Home Alone film series
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The Home Alone film series is a popular American comedy franchise centered on children who must defend their homes from bumbling criminals, launched by the hit 1990 film starring Macaulay Culkin.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Home Alone film series canonical | 3 |
| Home Alone franchise | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4356152 — 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: Home Alone film series Context triple: [Home Alone (1990 film), partOfSeries, Home Alone film series]
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Home Alone (1990 film)
Home Alone (1990 film) is a popular family comedy in which a young boy must defend his house from burglars after being accidentally left behind during his family's Christmas vacation.
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B.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a 1992 family comedy film in which Kevin McCallister is accidentally separated from his family and must outwit familiar burglars while navigating New York City on his own.
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C.
National Lampoon’s Vacation film series
The National Lampoon’s Vacation film series is a collection of American comedy movies following the misadventures of the Griswold family, led by the bumbling but well-meaning Clark Griswold, on a variety of disastrous vacations.
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National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is a 1989 comedy film that follows the Griswold family’s disastrously over-the-top attempts to celebrate the perfect Christmas holiday.
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Four Christmases
Four Christmases is a 2008 American holiday comedy film starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as a couple forced to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Home Alone film series Target entity description: The Home Alone film series is a popular American comedy franchise centered on children who must defend their homes from bumbling criminals, launched by the hit 1990 film starring Macaulay Culkin.
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A.
Home Alone (1990 film)
Home Alone (1990 film) is a popular family comedy in which a young boy must defend his house from burglars after being accidentally left behind during his family's Christmas vacation.
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B.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a 1992 family comedy film in which Kevin McCallister is accidentally separated from his family and must outwit familiar burglars while navigating New York City on his own.
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C.
National Lampoon’s Vacation film series
The National Lampoon’s Vacation film series is a collection of American comedy movies following the misadventures of the Griswold family, led by the bumbling but well-meaning Clark Griswold, on a variety of disastrous vacations.
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D.
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is a 1989 comedy film that follows the Griswold family’s disastrously over-the-top attempts to celebrate the perfect Christmas holiday.
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E.
Four Christmases
Four Christmases is a 2008 American holiday comedy film starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as a couple forced to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film series ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay by John Hughes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| creator | John Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstWorkReleaseDate | 1990 ⓘ |
| genre |
Christmas film
ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ family film ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Harry Lyme
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kate McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ Marv Murchins NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter McCallister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Home Alone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Home Alone 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House NERFINISHED ⓘ Home Alone: The Holiday Heist NERFINISHED ⓘ Home Sweet Home Alone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff |
Home Alone 3
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House NERFINISHED ⓘ Home Alone: The Holiday Heist NERFINISHED ⓘ Home Sweet Home Alone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1990 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | children defending their homes from criminals ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCastMember |
Catherine O'Hara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daniel Stern NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Pesci NERFINISHED ⓘ John Heard NERFINISHED ⓘ Macaulay Culkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
booby traps used against burglars
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holiday television reruns ⓘ slapstick violence ⓘ |
| notableLocation |
Chicago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Home Alone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetworkOrPlatform | theatrical release ⓘ |
| partOf | American popular culture ⓘ |
| producer | John Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| targetAudience | families ⓘ |
| typicalSetting | suburban house ⓘ |
| typicalTheme |
family and holiday spirit
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home defense ⓘ |
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Subject: Home Alone film series Description of subject: The Home Alone film series is a popular American comedy franchise centered on children who must defend their homes from bumbling criminals, launched by the hit 1990 film starring Macaulay Culkin.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gus Polinski
this entity surface form:
Home Alone franchise