The Scout
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The Scout is a 1994 sports comedy film in which Brendan Fraser plays a phenomenally talented but troubled baseball pitcher discovered by a down-on-his-luck scout.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Scout canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8162223 — 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 Scout Context triple: [Brendan Fraser, notableWork, The Scout]
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A.
The Cub
The Cub is a costumed tiger cub character that serves as one of Clemson University’s athletic mascots, often appearing alongside The Tiger at sporting events and campus activities.
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B.
Troop Zero
Troop Zero is a 2019 family comedy-drama film about a misfit girl in 1970s rural Georgia who forms an unconventional Birdie Scout troop to compete for a chance to have her voice recorded on NASA’s Golden Record.
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C.
Hooperman
Hooperman is an American television dramedy series from the late 1980s starring John Ritter as a San Francisco police inspector balancing his personal and professional life.
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D.
The Sergeant
The Sergeant is a 1968 drama film starring Rod Steiger as a rigid Army noncommissioned officer grappling with repressed homosexuality and inner turmoil.
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E.
The Jack
"The Jack" is a bluesy hard rock song by Australian band AC/DC, known for its suggestive lyrics and prominent place in their early live performances.
- 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 Scout Target entity description: The Scout is a 1994 sports comedy film in which Brendan Fraser plays a phenomenally talented but troubled baseball pitcher discovered by a down-on-his-luck scout.
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A.
The Cub
The Cub is a costumed tiger cub character that serves as one of Clemson University’s athletic mascots, often appearing alongside The Tiger at sporting events and campus activities.
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B.
Troop Zero
Troop Zero is a 2019 family comedy-drama film about a misfit girl in 1970s rural Georgia who forms an unconventional Birdie Scout troop to compete for a chance to have her voice recorded on NASA’s Golden Record.
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C.
Hooperman
Hooperman is an American television dramedy series from the late 1980s starring John Ritter as a San Francisco police inspector balancing his personal and professional life.
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D.
The Sergeant
The Sergeant is a 1968 drama film starring Rod Steiger as a rigid Army noncommissioned officer grappling with repressed homosexuality and inner turmoil.
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E.
The Jack
"The Jack" is a bluesy hard rock song by Australian band AC/DC, known for its suggestive lyrics and prominent place in their early live performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Andrew Bergman ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy |
Al Percolo – Albert Brooks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steve Nebraska – Brendan Fraser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Donald E. Thorin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Michael Ritchie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard A. Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
sports comedy film ⓘ sports film ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Al Percolo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steve Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
mental health in athletes
ⓘ
mentor–protégé relationship ⓘ professional sports pressure ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bill Conti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A down-on-his-luck baseball scout discovers a phenomenally talented but psychologically troubled pitcher in Mexico. ⓘ |
| producer |
Arnon Milchan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Ritchie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Regency Enterprises
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate |
1994
ⓘ
September 30, 1994 ⓘ |
| runtime | 101 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Albert Brooks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Andrew Bergman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ Monica Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Major League Baseball
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| sportDepicted | baseball ⓘ |
| starring |
Albert Brooks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barry Shabaka Henley NERFINISHED ⓘ Brendan Fraser NERFINISHED ⓘ Dianne Wiest NERFINISHED ⓘ Lane Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Rapaport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Scout Description of subject: The Scout is a 1994 sports comedy film in which Brendan Fraser plays a phenomenally talented but troubled baseball pitcher discovered by a down-on-his-luck scout.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.