The Replacements
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The Replacements is a 2000 American sports comedy film about a team of misfit replacement football players, starring Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Replacements canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4334247 — 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: The Replacements Context triple: [Rhys Ifans, notableWork, The Replacements]
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A.
The Replacements
The Replacements were a pioneering American alternative rock band from the 1980s known for their raw, melodic sound and influential role in shaping indie and punk-influenced rock music.
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B.
Hüsker Dü
Hüsker Dü was an influential American punk rock band from the 1980s known for blending hardcore intensity with melodic, emotionally charged songwriting.
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C.
The Posies
The Posies are an American power pop and alternative rock band formed in the late 1980s, best known for their melodic songwriting and harmonies.
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D.
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr. is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the 1980s, known for its loud, distorted guitar sound, melodic songwriting, and the distinctive vocals and guitar work of frontman J Mascis.
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E.
The Bouncing Souls
The Bouncing Souls are a long-running New Jersey punk rock band known for their energetic anthems, heartfelt lyrics, and influential role in the East Coast punk scene.
- 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 Replacements Target entity description: The Replacements is a 2000 American sports comedy film about a team of misfit replacement football players, starring Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman.
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A.
The Replacements
The Replacements were a pioneering American alternative rock band from the 1980s known for their raw, melodic sound and influential role in shaping indie and punk-influenced rock music.
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B.
Hüsker Dü
Hüsker Dü was an influential American punk rock band from the 1980s known for blending hardcore intensity with melodic, emotionally charged songwriting.
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C.
The Posies
The Posies are an American power pop and alternative rock band formed in the late 1980s, best known for their melodic songwriting and harmonies.
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D.
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr. is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the 1980s, known for its loud, distorted guitar sound, melodic songwriting, and the distinctive vocals and guitar work of frontman J Mascis.
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E.
The Bouncing Souls
The Bouncing Souls are a long-running New Jersey punk rock band known for their energetic anthems, heartfelt lyrics, and influential role in the East Coast punk scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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film ⓘ sports comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | 1987 NFL players' strike NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Brett Cullen
NERFINISHED
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Brooke Langton NERFINISHED ⓘ David Denman NERFINISHED ⓘ Faizon Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Hackman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Warden NERFINISHED ⓘ Jon Favreau NERFINISHED ⓘ Keanu Reeves NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Jace NERFINISHED ⓘ Orlando Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhys Ifans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPlayedByGeneHackman | Jimmy McGinty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPlayedByKeanuReeves | Shane Falco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Tak Fujimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Howard Deutch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Bud Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalLeague | professional American football league ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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sports comedy ⓘ sports film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
second chances
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teamwork ⓘ underdog sports team ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jimmy McGinty
NERFINISHED
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Shane Falco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Debney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A team of replacement players is assembled to finish the professional football season during a players' strike. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Gene Hackman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Keanu Reeves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Dylan Sellers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2000-08-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 118 ⓘ |
| setting | Washington Sentinels football team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Replacements NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Vince McKewin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Replacements Description of subject: The Replacements is a 2000 American sports comedy film about a team of misfit replacement football players, starring Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.