Down by Law
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Down by Law is a 1986 independent black-and-white film by Jim Jarmusch, known for its offbeat humor and atmospheric portrayal of three mismatched men who meet in a New Orleans jail.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Down by Law canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4358839 — 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: Down by Law Context triple: [Tom Waits, filmAppearance, Down by Law]
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A.
I Shot the Sheriff
"I Shot the Sheriff" is a reggae song written and first recorded by Bob Marley that became internationally famous, especially through Eric Clapton’s hit cover version.
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B.
Outlaw
Outlaw is an American legal drama television series starring Jimmy Smits as a Supreme Court justice who resigns to return to private practice and fight for social justice.
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C.
Outlaws
"Outlaws" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their 2016 album *Revolution Radio*.
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D.
The Outlaw
The Outlaw is a 1943 Western film famous for its controversial sexual content and for helping launch the career of actress Jane Russell.
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E.
Hang 'Em High
"Hang 'Em High" is a 1968 instrumental track by Booker T. & the M.G.'s, known for its soulful, groove-driven reinterpretation of the theme from the Clint Eastwood Western film of the same name.
- 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: Down by Law Target entity description: Down by Law is a 1986 independent black-and-white film by Jim Jarmusch, known for its offbeat humor and atmospheric portrayal of three mismatched men who meet in a New Orleans jail.
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A.
I Shot the Sheriff
"I Shot the Sheriff" is a reggae song written and first recorded by Bob Marley that became internationally famous, especially through Eric Clapton’s hit cover version.
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B.
Outlaw
Outlaw is an American legal drama television series starring Jimmy Smits as a Supreme Court justice who resigns to return to private practice and fight for social justice.
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C.
Outlaws
"Outlaws" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their 2016 album *Revolution Radio*.
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D.
The Outlaw
The Outlaw is a 1943 Western film famous for its controversial sexual content and for helping launch the career of actress Jane Russell.
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E.
Hang 'Em High
"Hang 'Em High" is a 1968 instrumental track by Booker T. & the M.G.'s, known for its soulful, groove-driven reinterpretation of the theme from the Clint Eastwood Western film of the same name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
black-and-white film
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film ⓘ independent film ⓘ |
| castMember |
Ellen Barkin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nicoletta Braschi NERFINISHED ⓘ Timothy J. Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Vernel Bagneris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Robby Müller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dialogueLanguage | English ⓘ |
| director | Jim Jarmusch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Island Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Melody London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
DJ Zack
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack the pimp ⓘ Roberto the Italian tourist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Louisiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama film
ⓘ
independent cinema ⓘ |
| hasColorInfo | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| locationSetting |
Louisiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Lurie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | three mismatched men in jail ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
escape
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric cinematography
ⓘ
deadpan dialogue ⓘ offbeat humor ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Jim Jarmusch filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| producer |
Alan Kleinberg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jim Stark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Black Snake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 107 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jim Jarmusch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
John Lurie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roberto Benigni NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Waits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
deadpan
ⓘ
minimalist ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting | 1980s ⓘ |
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: Down by Law Description of subject: Down by Law is a 1986 independent black-and-white film by Jim Jarmusch, known for its offbeat humor and atmospheric portrayal of three mismatched men who meet in a New Orleans jail.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.