The Myth of Fingerprints
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The Myth of Fingerprints is a 1997 independent drama film written and directed by Bart Freundlich that explores the tensions and secrets within a dysfunctional New England family over a Thanksgiving weekend.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Myth of Fingerprints canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12869588 — 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 Myth of Fingerprints Context triple: [Bart Freundlich, notableWork, The Myth of Fingerprints]
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A.
All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints
"All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints" is a song by Paul Simon featured on his acclaimed 1986 album *Graceland*, blending pop, rock, and world music influences.
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B.
Fingerprints
"Fingerprints" is a pop-rock song by Katy Perry from her 2008 album *One of the Boys*, reflecting themes of individuality and leaving a personal mark on the world.
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C.
Fingerprints
Fingerprints is a Grammy-winning instrumental album by English rock musician Peter Frampton, showcasing his guitar work across a range of styles and collaborations.
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D.
Thumbprint
"Thumbprint" is a horror novella by Joe Hill that follows a traumatized Iraq War veteran who becomes the target of a menacing and mysterious stalker.
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E.
A Brief History of Crime
A Brief History of Crime is a non-fiction book by British journalist Peter Hitchens that critiques modern criminal justice policies and argues for a return to more traditional approaches to law and order in the United Kingdom.
- 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 Myth of Fingerprints Target entity description: The Myth of Fingerprints is a 1997 independent drama film written and directed by Bart Freundlich that explores the tensions and secrets within a dysfunctional New England family over a Thanksgiving weekend.
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A.
All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints
"All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints" is a song by Paul Simon featured on his acclaimed 1986 album *Graceland*, blending pop, rock, and world music influences.
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B.
Fingerprints
"Fingerprints" is a pop-rock song by Katy Perry from her 2008 album *One of the Boys*, reflecting themes of individuality and leaving a personal mark on the world.
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C.
Fingerprints
Fingerprints is a Grammy-winning instrumental album by English rock musician Peter Frampton, showcasing his guitar work across a range of styles and collaborations.
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D.
Thumbprint
"Thumbprint" is a horror novella by Joe Hill that follows a traumatized Iraq War veteran who becomes the target of a menacing and mysterious stalker.
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E.
A Brief History of Crime
A Brief History of Crime is a non-fiction book by British journalist Peter Hitchens that critiques modern criminal justice policies and argues for a return to more traditional approaches to law and order in the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama film
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film ⓘ independent film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Michael Spiller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Bart Freundlich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Miramax Films ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jeffrey Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
independent cinema ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Arija Bareikis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Blythe Danner NERFINISHED ⓘ Brian Kerwin NERFINISHED ⓘ Hope Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ James Le Gros NERFINISHED ⓘ Julianne Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurel Holloman NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Vartan NERFINISHED ⓘ Noah Wyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Scheider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTagline | “Every family has its own language.” ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
emotional repression
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family relationships ⓘ homecoming ⓘ parent–child conflict ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
dysfunctional family
ⓘ
family secrets ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jan A. P. Kaczmarek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Thanksgiving family gathering ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Bart Freundlich
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tim Perell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Good Machine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Green/Renzi Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1997-09-17 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 93 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Bart Freundlich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeSetting | Thanksgiving weekend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Bart Freundlich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: The Myth of Fingerprints Description of subject: The Myth of Fingerprints is a 1997 independent drama film written and directed by Bart Freundlich that explores the tensions and secrets within a dysfunctional New England family over a Thanksgiving weekend.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.