The Shooting of Dan McGoo
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The Shooting of Dan McGoo is a 1945 Tex Avery animated short film that parodies the poem "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" with Avery’s trademark slapstick, visual gags, and risqué humor.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Shooting of Dan McGoo canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11386173 — 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: The Shooting of Dan McGoo Context triple: [Tex Avery, notableWork, The Shooting of Dan McGoo]
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The Shooting
The Shooting is a 1966 existential Western film directed by Monte Hellman, noted for its minimalist style, ambiguous narrative, and cult status among cinephiles.
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B.
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall is a British television drama film that portrays the true story of peace activist Tom Hurndall, who was shot in the Gaza Strip in 2003.
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C.
Seven Days to a Killing
Seven Days to a Killing is a 1972 spy thriller novel by Clive Egleton, centered on a British intelligence officer whose son is kidnapped as part of a high-stakes blackmail plot.
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D.
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend is a 1957 American Western film starring Randolph Scott as a former cavalry officer seeking justice in a corrupt frontier town.
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E.
The Todd Killings
The Todd Killings is a 1971 American crime drama film loosely based on the real-life serial killer Charles Schmid, focusing on a manipulative drifter who preys on disaffected teenagers.
- 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 Shooting of Dan McGoo Target entity description: The Shooting of Dan McGoo is a 1945 Tex Avery animated short film that parodies the poem "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" with Avery’s trademark slapstick, visual gags, and risqué humor.
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A.
The Shooting
The Shooting is a 1966 existential Western film directed by Monte Hellman, noted for its minimalist style, ambiguous narrative, and cult status among cinephiles.
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B.
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall is a British television drama film that portrays the true story of peace activist Tom Hurndall, who was shot in the Gaza Strip in 2003.
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C.
Seven Days to a Killing
Seven Days to a Killing is a 1972 spy thriller novel by Clive Egleton, centered on a British intelligence officer whose son is kidnapped as part of a high-stakes blackmail plot.
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D.
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend is a 1957 American Western film starring Randolph Scott as a former cavalry officer seeking justice in a corrupt frontier town.
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E.
The Todd Killings
The Todd Killings is a 1971 American crime drama film loosely based on the real-life serial killer Charles Schmid, focusing on a manipulative drifter who preys on disaffected teenagers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Shooting of Dan McGoo Description of subject: The Shooting of Dan McGoo is a 1945 Tex Avery animated short film that parodies the poem "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" with Avery’s trademark slapstick, visual gags, and risqué humor.
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