Be Cool
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Be Cool is a 2005 crime-comedy film and sequel to Get Shorty, following mobster-turned-movie-producer Chili Palmer as he moves into the music industry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Be Cool canonical | 6 |
| Be Cool (film) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9379369 — 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: Be Cool Context triple: [Be Cool, hasWorkTitle, Be Cool]
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A.
Be Cool
"Be Cool" is a song featured on the album *Travelogue*, likely known as one of its notable tracks.
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B.
Wanna Be Cool
"Wanna Be Cool" is a laid-back, surf-inspired track characterized by breezy melodies and relaxed, beachy vibes.
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C.
Sure Be Cool If You Did
"Sure Be Cool If You Did" is a contemporary country song by American singer Blake Shelton that became a chart-topping hit upon its release in 2013.
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D.
Sure Thing
"Sure Thing" is a smooth, R&B love song by American singer Miguel that became one of his breakout hits and a fan favorite.
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E.
Boogie Street
Boogie Street is a song co-written and performed by Sharon Robinson, best known for its prominent collaboration with Leonard Cohen.
- 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: Be Cool Target entity description: Be Cool is a 2005 crime-comedy film and sequel to Get Shorty, following mobster-turned-movie-producer Chili Palmer as he moves into the music industry.
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A.
Be Cool
"Be Cool" is a song featured on the album *Travelogue*, likely known as one of its notable tracks.
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B.
Wanna Be Cool
"Wanna Be Cool" is a laid-back, surf-inspired track characterized by breezy melodies and relaxed, beachy vibes.
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C.
Sure Be Cool If You Did
"Sure Be Cool If You Did" is a contemporary country song by American singer Blake Shelton that became a chart-topping hit upon its release in 2013.
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D.
Sure Thing
"Sure Thing" is a smooth, R&B love song by American singer Miguel that became one of his breakout hits and a fan favorite.
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E.
Boogie Street
Boogie Street is a song co-written and performed by Sharon Robinson, best known for its prominent collaboration with Leonard Cohen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Be Cool (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Elmore Leonard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jack N. Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | F. Gary Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | MGM Distribution Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Gregory Plotkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCameo | Steven Tyler as himself NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsCharacter | Chili Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
crime comedy film ⓘ crime film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Hollywood business
ⓘ
music industry ⓘ organized crime ⓘ |
| isSequelTo | Get Shorty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadFemaleCharacter | Edie Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Chili Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Mobster-turned-movie-producer Chili Palmer moves into the music industry and becomes involved with a struggling singer and various criminal elements. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter |
Cedric the Entertainer as Sin LaSalle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dwayne Johnson as Elliot Wilhelm NERFINISHED ⓘ John Travolta as Chili Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ Uma Thurman as Edie Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ Vince Vaughn as Raji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Danny DeVito
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Shamberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Stacey Sher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
ⓘ
Miramax Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 118 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Peter Steinfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| stars |
André 3000
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cedric the Entertainer NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny DeVito NERFINISHED ⓘ Dwayne Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvey Keitel NERFINISHED ⓘ John Travolta NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ Uma Thurman NERFINISHED ⓘ Vince Vaughn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Be Cool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Be Cool Description of subject: Be Cool is a 2005 crime-comedy film and sequel to Get Shorty, following mobster-turned-movie-producer Chili Palmer as he moves into the music industry.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Get Shorty
this entity surface form:
Be Cool (film)
subject surface form:
Get Shorty
this entity surface form:
Be Cool (film)