The Magnificent Butcher
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The Magnificent Butcher is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film starring Sammo Hung, renowned for its intricate fight choreography and blend of slapstick humor with traditional kung fu.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Magnificent Butcher canonical | 4 |
| Magnificent Butcher | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4090499 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Magnificent Butcher Context triple: [Sammo Hung, notableWork, The Magnificent Butcher]
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A.
The Bull and Butcher
The Bull and Butcher is a traditional English country pub located in the village of Turville, Buckinghamshire.
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B.
The Butcher
"The Butcher" is the notorious nickname of Spanish general Valeriano Weyler, remembered for his brutal reconcentration policies in Cuba during the late 19th century.
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C.
The Cannibal
The Cannibal is the legendary Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx, renowned for his relentless, all-conquering racing style and status as one of the greatest cyclists in history.
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D.
The Executioner
The Executioner is a downloadable content expansion for the survival horror game The Evil Within that lets players experience the story from the perspective of the hulking Keeper enemy in first-person combat-focused gameplay.
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E.
The Executioner
The Executioner is the ring nickname of Bernard Hopkins, a legendary American professional boxer known for his defensive mastery, longevity, and multiple middleweight and light heavyweight world titles.
- 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 Magnificent Butcher Target entity description: The Magnificent Butcher is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film starring Sammo Hung, renowned for its intricate fight choreography and blend of slapstick humor with traditional kung fu.
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A.
The Bull and Butcher
The Bull and Butcher is a traditional English country pub located in the village of Turville, Buckinghamshire.
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B.
The Butcher
"The Butcher" is the notorious nickname of Spanish general Valeriano Weyler, remembered for his brutal reconcentration policies in Cuba during the late 19th century.
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C.
The Cannibal
The Cannibal is the legendary Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx, renowned for his relentless, all-conquering racing style and status as one of the greatest cyclists in history.
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D.
The Executioner
The Executioner is a downloadable content expansion for the survival horror game The Evil Within that lets players experience the story from the perspective of the hulking Keeper enemy in first-person combat-focused gameplay.
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E.
The Executioner
The Executioner is the ring nickname of Bernard Hopkins, a legendary American professional boxer known for his defensive mastery, longevity, and multiple middleweight and light heavyweight world titles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hong Kong film
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comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ martial arts film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lin Shi Rong
NERFINISHED
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The Magnificent Butcher ⓘ
surface form:
Magnificent Butcher
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| basedOn | Hung Ga folk hero Lam Sai-wing ⓘ |
| castMember |
Fan Mei-sheng
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Fung Hak-on ⓘ Lam Ching-ying ⓘ Lee Hoi-sang ⓘ Sammo Hung NERFINISHED ⓘ Wei Pai ⓘ Yuen Biao NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuen Miu ⓘ Yuen Shun-yi NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuen Wah ⓘ Yuen Woo-ping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| choreographyBy | Yuen Woo-ping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Hong Kong, China
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surface form:
Hong Kong
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| director | Yuen Woo-ping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Golden Harvest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | post-Bruce Lee Hong Kong cinema ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Lam Sai-wing ONNED1 ⓘ |
| featuresMartialArt | Hung Gar kung fu ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Hong Kong, China
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surface form:
Hong Kong
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| genre |
action
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comedy ⓘ kung fu ⓘ martial arts ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Butcher Lam Sai-wing ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | kung fu comedy ⓘ |
| language | Cantonese ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
honor and revenge
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martial arts school rivalry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of slapstick humor and traditional kung fu
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intricate fight choreography ⓘ |
| originalTitle | 林世榮 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hong Kong cinema
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surface form:
Hong Kong kung fu cinema
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| producer | Raymond Chow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Golden Harvest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | approximately 109 ⓘ |
| setIn | Foshan ⓘ |
| starring | Sammo Hung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Magnificent Butcher self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Magnificent Butcher Description of subject: The Magnificent Butcher is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film starring Sammo Hung, renowned for its intricate fight choreography and blend of slapstick humor with traditional kung fu.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Sammo Hung Kam-bo (Sammo Hung, birth name Hung Kam-bo, but often associated with Jackie Chan as fellow Hong Kong action star)
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notableWork
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The Magnificent Butcher
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subject surface form:
Sammo Hung
this entity surface form:
Magnificent Butcher
this entity surface form:
Magnificent Butcher