But I'm a Cheerleader
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But I'm a Cheerleader is a 1999 satirical coming-of-age comedy film about a teenage cheerleader sent to a conversion therapy camp, noted for its campy style and LGBTQ+ themes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| But I'm a Cheerleader canonical | 6 |
| But I’m a Cheerleader | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5029371 — 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: But I'm a Cheerleader Context triple: [Natasha Lyonne, knownFor, But I'm a Cheerleader]
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A.
Heathers
Heathers is a 1989 dark comedy film that satirizes high school cliques, teen violence, and social hierarchies, and has since become a cult classic.
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Showgirls
Showgirls is a 1995 erotic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven that follows an ambitious drifter’s ruthless rise through the Las Vegas strip-club and showgirl scene.
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C.
Chasing Amy
Chasing Amy is a 1997 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith that explores complex relationships and sexual identity within the comic book subculture.
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D.
American Pie
American Pie is a 1999 teen comedy film that became a pop-culture phenomenon for its raunchy humor and coming-of-age storyline centered on a group of high school friends.
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E.
Jennifer's Body
Jennifer's Body is a 2009 horror-comedy film about a possessed high school girl who preys on her male classmates, written by Diablo Cody and starring Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried.
- 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: But I'm a Cheerleader Target entity description: But I'm a Cheerleader is a 1999 satirical coming-of-age comedy film about a teenage cheerleader sent to a conversion therapy camp, noted for its campy style and LGBTQ+ themes.
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A.
Heathers
Heathers is a 1989 dark comedy film that satirizes high school cliques, teen violence, and social hierarchies, and has since become a cult classic.
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B.
Showgirls
Showgirls is a 1995 erotic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven that follows an ambitious drifter’s ruthless rise through the Las Vegas strip-club and showgirl scene.
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C.
Chasing Amy
Chasing Amy is a 1997 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith that explores complex relationships and sexual identity within the comic book subculture.
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D.
American Pie
American Pie is a 1999 teen comedy film that became a pop-culture phenomenon for its raunchy humor and coming-of-age storyline centered on a group of high school friends.
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E.
Jennifer's Body
Jennifer's Body is a 2009 horror-comedy film about a possessed high school girl who preys on her male classmates, written by Diablo Cody and starring Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LGBT-related film
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comedy film ⓘ coming-of-age film ⓘ film ⓘ satirical film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jules Labarthe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Pat Irwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Jamie Babbit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Lions Gate Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor |
Jamie Babbit
NERFINISHED
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Plummy Tucker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT cinema
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coming-of-age ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ satire ⓘ teen comedy ⓘ |
| hasStyle | camp ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
LGBTQ+ identity
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coming out ⓘ conversion therapy ⓘ gender roles ⓘ satire of heteronormativity ⓘ |
| hasVisualStyle | bright color palette ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Megan Bloomfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of ex-gay movement
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cult following in queer cinema ⓘ depiction of lesbian coming-of-age story ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A teenage cheerleader is sent to a conversion therapy camp after her parents suspect she is a lesbian. ⓘ |
| premiereAt | Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Andrea Sperling
NERFINISHED
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Leanna Creel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ignite Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | cheerleader ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1999-09-12 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 85 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Brian Wayne Peterson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | conversion therapy camp ⓘ |
| stars |
Bud Cort
NERFINISHED
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Cathy Moriarty NERFINISHED ⓘ Clea DuVall NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie Cibrian NERFINISHED ⓘ Joel Michaely NERFINISHED ⓘ Katrina Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ Melanie Lynskey NERFINISHED ⓘ Michelle Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Natasha Lyonne NERFINISHED ⓘ RuPaul Charles 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: But I'm a Cheerleader Description of subject: But I'm a Cheerleader is a 1999 satirical coming-of-age comedy film about a teenage cheerleader sent to a conversion therapy camp, noted for its campy style and LGBTQ+ themes.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
But I’m a Cheerleader
this entity surface form:
But I’m a Cheerleader