The Benchwarmers
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The Benchwarmers is a 2006 American sports comedy film about three adult underdogs who form a baseball team to stand up to youth bullies, starring Rob Schneider, David Spade, and Jon Heder.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Benchwarmers canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9780437 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Benchwarmers Context triple: [Revolution Studios, notableWork, The Benchwarmers]
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A.
Practical Jokers
Practical Jokers is an album by the band The Swingers, known for its blend of new wave and pop-rock sounds.
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B.
Shallow Hal
Shallow Hal is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by the Farrelly brothers, in which Jack Black plays a superficial man who, after being hypnotized, can only see women's inner beauty.
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C.
Superbad
Superbad is a 2007 coming-of-age teen comedy film about two socially awkward high school friends navigating one wild night before graduation.
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D.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is a 2004 satirical comedy film that parodies 1970s television news culture through the absurd misadventures of an egotistical anchorman and his colleagues.
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E.
Bluntman and Chronic
Bluntman and Chronic are fictional comic book superheroes created by Kevin Smith within his View Askewniverse, parodying stoner culture and superhero tropes through the characters Jay and Silent Bob.
- 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 Benchwarmers Target entity description: The Benchwarmers is a 2006 American sports comedy film about three adult underdogs who form a baseball team to stand up to youth bullies, starring Rob Schneider, David Spade, and Jon Heder.
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A.
Practical Jokers
Practical Jokers is an album by the band The Swingers, known for its blend of new wave and pop-rock sounds.
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B.
Shallow Hal
Shallow Hal is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by the Farrelly brothers, in which Jack Black plays a superficial man who, after being hypnotized, can only see women's inner beauty.
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C.
Superbad
Superbad is a 2007 coming-of-age teen comedy film about two socially awkward high school friends navigating one wild night before graduation.
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D.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is a 2004 satirical comedy film that parodies 1970s television news culture through the absurd misadventures of an egotistical anchorman and his colleagues.
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E.
Bluntman and Chronic
Bluntman and Chronic are fictional comic book superheroes created by Kevin Smith within his View Askewniverse, parodying stoner culture and superhero tropes through the characters Jay and Silent Bob.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossWorldwide | approximately $65,000,000 ⓘ |
| budget | approximately $33,000,000 ⓘ |
| cinematography | Thomas Ackerman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Dennis Dugan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Tom Costain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCameo |
Dan Patrick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reggie Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | sports comedy ⓘ |
| hasSport | baseball ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
bullying
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ underdog story ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Clark Reedy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gus Matthews NERFINISHED ⓘ Richie Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Waddy Wachtel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Three adult underdogs form a three-man baseball team to compete against youth teams and stand up to bullies. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
David Spade
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jon Heder NERFINISHED ⓘ Rob Schneider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Allen Covert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack Giarraputo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Happy Madison Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ratingOnRottenTomatoes | generally negative ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2006-04-07 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 85 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy |
Allen Covert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nick Swardson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | suburban United States ⓘ |
| starring |
Craig Kilborn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Spade NERFINISHED ⓘ Jon Heder NERFINISHED ⓘ Jon Lovitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Molly Sims NERFINISHED ⓘ Rob Schneider NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Meadows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy |
Allen Covert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nick Swardson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Allen Covert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nick Swardson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Benchwarmers Description of subject: The Benchwarmers is a 2006 American sports comedy film about three adult underdogs who form a baseball team to stand up to youth bullies, starring Rob Schneider, David Spade, and Jon Heder.
Referenced by (6)
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