Slackers
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"Slackers" is a 2002 college-set teen comedy film about a group of scheming students whose elaborate cheating operation unravels when they are blackmailed by an awkward classmate.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Slackers canonical | 4 |
| Slackers (2002 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5128253 — 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: Slackers Context triple: [Jason Schwartzman, notableWork, Slackers]
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A.
Beautiful Losers
Beautiful Losers is a 1966 experimental novel by Leonard Cohen, known for its avant-garde style, eroticism, and exploration of religion, politics, and identity in Canadian culture.
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B.
The Idiots
The Idiots is a 1998 Danish drama film directed by Lars von Trier, known for its provocative exploration of social norms and its role in the Dogme 95 movement.
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C.
The Wackness
The Wackness is a 2008 coming-of-age dramedy film set in 1990s New York City, following a teenage drug dealer who trades weed for therapy sessions with his eccentric psychiatrist.
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D.
Loosies
Loosies is a 2012 romantic dramedy film about a New York City pickpocket whose life is upended when a one-night stand reappears claiming he is the father of her unborn child.
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E.
Nil by Mouth
Nil by Mouth is a 1997 British drama film written and directed by Gary Oldman that portrays a brutal, unflinching look at domestic violence and addiction in South London.
- 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: Slackers Target entity description: "Slackers" is a 2002 college-set teen comedy film about a group of scheming students whose elaborate cheating operation unravels when they are blackmailed by an awkward classmate.
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A.
Beautiful Losers
Beautiful Losers is a 1966 experimental novel by Leonard Cohen, known for its avant-garde style, eroticism, and exploration of religion, politics, and identity in Canadian culture.
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B.
The Idiots
The Idiots is a 1998 Danish drama film directed by Lars von Trier, known for its provocative exploration of social norms and its role in the Dogme 95 movement.
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C.
The Wackness
The Wackness is a 2008 coming-of-age dramedy film set in 1990s New York City, following a teenage drug dealer who trades weed for therapy sessions with his eccentric psychiatrist.
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D.
Loosies
Loosies is a 2012 romantic dramedy film about a New York City pickpocket whose life is upended when a one-night stand reappears claiming he is the father of her unborn child.
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E.
Nil by Mouth
Nil by Mouth is a 1997 British drama film written and directed by Gary Oldman that portrays a brutal, unflinching look at domestic violence and addiction in South London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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teen comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| castMember |
Cameron Diaz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Devon Sawa NERFINISHED ⓘ James King NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamie King NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Schwartzman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Segel NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Rash NERFINISHED ⓘ Laura Prepon NERFINISHED ⓘ Mena Suvari NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael C. Maronna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | James Glennon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Dewey Nicks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Screen Gems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Peter Teschner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
teen film ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
teenagers
ⓘ
young adults ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
blackmail
ⓘ
cheating ⓘ college life ⓘ friendship ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Angela Patton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dave Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethan Dulles NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Schechter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Michael Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of scheming college students run an elaborate cheating operation that unravels when they are blackmailed by an awkward classmate. ⓘ |
| producer |
Jeffrey Silver
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert F. Newmyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Original Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2002-02-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 86 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | David H. Steinberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | college ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Slackers Description of subject: "Slackers" is a 2002 college-set teen comedy film about a group of scheming students whose elaborate cheating operation unravels when they are blackmailed by an awkward classmate.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Slackers (2002 film)