Bad News Bears
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Bad News Bears is a 1976 American sports comedy film about a misfit Little League baseball team and their gruff, alcoholic coach.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bad News Bears canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11792281 — 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: Bad News Bears Context triple: [Polly Platt, workedOn, Bad News Bears]
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A.
Coal the Bear
Coal the Bear is a fictional bear character, likely from a children’s story or animated series, known for appearing alongside the character Copper.
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B.
We Bare Bears
We Bare Bears is an animated television series that follows three bear brothers trying to integrate into human society with humorous and heartfelt results.
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C.
Moneybags the Bear
Moneybags the Bear is a fictional bear character typically portrayed as a wealthy, money-obsessed figure often used in games or media to symbolize riches and financial gain.
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D.
Gadzooks the Bear
Gadzooks the Bear is a gruff but ultimately soft-hearted bear character from the Rankin/Bass stop-motion Easter special "The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town."
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E.
Group of Bears
Group of Bears is a bronze sculpture by American artist Paul Manship, celebrated for its stylized depiction of playful bears in his characteristic Art Deco-influenced style.
- 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: Bad News Bears Target entity description: Bad News Bears is a 1976 American sports comedy film about a misfit Little League baseball team and their gruff, alcoholic coach.
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A.
Coal the Bear
Coal the Bear is a fictional bear character, likely from a children’s story or animated series, known for appearing alongside the character Copper.
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B.
We Bare Bears
We Bare Bears is an animated television series that follows three bear brothers trying to integrate into human society with humorous and heartfelt results.
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C.
Moneybags the Bear
Moneybags the Bear is a fictional bear character typically portrayed as a wealthy, money-obsessed figure often used in games or media to symbolize riches and financial gain.
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D.
Gadzooks the Bear
Gadzooks the Bear is a gruff but ultimately soft-hearted bear character from the Rankin/Bass stop-motion Easter special "The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town."
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E.
Group of Bears
Group of Bears is a bronze sculpture by American artist Paul Manship, celebrated for its stylized depiction of playful bears in his characteristic Art Deco-influenced style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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film ⓘ sports comedy film ⓘ |
| characterPlayedBy |
Amanda Whurlitzer – Tatum O'Neal
NERFINISHED
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Kelly Leak – Jackie Earle Haley NERFINISHED ⓘ Morris Buttermaker – Walter Matthau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | John A. Alonzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachCharacter | Morris Buttermaker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachDescription |
alcoholic
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gruff ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Michael Ritchie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard A. Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1970s American cinema ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California
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| focusesOn | Little League baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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sports comedy ⓘ sports film ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
NERFINISHED
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The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspired | The Bad News Bears (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Morris Buttermaker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jerry Fielding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A misfit Little League baseball team is coached by a gruff, alcoholic former minor-league pitcher. ⓘ |
| producer | Stanley R. Jaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1976-04-07 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| remadeAs | Bad News Bears (2005 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 102 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Bill Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sportDepicted | baseball ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Jackie Earle Haley
NERFINISHED
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Tatum O'Neal NERFINISHED ⓘ Vic Morrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Matthau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| theme |
redemption
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underdog sports team ⓘ youth sports ⓘ |
| title | The Bad News Bears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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