Ask a Policeman
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Ask a Policeman is a 1939 British comedy crime film directed by and starring Will Hay, in which he plays a bumbling village policeman entangled in a smuggling investigation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ask a Policeman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16875577 — 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: Ask a Policeman Context triple: [Edward Black, notableWork, Ask a Policeman]
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A.
Supernumerary Police
The Supernumerary Police were an auxiliary paramilitary police force in Mandatory Palestine, composed largely of Jewish recruits and used by the British authorities for security and counterinsurgency duties.
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B.
Confessions of a Police Captain
Confessions of a Police Captain is a 1971 Italian crime drama film that explores corruption and moral conflict within the police and political system.
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C.
COPS
COPS is the abbreviation for the European Union’s Political and Security Committee, a key body responsible for shaping and overseeing the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy and crisis management operations.
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D.
ACT Policing
ACT Policing is the community policing arm of the Australian Federal Police responsible for law enforcement and public safety in the Australian Capital Territory.
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E.
POLIS
POLIS is the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, a leading centre for research and teaching in politics, international relations, and related fields.
- 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: Ask a Policeman Target entity description: Ask a Policeman is a 1939 British comedy crime film directed by and starring Will Hay, in which he plays a bumbling village policeman entangled in a smuggling investigation.
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A.
Supernumerary Police
The Supernumerary Police were an auxiliary paramilitary police force in Mandatory Palestine, composed largely of Jewish recruits and used by the British authorities for security and counterinsurgency duties.
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B.
Confessions of a Police Captain
Confessions of a Police Captain is a 1971 Italian crime drama film that explores corruption and moral conflict within the police and political system.
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C.
COPS
COPS is the abbreviation for the European Union’s Political and Security Committee, a key body responsible for shaping and overseeing the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy and crisis management operations.
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D.
ACT Policing
ACT Policing is the community policing arm of the Australian Federal Police responsible for law enforcement and public safety in the Australian Capital Territory.
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E.
POLIS
POLIS is the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, a leading centre for research and teaching in politics, international relations, and related fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.