School for Scoundrels
E800722
School for Scoundrels is a 2006 American comedy film about a down-on-his-luck meter maid who enrolls in a confidence-building course run by a manipulative instructor, leading to a rivalry over the same woman.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| School for Scoundrels canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9464523 — 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: School for Scoundrels Context triple: [Scot Armstrong, notableWork, School for Scoundrels]
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A.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 1988 comedy film about two con men on the French Riviera, best known for its witty script and Steve Martin’s acclaimed performance alongside Michael Caine.
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B.
Bugsy Malone
Bugsy Malone is a 1976 British musical gangster film, featuring an all-child cast in a parody of 1920s mobster movies, in which Jodie Foster plays a prominent role.
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C.
Trading Places
Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film that satirizes class and social inequality through a story of a wealthy broker and a street hustler whose lives are swapped as part of a cruel bet.
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D.
Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire is a popular 1993 comedy film in which Robin Williams disguises himself as an elderly British nanny to spend time with his children after a divorce.
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E.
Flim-Flam!
Flim-Flam! is a skeptical book by James Randi that critically examines and debunks claims of the paranormal, pseudoscience, and various forms of fraud.
- 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: School for Scoundrels Target entity description: School for Scoundrels is a 2006 American comedy film about a down-on-his-luck meter maid who enrolls in a confidence-building course run by a manipulative instructor, leading to a rivalry over the same woman.
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A.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 1988 comedy film about two con men on the French Riviera, best known for its witty script and Steve Martin’s acclaimed performance alongside Michael Caine.
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B.
Bugsy Malone
Bugsy Malone is a 1976 British musical gangster film, featuring an all-child cast in a parody of 1920s mobster movies, in which Jodie Foster plays a prominent role.
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C.
Trading Places
Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film that satirizes class and social inequality through a story of a wealthy broker and a street hustler whose lives are swapped as part of a cruel bet.
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D.
Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire is a popular 1993 comedy film in which Robin Williams disguises himself as an elderly British nanny to spend time with his children after a divorce.
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E.
Flim-Flam!
Flim-Flam! is a skeptical book by James Randi that critically examines and debunks claims of the paranormal, pseudoscience, and various forms of fraud.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | School for Scoundrels (1960 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Matthew F. Leonetti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Todd Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
MGM Distribution Co.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Weinstein Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Teschner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
manipulation
ⓘ
romantic rivalry ⓘ self-confidence ⓘ |
| hasTitle | School for Scoundrels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | School for Scoundrels (1960 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Billy Bob Thornton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jon Heder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | Dr. P NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Roger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | meter maid ⓘ |
| MPAARating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Christophe Beck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A down-on-his-luck meter maid enrolls in a confidence-building course run by a manipulative instructor, leading to a rivalry over the same woman. ⓘ |
| producer |
Erica Huggins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Todd Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
MGM
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Weinstein Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2006-09-29 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| runtime | 100 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Scot Armstrong
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Todd Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Ben Stiller
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Billy Bob Thornton NERFINISHED ⓘ David Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ Horatio Sanz NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacinda Barrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Jon Heder NERFINISHED ⓘ Luis Guzmán NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Clarke Duncan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Silverman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: School for Scoundrels Description of subject: School for Scoundrels is a 2006 American comedy film about a down-on-his-luck meter maid who enrolls in a confidence-building course run by a manipulative instructor, leading to a rivalry over the same woman.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.