Mac
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Mac is a 1992 drama film directed by and starring John Turturro, focusing on the struggles and pride of a working-class Italian-American carpenter in New York.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mac canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9967052 — 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)
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Target entity: Mac Context triple: [John Turturro, notableWork, Mac]
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A.
Mac
Mac is Apple’s line of personal computers known for their sleek hardware design and tight integration with the macOS operating system.
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B.
Mac
Mac is one of the main characters on the sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," known for his delusional self-image, obsession with toughness and martial arts, and often misguided religious zeal.
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C.
Mac
Mac is the young, imaginative boy protagonist of the animated series "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends," known for his close bond with his imaginary friend Bloo.
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D.
Mac
Mac is a character associated with the Green Man, often depicted in folklore- or nature-themed narratives connected to this mythic figure.
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E.
Mac
Mac is the nickname of Willie McCovey, the Hall of Fame Major League Baseball first baseman best known for his years with the San Francisco Giants.
- 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: Mac Target entity description: Mac is a 1992 drama film directed by and starring John Turturro, focusing on the struggles and pride of a working-class Italian-American carpenter in New York.
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A.
Mac
Mac is Apple’s line of personal computers known for their sleek hardware design and tight integration with the macOS operating system.
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B.
Mac
Mac is one of the main characters on the sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," known for his delusional self-image, obsession with toughness and martial arts, and often misguided religious zeal.
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C.
Mac
Mac is the young, imaginative boy protagonist of the animated series "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends," known for his close bond with his imaginary friend Bloo.
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D.
Mac
Mac is a character associated with the Green Man, often depicted in folklore- or nature-themed narratives connected to this mythic figure.
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E.
Mac
Mac is the nickname of Willie McCovey, the Hall of Fame Major League Baseball first baseman best known for his years with the San Francisco Giants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Caméra d'Or
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cannes Film Festival 1992 Caméra d'Or NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | experiences of John Turturro's father ⓘ |
| castMember |
Carl Capotorto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ellen Barkin NERFINISHED ⓘ John Turturro NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine Borowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Badalucco NERFINISHED ⓘ Olek Krupa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Sirico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ron Fortunato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depictsEthnicGroup | Italian Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | John Turturro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | The Samuel Goldwyn Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Michael Berenbaum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterOccupation |
carpenter
ⓘ
construction worker ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| follows | life of a construction carpenter ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Mac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_(1992_film) ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | independent film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Italian-American community
ⓘ
carpentry ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| musicBy | Evan Lurie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Italian-American carpenter
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
pride in craftsmanship
ⓘ
struggles of working-class immigrants ⓘ |
| producer | John Turturro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1992 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 118 minutes ⓘ |
| screenedAt | 1992 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Brandon Cole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Turturro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post-World War II era ⓘ |
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: Mac Description of subject: Mac is a 1992 drama film directed by and starring John Turturro, focusing on the struggles and pride of a working-class Italian-American carpenter in New York.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.