Kotch
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Kotch is a 1971 comedy-drama film directed by Jack Lemmon and starring Walter Matthau as an elderly man seeking independence and connection late in life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kotch canonical | 1 |
| Kotch (1971 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8738000 — 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: Kotch Context triple: [Walter Matthau, notableWork, Kotch]
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A.
Chotan
Chotan was one of the children of Börte, the principal wife of Genghis Khan, and thus a member of the early Mongol imperial family.
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B.
Kushi
Kushi is a popular 2001 Telugu romantic drama film starring Pawan Kalyan and Bhumika Chawla, noted for its youthful love story, music, and commercial success.
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C.
Kokane
Kokane is an American rapper and singer known for his distinctive G-funk style and frequent collaborations with West Coast hip hop artists.
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D.
Kutama
Kutama is a rural village in the Zvimba District of northern Zimbabwe, known primarily as the birthplace of former president Robert Mugabe.
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E.
Kotu
Kotu is a small inhabited island in the Haʻapai group of the Kingdom of Tonga, known for its traditional Tongan village life and remote, low-lying coral landscape.
- 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: Kotch Target entity description: Kotch is a 1971 comedy-drama film directed by Jack Lemmon and starring Walter Matthau as an elderly man seeking independence and connection late in life.
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A.
Chotan
Chotan was one of the children of Börte, the principal wife of Genghis Khan, and thus a member of the early Mongol imperial family.
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B.
Kushi
Kushi is a popular 2001 Telugu romantic drama film starring Pawan Kalyan and Bhumika Chawla, noted for its youthful love story, music, and commercial success.
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C.
Kokane
Kokane is an American rapper and singer known for his distinctive G-funk style and frequent collaborations with West Coast hip hop artists.
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D.
Kutama
Kutama is a rural village in the Zvimba District of northern Zimbabwe, known primarily as the birthplace of former president Robert Mugabe.
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E.
Kotu
Kotu is a small inhabited island in the Haʻapai group of the Kingdom of Tonga, known for its traditional Tongan village life and remote, low-lying coral landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Katharine Topkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNomination |
Academy Award for Best Actor
NERFINISHED
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Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Film Editing NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Kotch (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Charles Aidman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deborah Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellen Geer NERFINISHED ⓘ Felicity Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Lemmon NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Matthau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Richard H. Kline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Jack Lemmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
ABC Pictures
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cinerama Releasing Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ralph E. Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | elderly man seeking independence ⓘ |
| filmLocation | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy-drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
dignity in aging
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family relationships ⓘ loneliness ⓘ |
| leadActor | Walter Matthau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Joseph P. Kotcher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Marvin Hamlisch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
aging
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independence in old age ⓘ intergenerational friendship ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Walter Mirisch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | The Mirisch Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1971 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 113 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Paxton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring | Walter Matthau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kotch Description of subject: Kotch is a 1971 comedy-drama film directed by Jack Lemmon and starring Walter Matthau as an elderly man seeking independence and connection late in life.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kotch (1971 film)