The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (French film)
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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet is a whimsical French adventure-drama film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, that follows a gifted young cartographer who secretly travels across the United States to receive a prestigious scientific award.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (French adventure film) | 1 |
| The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (French film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (French film) Context triple: [Dominique Pinon, notableWork, The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (French film)]
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a drama film adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, following a young boy’s emotional journey through New York City after losing his father in the 9/11 attacks.
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The Squid and the Whale
The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 semi-autobiographical indie drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach that explores the emotional fallout of a bitter divorce on a Brooklyn family in the 1980s.
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The Kid with a Bike
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- 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 Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (French film) Target entity description: The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet is a whimsical French adventure-drama film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, that follows a gifted young cartographer who secretly travels across the United States to receive a prestigious scientific award.
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A.
The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch is a 2021 anthology comedy-drama film by Wes Anderson that portrays a fictional American magazine’s final issue through a series of visually stylized, interwoven stories set in a French town.
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B.
Au revoir les enfants
Au revoir les enfants is a 1987 French film by Louis Malle that poignantly depicts the friendship between two boys at a Catholic boarding school in Nazi-occupied France and the tragic consequences of antisemitic persecution.
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C.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a drama film adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, following a young boy’s emotional journey through New York City after losing his father in the 9/11 attacks.
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D.
The Squid and the Whale
The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 semi-autobiographical indie drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach that explores the emotional fallout of a bitter divorce on a Brooklyn family in the 1980s.
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E.
The Kid with a Bike
The Kid with a Bike is a 2011 Belgian-French drama film by the Dardenne brothers that follows an abandoned boy’s search for his father and the solace he finds with a compassionate hairdresser.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
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adventure film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Reif Larsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Callum Keith Rennie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Helena Bonham Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ Jakob Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ Judy Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyle Catlett NERFINISHED ⓘ Niamh Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Thomas Hardmeier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Jean-Pierre Jeunet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorNationality | French ⓘ |
| distributor |
Entertainment One
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaumont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Hervé Schneid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingFormat | 3D ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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coming-of-age film ⓘ drama ⓘ |
| leadActor | Kyle Catlett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | T.S. Spivet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Denis Sanacore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | use of 3D in a whimsical adventure-drama style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A gifted young cartographer secretly travels across the United States to receive a prestigious scientific award. ⓘ |
| producer |
Frédéric Brillion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gilles Legrand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Epithète Films
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Filmarthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Tapioca Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | gifted young cartographer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Guillaume Laurant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jean-Pierre Jeunet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Montana
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| theme |
child prodigy
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family relationships ⓘ scientific discovery ⓘ |
| titleCharacterFullName | Tecumseh Sparrow Spivet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (French film) Description of subject: The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet is a whimsical French adventure-drama film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, that follows a gifted young cartographer who secretly travels across the United States to receive a prestigious scientific award.
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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (French adventure film)