Dime to Retire
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Dime to Retire is a 1954 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short directed by Robert McKimson, featuring Porky Pig as a hotel guest tormented by an increasingly expensive series of “extra services.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dime to Retire canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11716799 — 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: Dime to Retire Context triple: [Robert McKimson, notableWork, Dime to Retire]
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A.
You’ll Never Get Rich
"You’ll Never Get Rich" is a 1941 musical comedy film starring Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire, known for its dance numbers and wartime romance storyline.
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B.
What It Takes
"What It Takes" is a song by the American rock band Aerosmith, released in 1989 as a power ballad from their album "Pump."
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C.
You Ain't the First
"You Ain't the First" is an acoustic, country-tinged rock song by Guns N' Roses known for its laid-back, barroom style and breakup-themed lyrics.
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D.
Meantime
Meantime is Helmet’s influential 1992 heavy metal album known for its precise, riff-driven sound and impact on alternative and post-hardcore music.
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E.
Meantime
Meantime is a 1983 British television film directed by Mike Leigh that portrays the bleak lives of a working-class family in Thatcher-era London.
- 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: Dime to Retire Target entity description: Dime to Retire is a 1954 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short directed by Robert McKimson, featuring Porky Pig as a hotel guest tormented by an increasingly expensive series of “extra services.”
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A.
You’ll Never Get Rich
"You’ll Never Get Rich" is a 1941 musical comedy film starring Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire, known for its dance numbers and wartime romance storyline.
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B.
What It Takes
"What It Takes" is a song by the American rock band Aerosmith, released in 1989 as a power ballad from their album "Pump."
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C.
You Ain't the First
"You Ain't the First" is an acoustic, country-tinged rock song by Guns N' Roses known for its laid-back, barroom style and breakup-themed lyrics.
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D.
Meantime
Meantime is Helmet’s influential 1992 heavy metal album known for its precise, riff-driven sound and impact on alternative and post-hardcore music.
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E.
Meantime
Meantime is a 1983 British television film directed by Mike Leigh that portrays the bleak lives of a working-class family in Thatcher-era London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Looney Tunes short
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Warner Bros. cartoon ⓘ animated short film ⓘ |
| animationStudio | Warner Bros. Cartoons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| animationType | 2D animation ⓘ |
| backgroundArtist | Richard H. Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| decadeOfRelease | 1950s ⓘ |
| director | Robert McKimson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| featuresAnthropomorphicCharacter | Porky Pig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Porky Pig
NERFINISHED
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hotel manager ⓘ |
| franchise | Looney Tunes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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slapstick ⓘ |
| hasTheme | satire of hidden fees and extra charges ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| layoutArtist | Robert Givens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Porky Pig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Carl Stalling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Porky Pig checks into a cheap hotel and is charged for an escalating series of expensive extra services. ⓘ |
| producer | Edward Selzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1954-09-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 7 minutes ⓘ |
| series | Looney Tunes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studio | Warner Bros. Cartoons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Dime to Retire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dime to Retire Description of subject: Dime to Retire is a 1954 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short directed by Robert McKimson, featuring Porky Pig as a hotel guest tormented by an increasingly expensive series of “extra services.”
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