Adaptation
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Adaptation is a 2002 metafictional comedy-drama film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze, known for its inventive narrative about a screenwriter struggling to adapt a nonfiction book.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Adaptation canonical | 8 |
| Adaptation. | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8725396 — 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: Adaptation Context triple: [Ron Livingston, notableWork, Adaptation]
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A.
التكاثر
التكاثر هي سورة مكية قصيرة في القرآن الكريم تتناول انشغال الناس بالتكاثر في المال والأولاد حتى يغفلوا عن الآخرة.
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B.
Instinction
"Instinction" is a 1982 new wave pop single by British band Spandau Ballet, known for its catchy, dance-oriented sound and stylish production.
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C.
Wildness
Wildness is a 2018 studio album by Northern Irish-Scottish rock band Snow Patrol, marking their return after a seven-year hiatus with a more introspective and emotionally driven sound.
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D.
Second Nature
Second Nature is a song by the American rock band Lucius, known for its lush harmonies and indie-pop sensibility.
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E.
Second Nature
"Second Nature" is an experimental film by German director Heinz Emigholz, known for its distinctive exploration of architecture, space, and visual perception.
- 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: Adaptation Target entity description: Adaptation is a 2002 metafictional comedy-drama film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze, known for its inventive narrative about a screenwriter struggling to adapt a nonfiction book.
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A.
التكاثر
التكاثر هي سورة مكية قصيرة في القرآن الكريم تتناول انشغال الناس بالتكاثر في المال والأولاد حتى يغفلوا عن الآخرة.
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B.
Instinction
"Instinction" is a 1982 new wave pop single by British band Spandau Ballet, known for its catchy, dance-oriented sound and stylish production.
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C.
Wildness
Wildness is a 2018 studio album by Northern Irish-Scottish rock band Snow Patrol, marking their return after a seven-year hiatus with a more introspective and emotionally driven sound.
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D.
Second Nature
Second Nature is a song by the American rock band Lucius, known for its lush harmonies and indie-pop sensibility.
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E.
Second Nature
"Second Nature" is an experimental film by German director Heinz Emigholz, known for its distinctive exploration of architecture, space, and visual perception.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ |
| awardReceivedBy | Chris Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Orchid Thief NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Susan Orlean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lance Acord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Spike Jonze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Eric Zumbrunnen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalScreening | Berlin International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adaptation process
ⓘ
art versus reality ⓘ writer's block ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Charlie Kaufman (fictionalized)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Donald Kaufman NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Orlean (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metafictionalElement | fictional twin brother Donald Kaufman credited as co-writer ⓘ |
| musicBy | Carter Burwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice |
film about screenwriting
ⓘ
self-referential storytelling ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actor
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Brian Cox
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cara Seymour NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Jay Tavare NERFINISHED ⓘ Judy Greer NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie Gyllenhaal NERFINISHED ⓘ Meryl Streep NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicolas Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Tilda Swinton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Columbia Pictures
ⓘ
Intermedia Films NERFINISHED ⓘ Propaganda Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 2002-12-06 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 114 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Charlie Kaufman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Florida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Adaptation Description of subject: Adaptation is a 2002 metafictional comedy-drama film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze, known for its inventive narrative about a screenwriter struggling to adapt a nonfiction book.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Adaptation.
this entity surface form:
Adaptation.
this entity surface form:
Adaptation.
this entity surface form:
Adaptation.
this entity surface form:
Adaptation.
subject surface form:
Nicolas Cage
this entity surface form:
Adaptation.