When Harry Met Sally...
E82140
"When Harry Met Sally..." is a 1989 romantic comedy film, written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner, that explores whether men and women can remain just friends over the course of a decade-spanning relationship.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| When Harry Met Sally... canonical | 22 |
| When Harry Met Sally... (1989 film) | 1 |
| When Harry Met Sally... (single film, no sequels) | 1 |
| When Harry Met Sally... universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T657100 — 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: When Harry Met Sally... Context triple: [Billy Crystal, notableWork, When Harry Met Sally...]
-
A.
Sleepless in Seattle
Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 romantic comedy-drama film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, centered on a widower whose son calls a radio show to help find him a new partner.
-
B.
You’ve Got Mail
"You’ve Got Mail" is a 1998 romantic comedy film about two business rivals who unknowingly fall in love with each other over email, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
-
C.
The Object of My Affection
The Object of My Affection is a 1998 romantic comedy-drama film starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd that explores the complexities of love and friendship between a pregnant social worker and her gay best friend.
-
D.
Isn't It Romantic?
"Isn't It Romantic?" is a popular 1932 American standard song composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, widely recognized for its enduring presence in film and jazz repertoires.
-
E.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1958 novella by Truman Capote that follows the enigmatic socialite Holly Golightly in mid-20th-century New York City.
- 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: When Harry Met Sally... Target entity description: "When Harry Met Sally..." is a 1989 romantic comedy film, written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner, that explores whether men and women can remain just friends over the course of a decade-spanning relationship.
-
A.
Sleepless in Seattle
Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 romantic comedy-drama film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, centered on a widower whose son calls a radio show to help find him a new partner.
-
B.
You’ve Got Mail
"You’ve Got Mail" is a 1998 romantic comedy film about two business rivals who unknowingly fall in love with each other over email, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
-
C.
The Object of My Affection
The Object of My Affection is a 1998 romantic comedy-drama film starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd that explores the complexities of love and friendship between a pregnant social worker and her gay best friend.
-
D.
Isn't It Romantic?
"Isn't It Romantic?" is a popular 1932 American standard song composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, widely recognized for its enduring presence in film and jazz repertoires.
-
E.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1958 novella by Truman Capote that follows the enigmatic socialite Holly Golightly in mid-20th-century New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
ⓘ
surface form:
BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Billy Crystal ⓘ Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Meg Ryan ⓘ Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
|
| basedOn | original screenplay by Nora Ephron ⓘ |
| character |
Harry Burns
ⓘ
Jess ⓘ Marie ⓘ Sally Albright ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Barry Sonnenfeld ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Rob Reiner ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Robert Leighton ⓘ |
| famousQuote | I'll have what she's having. ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Katz's Delicatessen
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
romance film ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme | can men and women be just friends ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
friendship
ⓘ
relationships ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Harry Connick Jr.
ⓘ
Marc Shaiman ⓘ |
| notableScene | The fake orgasm scene in Katz's Delicatessen ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American romantic comedy cinema canon ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The film follows Harry and Sally over many years as they debate whether men and women can be just friends and eventually fall in love. ⓘ |
| producer |
Andrew Scheinman
ⓘ
Rob Reiner ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Castle Rock Entertainment ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1989 ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1989-07-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Nora Ephron ⓘ |
| setInLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| stars |
Billy Crystal
ⓘ
Bruno Kirby ⓘ Carrie Fisher ⓘ Meg Ryan ⓘ |
| title | When Harry Met Sally... self-link ⓘ |
| writer | Nora Ephron ⓘ |
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: When Harry Met Sally... Description of subject: "When Harry Met Sally..." is a 1989 romantic comedy film, written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner, that explores whether men and women can remain just friends over the course of a decade-spanning relationship.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Billy Crystal
this entity surface form:
When Harry Met Sally... (single film, no sequels)
this entity surface form:
When Harry Met Sally... universe
this entity surface form:
When Harry Met Sally... (1989 film)