Johnny Be Good
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Johnny Be Good is a 1988 teen sports comedy film starring Anthony Michael Hall as a highly recruited high school quarterback facing pressure and corruption in the college football world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Johnny Be Good canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9980325 — 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: Johnny Be Good Context triple: [Anthony Michael Hall, notableWork, Johnny Be Good]
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A.
Be Good
"Be Good" is a critically acclaimed jazz and soul album by American singer-songwriter Gregory Porter, noted for its warm vocals, sophisticated songwriting, and emotional depth.
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B.
Be Good
"Be Good" is a song performed by the character Beth Greene in the television series The Walking Dead.
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C.
Just Be Good to Me
"Just Be Good to Me" is a 1983 R&B and electro-funk song by The S.O.S. Band, produced and written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, known for its distinctive synth-driven groove and influential status in 1980s dance music.
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D.
Dub Be Good to Me
"Dub Be Good to Me" is a 1990 hit single by British group Beats International that blends dub, dance, and hip hop elements and became their most famous song.
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E.
I'll Be Good to You
"I'll Be Good to You" is an R&B song originally recorded by The Brothers Johnson in 1976 and later famously covered by Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan.
- 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: Johnny Be Good Target entity description: Johnny Be Good is a 1988 teen sports comedy film starring Anthony Michael Hall as a highly recruited high school quarterback facing pressure and corruption in the college football world.
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A.
Be Good
"Be Good" is a critically acclaimed jazz and soul album by American singer-songwriter Gregory Porter, noted for its warm vocals, sophisticated songwriting, and emotional depth.
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B.
Be Good
"Be Good" is a song performed by the character Beth Greene in the television series The Walking Dead.
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C.
Just Be Good to Me
"Just Be Good to Me" is a 1983 R&B and electro-funk song by The S.O.S. Band, produced and written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, known for its distinctive synth-driven groove and influential status in 1980s dance music.
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D.
Dub Be Good to Me
"Dub Be Good to Me" is a 1990 hit single by British group Beats International that blends dub, dance, and hip hop elements and became their most famous song.
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E.
I'll Be Good to You
"I'll Be Good to You" is an R&B song originally recorded by The Brothers Johnson in 1976 and later famously covered by Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
teen comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| characterPlayedBy |
Anthony Michael Hall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Downey Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Uma Thurman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | James A. Contner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Bud S. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Orion Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Michael R. Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRating | R ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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sports film ⓘ teen film ⓘ |
| hasSoundtrackSong | Johnny B. Goode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
college football recruiting
ⓘ
corruption in sports ⓘ peer pressure ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Johnny Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Ted Nugent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSongPerformer | Ted Nugent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A highly recruited high school quarterback faces pressure and corruption in the college football recruiting process. ⓘ |
| producer |
Debra Hill
NERFINISHED
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Irving Azoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Orion Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1988-03-25 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 91 ⓘ |
| setting | high school football environment ⓘ |
| starring |
Anthony Michael Hall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jennifer Tilly NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Gleason NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Downey Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve James NERFINISHED ⓘ Uma Thurman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Jeff Buhai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steve Zacharias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Johnny Be Good Description of subject: Johnny Be Good is a 1988 teen sports comedy film starring Anthony Michael Hall as a highly recruited high school quarterback facing pressure and corruption in the college football world.
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