the film 'The Dancer Upstairs'
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"The Dancer Upstairs" is a 2002 political thriller film directed by John Malkovich that follows a police detective’s pursuit of a mysterious revolutionary leader in an unnamed Latin American country.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| the film 'The Dancer Upstairs' canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10395910 — 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 film 'The Dancer Upstairs' Context triple: [Suite from 'The Dancer Upstairs', basedOn, the film 'The Dancer Upstairs']
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A.
The Dance Class
The Dance Class is a renowned 19th-century painting by Edgar Degas depicting ballet dancers rehearsing in an interior studio, celebrated for its innovative composition and candid portrayal of movement.
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B.
For a Dancer
"For a Dancer" is a reflective, elegiac song by Jackson Browne, known for its meditation on mortality and loss.
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C.
The Dancer
The Dancer is a biographical drama film in which Lily-Rose Depp portrays a pioneering early-20th-century performer in the world of modern dance.
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D.
My Husband, The Dancer
"My Husband, The Dancer" is a memoir by Irene Castle recounting her life and professional partnership with her husband, famed ballroom dancer Vernon Castle.
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E.
Apartment Story
"Apartment Story" is a song by American indie rock band The National, featured on their critically acclaimed 2007 album "Boxer."
- 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 film 'The Dancer Upstairs' Target entity description: "The Dancer Upstairs" is a 2002 political thriller film directed by John Malkovich that follows a police detective’s pursuit of a mysterious revolutionary leader in an unnamed Latin American country.
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A.
The Dance Class
The Dance Class is a renowned 19th-century painting by Edgar Degas depicting ballet dancers rehearsing in an interior studio, celebrated for its innovative composition and candid portrayal of movement.
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B.
For a Dancer
"For a Dancer" is a reflective, elegiac song by Jackson Browne, known for its meditation on mortality and loss.
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C.
The Dancer
The Dancer is a biographical drama film in which Lily-Rose Depp portrays a pioneering early-20th-century performer in the world of modern dance.
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D.
My Husband, The Dancer
"My Husband, The Dancer" is a memoir by Irene Castle recounting her life and professional partnership with her husband, famed ballroom dancer Vernon Castle.
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E.
Apartment Story
"Apartment Story" is a song by American indie rock band The National, featured on their critically acclaimed 2007 album "Boxer."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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political thriller film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Dancer Upstairs (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Nicholas Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Abel Folk
NERFINISHED
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Alexandra Lencastre NERFINISHED ⓘ Elvira Mínguez NERFINISHED ⓘ Javier Bardem NERFINISHED ⓘ John Malkovich NERFINISHED ⓘ Juan Diego Botto NERFINISHED ⓘ Laura Morante NERFINISHED ⓘ Luís Miguel Cintra NERFINISHED ⓘ Oliver Cotton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | José Luis Alcaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Spain
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United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | John Malkovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Fox Searchlight Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Katherine Wenning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Ecuador
NERFINISHED
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Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | a police detective’s pursuit of a mysterious revolutionary leader ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
political thriller ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Dancer Upstairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Shining Path insurgency in Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Agustín Rejas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alberto Iglesias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
counterinsurgency
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moral ambiguity in law enforcement ⓘ political violence ⓘ |
| notableFor | being John Malkovich’s feature directorial debut ⓘ |
| producer |
John Malkovich
NERFINISHED
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Lianne Halfon NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Malko Production
NERFINISHED
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Mandalay Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2002 ⓘ |
| releaseType | theatrical film ⓘ |
| runtime | 133 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Nicholas Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | unnamed Latin American country ⓘ |
| starredActor | Javier Bardem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: the film 'The Dancer Upstairs' Description of subject: "The Dancer Upstairs" is a 2002 political thriller film directed by John Malkovich that follows a police detective’s pursuit of a mysterious revolutionary leader in an unnamed Latin American country.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Suite from 'The Dancer Upstairs'