The Big Ask
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The Big Ask is a 2013 dark comedy film about a man who requests an unsettling favor from his friends while grieving, produced by Neal Dodson.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Big Ask canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8091153 — 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: The Big Ask Context triple: [Neal Dodson, notableWork, The Big Ask]
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A.
The Ask and the Answer
The Ask and the Answer is a young adult science fiction novel by Patrick Ness, the second book in the acclaimed Chaos Walking trilogy, known for its intense exploration of power, morality, and resistance.
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B.
The Burning Question
The Burning Question is a book by carbon footprint expert Mike Berners-Lee that explores the climate implications of burning the world’s remaining fossil fuel reserves and argues for urgent systemic change to limit global warming.
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C.
The Big Questions
The Big Questions is a British television debate programme that explores moral, ethical, and religious issues through audience and expert discussion.
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D.
The Big Ticket
The Big Ticket is the famous nickname of NBA Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett, known for his intense competitiveness and all-around dominance on the basketball court.
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E.
The Thousand and Twelve Questions
The Thousand and Twelve Questions is a key Mandaean religious work structured as an extensive catechism that explores theology, cosmology, and ritual law through a series of questions and answers.
- 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 Ask Target entity description: The Big Ask is a 2013 dark comedy film about a man who requests an unsettling favor from his friends while grieving, produced by Neal Dodson.
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A.
The Ask and the Answer
The Ask and the Answer is a young adult science fiction novel by Patrick Ness, the second book in the acclaimed Chaos Walking trilogy, known for its intense exploration of power, morality, and resistance.
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B.
The Burning Question
The Burning Question is a book by carbon footprint expert Mike Berners-Lee that explores the climate implications of burning the world’s remaining fossil fuel reserves and argues for urgent systemic change to limit global warming.
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C.
The Big Questions
The Big Questions is a British television debate programme that explores moral, ethical, and religious issues through audience and expert discussion.
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D.
The Big Ticket
The Big Ticket is the famous nickname of NBA Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett, known for his intense competitiveness and all-around dominance on the basketball court.
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E.
The Thousand and Twelve Questions
The Thousand and Twelve Questions is a key Mandaean religious work structured as an extensive catechism that explores theology, cosmology, and ritual law through a series of questions and answers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director |
Rebecca Fishman
ⓘ
Thomas Beatty ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Teddy Bears ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Ahna O'Reilly
ⓘ
Dale Dickey ⓘ David Krumholtz ⓘ Gillian Jacobs ⓘ Jason Ritter ⓘ Melanie Lynskey ⓘ Ned Beatty ⓘ Zachary Knighton ⓘ |
| hasProducer | Neal Dodson ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
boundaries in relationships
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ grief ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A grieving man asks his closest friends for an unsettling favor, testing the limits of their relationships. ⓘ |
| producer | Neal Dodson ⓘ |
| releaseEvent | 2013 film release ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 87 ⓘ |
| setting | desert ⓘ |
| writer |
Rebecca Fishman
ⓘ
Thomas Beatty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Big Ask Description of subject: The Big Ask is a 2013 dark comedy film about a man who requests an unsettling favor from his friends while grieving, produced by Neal Dodson.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.