Mindhorn (film)
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Mindhorn is a 2016 British comedy film about a washed-up actor who once played a TV detective and is drawn into a real-life crime case on the Isle of Man.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mindhorn (film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13114775 — 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: Mindhorn (film) Context triple: [Simon Farnaby, participatedIn, Mindhorn (film)]
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A.
Marrowbone
Marrowbone is a 2017 psychological horror-thriller film about a group of siblings hiding dark family secrets in a decaying rural mansion.
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B.
Horns (film)
Horns is a dark fantasy horror film based on Joe Hill's novel, following a man who mysteriously grows horns that compel people to confess their sins as he investigates his girlfriend's murder.
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C.
The Frighteners
The Frighteners is a 1996 horror-comedy film directed by Peter Jackson that blends supernatural thrills with dark humor as it follows a psychic con artist who must confront real malevolent spirits.
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D.
Moorak
Moorak is a rural locality in South Australia situated near Mount Gambier within the District Council of Grant.
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E.
Milrow
Milrow was a 1969 underground U.S. nuclear test conducted on Amchitka Island in Alaska as part of the Cold War weapons testing program.
- 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: Mindhorn (film) Target entity description: Mindhorn is a 2016 British comedy film about a washed-up actor who once played a TV detective and is drawn into a real-life crime case on the Isle of Man.
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A.
Marrowbone
Marrowbone is a 2017 psychological horror-thriller film about a group of siblings hiding dark family secrets in a decaying rural mansion.
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B.
Horns (film)
Horns is a dark fantasy horror film based on Joe Hill's novel, following a man who mysteriously grows horns that compel people to confess their sins as he investigates his girlfriend's murder.
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C.
The Frighteners
The Frighteners is a 1996 horror-comedy film directed by Peter Jackson that blends supernatural thrills with dark humor as it follows a psychic con artist who must confront real malevolent spirits.
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D.
Moorak
Moorak is a rural locality in South Australia situated near Mount Gambier within the District Council of Grant.
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E.
Milrow
Milrow was a 1969 underground U.S. nuclear test conducted on Amchitka Island in Alaska as part of the Cold War weapons testing program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| characterInPlot | Richard Thorncroft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | David Luther NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Sean Foley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | StudioCanal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Mark Everson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Isle of Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRatingSystem | BBFC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsCharacter | a washed-up actor who once played a TV detective ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement |
crime comedy
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parody ⓘ |
| hasPosterCaption | Film poster ⓘ |
| hasTagline | It's truth time ⓘ |
| hasTVShowWithinFilm | Mindhorn (fictional TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterFormerRole | TV detective ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | actor ⓘ |
| musicBy | Keefus Ciancia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a former TV detective actor drawn into a real-life crime case ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Julian Barratt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laurie Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Farnaby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Baby Cow Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 89 minutes ⓘ |
| screenDebutOf | fictional detective Mindhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Julian Barratt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Simon Farnaby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Isle of Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Andrea Riseborough
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Schofield NERFINISHED ⓘ Essie Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Harriet Walter NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Barden NERFINISHED ⓘ Julian Barratt NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth Branagh NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Farrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard McCabe NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Tovey NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Callow NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Farnaby NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Coogan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mindhorn (film) Description of subject: Mindhorn is a 2016 British comedy film about a washed-up actor who once played a TV detective and is drawn into a real-life crime case on the Isle of Man.
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