The In-Laws
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The In-Laws is a 1979 comedy film best known for its absurd, farcical plot and the comedic pairing of Alan Arkin and Peter Falk.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The In-Laws (2003 film) | 8 |
| The In-Laws canonical | 6 |
| The In-Laws (1979 film) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4455998 — 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 In-Laws Context triple: [Alan Arkin, notableWork, The In-Laws]
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A.
Son in Law
"Son in Law" is a 1993 American comedy film starring Pauly Shore as a flamboyant college student who clashes with his girlfriend’s conservative rural family during a Thanksgiving visit.
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B.
Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride is a classic 1950 American comedy film about a father's humorous and emotional struggles as he prepares for his daughter's wedding.
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C.
Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride is a 1991 American comedy film about a father struggling with his daughter's impending wedding, best known for starring Steve Martin in the lead role.
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D.
American Wedding
American Wedding is a 2003 American comedy film, the third installment in the American Pie series, following the characters as they navigate the chaos surrounding Jim and Michelle’s wedding.
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E.
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib is a classic 1949 American romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as married lawyers who oppose each other in a high-profile court case about gender equality.
- 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 In-Laws Target entity description: The In-Laws is a 1979 comedy film best known for its absurd, farcical plot and the comedic pairing of Alan Arkin and Peter Falk.
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A.
Son in Law
"Son in Law" is a 1993 American comedy film starring Pauly Shore as a flamboyant college student who clashes with his girlfriend’s conservative rural family during a Thanksgiving visit.
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B.
Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride is a 1991 American comedy film about a father struggling with his daughter's impending wedding, best known for starring Steve Martin in the lead role.
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C.
Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride is a classic 1950 American comedy film about a father's humorous and emotional struggles as he prepares for his daughter's wedding.
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D.
American Wedding
American Wedding is a 2003 American comedy film, the third installment in the American Pie series, following the characters as they navigate the chaos surrounding Jim and Michelle’s wedding.
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E.
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib is a classic 1949 American romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as married lawyers who oppose each other in a high-profile court case about gender equality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| castMember |
Alan Arkin
NERFINISHED
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Arlene Golonka NERFINISHED ⓘ James Hong NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Dussault NERFINISHED ⓘ Penny Peyser NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Falk NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Libertini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | David M. Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Arthur Hiller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| editedBy | Robert C. Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1970s American cinema ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | live-action ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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farce ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasSequelOrRemake | The In-Laws (2003 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
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DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Sheldon Kornpett
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vince Ricardo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | misadventures of two future in-laws ⓘ |
| notableFor |
absurd farcical plot
ⓘ
comedic pairing of Alan Arkin and Peter Falk ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Arthur Hiller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1979-06-15 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Andrew Bergman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Alan Arkin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Falk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The In-Laws NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Andrew Bergman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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 In-Laws Description of subject: The In-Laws is a 1979 comedy film best known for its absurd, farcical plot and the comedic pairing of Alan Arkin and Peter Falk.
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The In-Laws (1979 film)
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