The Love Guru
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The Love Guru is a 2008 comedy film starring Mike Myers as an eccentric self-help guru hired to resolve a star hockey player's romantic troubles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Love Guru canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10245671 — 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: The Love Guru Context triple: [Mike Myers, notableWork, The Love Guru]
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A.
The Pursuit of Love
The Pursuit of Love is a British television adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s classic novel, following the romantic and social misadventures of an eccentric upper-class English family between the World Wars.
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B.
Love and Learn
Love and Learn is a 1947 American romantic comedy film produced by Warner Bros.
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C.
Love's Divine
"Love's Divine" is a soulful pop ballad by British singer-songwriter Seal, known for its emotive vocals and themes of redemption and spiritual love.
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D.
The Love School
The Love School is a British television drama series in which Ben Kingsley starred, exploring the lives and relationships of the Pre-Raphaelite artists.
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E.
The Lexicon of Love
The Lexicon of Love is a critically acclaimed 1982 debut album by English pop band ABC, renowned for its lush orchestral production and sophisticated, romantic new wave sound.
- 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 Love Guru Target entity description: The Love Guru is a 2008 comedy film starring Mike Myers as an eccentric self-help guru hired to resolve a star hockey player's romantic troubles.
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A.
The Pursuit of Love
The Pursuit of Love is a British television adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s classic novel, following the romantic and social misadventures of an eccentric upper-class English family between the World Wars.
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B.
Love and Learn
Love and Learn is a 1947 American romantic comedy film produced by Warner Bros.
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C.
Love's Divine
"Love's Divine" is a soulful pop ballad by British singer-songwriter Seal, known for its emotive vocals and themes of redemption and spiritual love.
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D.
The Love School
The Love School is a British television drama series in which Ben Kingsley starred, exploring the lives and relationships of the Pre-Raphaelite artists.
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E.
The Lexicon of Love
The Lexicon of Love is a critically acclaimed 1982 debut album by English pop band ABC, renowned for its lush orchestral production and sophisticated, romantic new wave sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| boxOfficePerformance | box office bomb ⓘ |
| characterPlayedBy |
Coach Punch Cherkov – Verne Troyer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Darren Roanoke – Romany Malco NERFINISHED ⓘ Guru Pitka – Mike Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ Guru Tugginmypudha – Ben Kingsley NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacques "Le Coq" Grandé – Justin Timberlake NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Bullard – Jessica Alba ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Peter Deming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Marco Schnabel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Billy Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ sports comedy film ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
professional sports pressure
ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ self-help and spirituality satire ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Guru Pitka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | George S. Clinton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | critical panning ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An American-raised self-help guru is hired to help a professional hockey player reconcile with his wife so he can regain his form on the ice. ⓘ |
| producer |
Michael De Luca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mike Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Mike Myers Productions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2008-06-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 87 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Graham Gordy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mike Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary era ⓘ |
| starring |
Ben Kingsley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jessica Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ Justin Timberlake NERFINISHED ⓘ Meagan Good NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ Romany Malco NERFINISHED ⓘ Verne Troyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Love Guru Description of subject: The Love Guru is a 2008 comedy film starring Mike Myers as an eccentric self-help guru hired to resolve a star hockey player's romantic troubles.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.