A Close Shave
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A Close Shave is a 1995 stop-motion animated Wallace & Gromit short film directed by Nick Park, featuring the duo uncovering a sheep-rustling plot while running a window-cleaning business.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Close Shave canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7599042 — 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: A Close Shave Context triple: [Wallace & Gromit’s Thrill-O-Matic, featuresFilm, A Close Shave]
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A.
The Cut
The Cut is a digital publication and vertical of New York Magazine that focuses on fashion, culture, politics, and women’s issues.
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B.
In the Cut
In the Cut is a 2003 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Jane Campion, known for its gritty exploration of female sexuality and urban violence in contemporary New York City.
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C.
Under the Knife
"Under the Knife" is a medical thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen that blends hospital drama with suspenseful crime investigation.
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D.
Do the Right Thang
"Do the Right Thang" is a notable hip-hop track by the group Theater of the Mind, recognized for its socially conscious lyrics and classic boom-bap production.
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E.
Devils Haircut
"Devils Haircut" is a hit alternative rock song by Beck, known for its sample-heavy production and distinctive, surreal 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: A Close Shave Target entity description: A Close Shave is a 1995 stop-motion animated Wallace & Gromit short film directed by Nick Park, featuring the duo uncovering a sheep-rustling plot while running a window-cleaning business.
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A.
The Cut
The Cut is a digital publication and vertical of New York Magazine that focuses on fashion, culture, politics, and women’s issues.
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B.
In the Cut
In the Cut is a 2003 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Jane Campion, known for its gritty exploration of female sexuality and urban violence in contemporary New York City.
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C.
Under the Knife
"Under the Knife" is a medical thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen that blends hospital drama with suspenseful crime investigation.
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D.
Do the Right Thang
"Do the Right Thang" is a notable hip-hop track by the group Theater of the Mind, recognized for its socially conscious lyrics and classic boom-bap production.
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E.
Devils Haircut
"Devils Haircut" is a hit alternative rock song by Beck, known for its sample-heavy production and distinctive, surreal lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Wallace and Gromit film
ⓘ
animated short film ⓘ stop-motion film ⓘ |
| animationStudio | Aardman Animations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| animationTechnique | clay animation ⓘ |
| antagonist | Preston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | original story by Nick Park ⓘ |
| character | Wendolene Ramsbottom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| copyrightHolder | Aardman Animations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Nick Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Shaun the Sheep NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceOf | Shaun the Sheep NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | television film ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ |
| hasGenre | stop-motion comedy ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Northern England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Gromit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | stop-motion animation ⓘ |
| musicBy | Julian Nott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
introducing Shaun the Sheep
ⓘ
winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | BBC television programming ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Wallace and Gromit run a window-cleaning business and uncover a sheep-rustling plot ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Wrong Trousers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Caroline Hawkins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nick Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Aardman Animations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1995 ⓘ |
| releaseChannel | BBC Two NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runningTime | 30 minutes ⓘ |
| series | Wallace & Gromit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundMix | stereo ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family ⓘ |
| voiceActor | Peter Sallis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Bob Baker
NERFINISHED
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Brian Sibley NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: A Close Shave Description of subject: A Close Shave is a 1995 stop-motion animated Wallace & Gromit short film directed by Nick Park, featuring the duo uncovering a sheep-rustling plot while running a window-cleaning business.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.