved past.
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E.
Dude Incredible
Dude Incredible is a 2014 noise rock album by the American band Shellac, known for its minimalist sound, sharp rhythms, and acerbic lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Shawn Maurer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | John Schultz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat |
DVD
ⓘ
theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Berger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCameo |
Allen Iverson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirk Nowitzki NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Kidd NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Nash NERFINISHED ⓘ Vince Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresSport | basketball ⓘ |
| genre |
family
ⓘ
sports comedy ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Like Mike 2: Streetball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
friendship
ⓘ
self-confidence ⓘ wish fulfillment ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Calvin Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Richard Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement | orphan with magical basketball sneakers ⓘ |
| producer |
Barry Josephson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
20th Century Fox
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NBA Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistPortrayedBy | Lil Bow Wow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2002-07-03 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 100 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jordan Moffet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Elliot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| starring |
Brenda Song
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Crispin Glover NERFINISHED ⓘ Eugene Levy NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan Lipnicki NERFINISHED ⓘ Lil Bow Wow NERFINISHED ⓘ Morris Chestnut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy |
Jordan Moffet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Elliot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
families ⓘ |
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: Like Mike Description of subject: Like Mike is a 2002 family sports comedy film about an orphan who gains extraordinary basketball skills after wearing a pair of magical sneakers.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.