The Big Bus (1976 film score)
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The Big Bus (1976 film score) is a jazz-influenced, comedic orchestral soundtrack composed by David Shire for the 1976 parody disaster film "The Big Bus."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Big Bus (1976 film score) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7135619 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Big Bus (1976 film score) Context triple: [David Shire, notableWork, The Big Bus (1976 film score)]
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A.
Big (1988 film score)
Big (1988 film score) is the orchestral film soundtrack composed by Howard Shore for the 1988 fantasy-comedy movie "Big," starring Tom Hanks.
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B.
Serpico (film score)
Serpico (film score) is the musical soundtrack composed by Mikis Theodorakis for the 1973 crime drama film "Serpico," noted for its tense, atmospheric themes that underscore the movie’s gritty realism.
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C.
Papillon (1973 film score)
Papillon (1973 film score) is a dramatic and atmospheric film soundtrack composed by Jerry Goldsmith for the 1973 prison escape drama "Papillon."
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D.
Planet of the Apes (1968 film score)
Planet of the Apes (1968 film score) is an influential, avant-garde film soundtrack known for its experimental orchestration and pioneering use of unconventional percussion and tonal techniques.
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E.
Taxi Driver (1976 film) score
The Taxi Driver (1976 film) score is Bernard Herrmann’s dark, jazz-inflected final film soundtrack, renowned for its brooding atmosphere that mirrors the psychological descent of the film’s protagonist.
- 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: The Big Bus (1976 film score) Target entity description: The Big Bus (1976 film score) is a jazz-influenced, comedic orchestral soundtrack composed by David Shire for the 1976 parody disaster film "The Big Bus."
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A.
Big (1988 film score)
Big (1988 film score) is the orchestral film soundtrack composed by Howard Shore for the 1988 fantasy-comedy movie "Big," starring Tom Hanks.
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B.
Serpico (film score)
Serpico (film score) is the musical soundtrack composed by Mikis Theodorakis for the 1973 crime drama film "Serpico," noted for its tense, atmospheric themes that underscore the movie’s gritty realism.
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C.
Papillon (1973 film score)
Papillon (1973 film score) is a dramatic and atmospheric film soundtrack composed by Jerry Goldsmith for the 1973 prison escape drama "Papillon."
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D.
Planet of the Apes (1968 film score)
Planet of the Apes (1968 film score) is an influential, avant-garde film soundtrack known for its experimental orchestration and pioneering use of unconventional percussion and tonal techniques.
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E.
Taxi Driver (1976 film) score
The Taxi Driver (1976 film) score is Bernard Herrmann’s dark, jazz-inflected final film soundtrack, renowned for its brooding atmosphere that mirrors the psychological descent of the film’s protagonist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film score
ⓘ
soundtrack album ⓘ |
| associatedWithDirector | James Frawley ⓘ |
| associatedWithStudio | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Big Bus (1976 film)
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linked to:
The Big Bus
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| composer | David Shire ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
comedic orchestral music
ⓘ
jazz-influenced film score ⓘ |
| hasComposerRole | David Shire ⓘ |
| hasMusicalCharacter |
light-hearted
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parodic ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Big Bus ⓘ |
| hasType | original motion picture score ⓘ |
| intendedForMedium | cinema ⓘ |
| musicForGenre | parody disaster film ⓘ |
| musicForWork |
The Big Bus (1976 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Big Bus
|
| notableFor | comedic treatment of disaster-film musical tropes ⓘ |
| orchestrationStyle | orchestral ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Big Bus (franchise)
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linked to:
The Big Bus
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| partOfWork |
The Big Bus (soundtrack)
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linked to:
The Big Bus
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| publicationYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| usesMusicalStyle | jazz ⓘ |
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: The Big Bus (1976 film score) Description of subject: The Big Bus (1976 film score) is a jazz-influenced, comedic orchestral soundtrack composed by David Shire for the 1976 parody disaster film "The Big Bus."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.