Little Nikita
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Little Nikita is a 1988 American thriller film starring River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier that blends coming-of-age drama with Cold War espionage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Little Nikita canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7781917 — 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: Little Nikita Context triple: [Elliott Kastner, produced, Little Nikita]
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A.
Nikita
Nikita is a given name most famously associated with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
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B.
Nikita
Nikita is an American action-thriller television series centered on a rogue assassin seeking to dismantle the secret government organization that trained her.
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C.
Little Nicky
Little Nicky is a 2000 fantasy-comedy film starring Adam Sandler as the socially awkward son of Satan who must travel to Earth to save his father and restore balance between good and evil.
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D.
Lapsi
Lapsi is a traditional North Indian sweet dish made from broken wheat, ghee, and sugar, commonly prepared during festivals and special occasions in regions like Bundelkhand.
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E.
Taganana
Taganana is a historic coastal village on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its dramatic cliffs, traditional architecture, and location within the Anaga mountain range.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Little Nikita Target entity description: Little Nikita is a 1988 American thriller film starring River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier that blends coming-of-age drama with Cold War espionage.
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A.
Nikita
Nikita is a given name most famously associated with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
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B.
Nikita
Nikita is an American action-thriller television series centered on a rogue assassin seeking to dismantle the secret government organization that trained her.
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C.
Little Nicky
Little Nicky is a 2000 fantasy-comedy film starring Adam Sandler as the socially awkward son of Satan who must travel to Earth to save his father and restore balance between good and evil.
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D.
Lapsi
Lapsi is a traditional North Indian sweet dish made from broken wheat, ghee, and sugar, commonly prepared during festivals and special occasions in regions like Bundelkhand.
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E.
Taganana
Taganana is a historic coastal village on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, known for its dramatic cliffs, traditional architecture, and location within the Anaga mountain range.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedIn | San Diego NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | László Kovács NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Marvin Hamlisch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Richard Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jacqueline Cambas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization |
FBI
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Cold War film
ⓘ
coming-of-age film ⓘ drama film ⓘ spy film ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasPosterCaption | Theatrical release poster ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
espionage
ⓘ
family secrets ⓘ identity ⓘ loyalty ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jeff Grant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roy Parmenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Cold War spy cinema ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A teenager discovers his parents are Soviet sleeper agents while an FBI agent investigates a KGB assassin. ⓘ |
| producer |
Lawrence Lasker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walter F. Parkes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Phoenix Entertainment Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1988-03-18 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 98 ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Caroline Kava
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Lynch NERFINISHED ⓘ River Phoenix NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Bo Goldman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Little Nikita Description of subject: Little Nikita is a 1988 American thriller film starring River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier that blends coming-of-age drama with Cold War espionage.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.