The Heartbreak Kid
E761247
The Heartbreak Kid is a 1993 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Michael Jenkins about a schoolteacher who falls in love with one of her students.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Heartbreak Kid canonical | 3 |
| The Heartbreak Kid (1993 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8849758 — 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 Heartbreak Kid Context triple: [Michael Jenkins, notableWork, The Heartbreak Kid]
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A.
The Heartbreak Kid
The Heartbreak Kid is a 1972 romantic black comedy film, directed by Elaine May and acclaimed for its sharp, satirical take on marriage and infidelity.
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B.
The Heartaches Are Free
"The Heartaches Are Free" is a country song by Dwight Yoakam featured on his 2000 album *Tomorrow’s Sounds Today*.
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C.
The Tears of a Clown
"The Tears of a Clown" is a 1970 Motown soul song by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, renowned for its upbeat, circus-like melody contrasted with lyrics about hidden heartache.
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D.
Foolish Heart
"Foolish Heart" is a song by the Grateful Dead featured on their 1989 studio album "Built to Last."
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E.
Mister Heartbreak
Mister Heartbreak is an experimental art-pop album by performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson, known for its innovative electronic soundscapes and avant-garde storytelling.
- 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 Heartbreak Kid Target entity description: The Heartbreak Kid is a 1993 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Michael Jenkins about a schoolteacher who falls in love with one of her students.
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A.
The Heartbreak Kid
The Heartbreak Kid is a 1972 romantic black comedy film, directed by Elaine May and acclaimed for its sharp, satirical take on marriage and infidelity.
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B.
The Heartaches Are Free
"The Heartaches Are Free" is a country song by Dwight Yoakam featured on his 2000 album *Tomorrow’s Sounds Today*.
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C.
The Tears of a Clown
"The Tears of a Clown" is a 1970 Motown soul song by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, renowned for its upbeat, circus-like melody contrasted with lyrics about hidden heartache.
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D.
Foolish Heart
"Foolish Heart" is a song by the Grateful Dead featured on their 1989 studio album "Built to Last."
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E.
Mister Heartbreak
Mister Heartbreak is an experimental art-pop album by performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson, known for its innovative electronic soundscapes and avant-garde storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Heartbreak Kid (play)
ⓘ
play by Richard Barrett ⓘ |
| castMember |
Alex Dimitriades
ⓘ
Claudia Karvan ⓘ Doris Younane ⓘ Heartbreak High ensemble (several actors later in the TV series) ⓘ |
| characterInPlot |
high school student
ⓘ
schoolteacher ⓘ |
| countryOfBroadcast | Australia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| director | Michael Jenkins ⓘ |
| distributor | Network Ten ⓘ |
| followedBy | Heartbreak High ⓘ |
| genre | romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Heartbreak Kid ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationOfStory | Sydney ⓘ |
| medium | television film ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Network Ten ⓘ |
| partOf |
Heartbreak High franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
Heartbreak High
|
| plotSummary | A schoolteacher falls in love with one of her students. ⓘ |
| producer | Ben Gannon ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Richard Barrett ⓘ |
| setting | Australian high school ⓘ |
| startTime | 1993 ⓘ |
| subject | teacher–student romance ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: The Heartbreak Kid Description of subject: The Heartbreak Kid is a 1993 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Michael Jenkins about a schoolteacher who falls in love with one of her students.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.