Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
E98969
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a classic 1939 American political drama film about an idealistic young senator who confronts corruption in the U.S. government.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington canonical | 33 |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T837682 — 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: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Context triple: [Frank Capra, notableWork, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]
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A.
It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night is a classic 1934 romantic comedy film directed by Frank Capra, celebrated for its witty dialogue, influential screwball style, and Academy Award–winning performances by Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.
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B.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal spoken address traditionally used for the sitting President of the United States.
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C.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal style of address used for the presiding officer of the Massachusetts Senate.
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D.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is a formal style of address used for the President of Ecuador.
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E.
Boys Town
Boys Town is a 1938 American drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, inspired by the real-life Father Flanagan’s home for troubled boys in Nebraska.
- 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: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Target entity description: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a classic 1939 American political drama film about an idealistic young senator who confronts corruption in the U.S. government.
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A.
It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night is a classic 1934 romantic comedy film directed by Frank Capra, celebrated for its witty dialogue, influential screwball style, and Academy Award–winning performances by Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.
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B.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal spoken address traditionally used for the sitting President of the United States.
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C.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal style of address used for the presiding officer of the Massachusetts Senate.
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D.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is a formal style of address used for the President of Ecuador.
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E.
Boys Town
Boys Town is a 1938 American drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, inspired by the real-life Father Flanagan’s home for troubled boys in Nebraska.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Description of subject: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a classic 1939 American political drama film about an idealistic young senator who confronts corruption in the U.S. government.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Claude Rains
subject surface form:
Claude Rains
subject surface form:
Francesco Rosario Capra
subject surface form:
Eugene Pallette
this entity surface form:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939 film)
subject surface form:
Claude Rains
subject surface form:
Senator Joseph Paine
subject surface form:
Senator Joseph Paine
subject surface form:
Claude Rains