Flip the Frog series
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The Flip the Frog series is an early 1930s American animated cartoon series created by Ub Iwerks, featuring a comedic anthropomorphic frog in a variety of slapstick adventures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flip the Frog | 1 |
| Flip the Frog series canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7644566 — 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: Flip the Frog series Context triple: [Ub Iwerks, notableWork, Flip the Frog series]
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A.
The Frog
The Frog is a fictional criminal organization that serves as the central antagonist group in Edgar Wallace’s crime novel "The Fellowship of the Frog."
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B.
Venture Frogs
Venture Frogs was an early-stage venture capital firm and incubator co-founded by Tony Hsieh that invested in and nurtured internet and technology startups, including the early development of Zappos.
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C.
Box of Frogs
Box of Frogs was a 1980s British rock supergroup formed largely by former members of The Yardbirds, known for blending classic rock and blues influences with contemporary production.
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D.
Animaniacs
Animaniacs is an American animated comedy series featuring zany, self-aware cartoon characters in a fast-paced mix of sketches, parodies, and musical numbers.
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E.
Kiddyland
Kiddyland is a children’s amusement area within Playland Park featuring kid-friendly rides and attractions.
- 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: Flip the Frog series Target entity description: The Flip the Frog series is an early 1930s American animated cartoon series created by Ub Iwerks, featuring a comedic anthropomorphic frog in a variety of slapstick adventures.
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A.
The Frog
The Frog is a fictional criminal organization that serves as the central antagonist group in Edgar Wallace’s crime novel "The Fellowship of the Frog."
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B.
Venture Frogs
Venture Frogs was an early-stage venture capital firm and incubator co-founded by Tony Hsieh that invested in and nurtured internet and technology startups, including the early development of Zappos.
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C.
Box of Frogs
Box of Frogs was a 1980s British rock supergroup formed largely by former members of The Yardbirds, known for blending classic rock and blues influences with contemporary production.
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D.
Animaniacs
Animaniacs is an American animated comedy series featuring zany, self-aware cartoon characters in a fast-paced mix of sketches, parodies, and musical numbers.
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E.
Kiddyland
Kiddyland is a children’s amusement area within Playland Park featuring kid-friendly rides and attractions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American animated short film series
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animated film series ⓘ |
| animationTechnique | traditional hand-drawn animation ⓘ |
| basedInPartOn | vaudeville-style comedy traditions ⓘ |
| characterType | anthropomorphic frog protagonist ⓘ |
| colorProcessUsedIn | two-color Technicolor (for "Fiddlesticks") ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Ub Iwerks ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| endTime | 1933 ⓘ |
| features |
musical performance sequences
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recurring animal characters ⓘ |
| firstAiredInFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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slapstick ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | one of the earliest sound cartoon series created outside major studios by a former Disney animator ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Fiddlesticks
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Flying Fists ⓘ Movie Mad ⓘ Room Runners ⓘ
linked to:
Roomrunner
The Bully ⓘ The Circus ⓘ The Cuckoo Murder Case ⓘ The Fire-Fighter ⓘ The Funny Face ⓘ The Goal Rush ⓘ The Hotel ⓘ The Milkman ⓘ The Music Lesson ⓘ The New Car ⓘ The Nurse Maid ⓘ The Office Boy ⓘ The Phoney Express ⓘ The Soup Song ⓘ The Village Smitty ⓘ The Village Specialist ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
musical comedy
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slapstick misadventures ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Flip the Frog
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linked to:
Flip the Frog series
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| notableFor | early use of synchronized sound in color cartoon "Fiddlesticks" ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf |
Ub Iwerks Studio
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linked to:
Iwerks Studio
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| numberOfEpisodes | 38 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalMedium | theatrical short subject ⓘ |
| partOf | Golden Age of American animation ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Ub Iwerks Studio
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linked to:
Iwerks Studio
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| setInPeriod | early 1930s ⓘ |
| startTime | 1930 ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audiences ⓘ |
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: Flip the Frog series Description of subject: The Flip the Frog series is an early 1930s American animated cartoon series created by Ub Iwerks, featuring a comedic anthropomorphic frog in a variety of slapstick adventures.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flip the Frog series