Lee Daniels' The Butler
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Lee Daniels' The Butler is a 2013 historical drama film that follows an African-American butler who serves multiple U.S. presidents in the White House, exploring decades of civil rights and social change.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lee Daniels' The Butler canonical | 7 |
| film "The Butler" | 2 |
| Lee Daniels’ The Butler | 1 |
| The Butler: A Witness to History | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3691985 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Lee Daniels' The Butler Context triple: [The Butler, originalTitle, Lee Daniels' The Butler]
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12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave is an Academy Award–winning historical drama film based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free Black man kidnapped and sold into slavery in the 19th-century United States.
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The Green Book
The Green Book is Muammar Gaddafi’s political manifesto outlining his idiosyncratic “Third International Theory,” which rejects both capitalism and communism and proposes a system of direct popular rule.
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C.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is a 2008 romantic comedy film set in 1930s London, following a dowdy governess who becomes entangled in the glamorous, chaotic life of an aspiring actress over the course of a single transformative day.
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D.
Precious
Precious is the given name of Precious Moloi-Motsepe, a South African physician, businesswoman, and philanthropist known for her work in fashion and development initiatives.
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E.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 2020 drama film adaptation of August Wilson's play, depicting tensions within a 1920s blues band and featuring one of Chadwick Boseman's most acclaimed final performances.
- 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: Lee Daniels' The Butler Target entity description: Lee Daniels' The Butler is a 2013 historical drama film that follows an African-American butler who serves multiple U.S. presidents in the White House, exploring decades of civil rights and social change.
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A.
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave is an Academy Award–winning historical drama film based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free Black man kidnapped and sold into slavery in the 19th-century United States.
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B.
The Green Book
The Green Book is Muammar Gaddafi’s political manifesto outlining his idiosyncratic “Third International Theory,” which rejects both capitalism and communism and proposes a system of direct popular rule.
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C.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is a 2008 romantic comedy film set in 1930s London, following a dowdy governess who becomes entangled in the glamorous, chaotic life of an aspiring actress over the course of a single transformative day.
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D.
Precious
Precious is the given name of Precious Moloi-Motsepe, a South African physician, businesswoman, and philanthropist known for her work in fashion and development initiatives.
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E.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 2020 drama film adaptation of August Wilson's play, depicting tensions within a 1920s blues band and featuring one of Chadwick Boseman's most acclaimed final performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Subject: Lee Daniels' The Butler Description of subject: Lee Daniels' The Butler is a 2013 historical drama film that follows an African-American butler who serves multiple U.S. presidents in the White House, exploring decades of civil rights and social change.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cecil Gaines
this entity surface form:
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
this entity surface form:
The Butler: A Witness to History
this entity surface form:
film "The Butler"
this entity surface form:
film "The Butler"