The House That Jack Built
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The House That Jack Built is a 2018 psychological horror film directed by Lars von Trier, following the gruesome career of a serial killer over several decades.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The House That Jack Built canonical | 6 |
| The House That Jack Built (2018 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5148211 — 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 House That Jack Built Context triple: [Bruno Ganz, notableWork, The House That Jack Built]
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A.
House I Built
"House I Built" is a track by the electronic music producer BODR, showcasing his style within the contemporary electronic/dance music scene.
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B.
The House That Nat Built
"The House That Nat Built" is a nickname for the Capitol Records Building in Los Angeles, highlighting how Nat King Cole’s success was instrumental in establishing the label’s prominence.
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C.
Plump Jack
Plump Jack is an opera by American composer Gordon Getty, based on the character Sir John Falstaff from Shakespeare’s history plays.
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D.
Knick Knack
Knick Knack is a 1989 Pixar animated short film known for its slapstick humor and distinctive 3D computer animation style.
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E.
Heebie Jeebies
"Heebie Jeebies" is a 1926 jazz recording by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, famous for popularizing scat singing in mainstream jazz.
- 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 House That Jack Built Target entity description: The House That Jack Built is a 2018 psychological horror film directed by Lars von Trier, following the gruesome career of a serial killer over several decades.
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A.
House I Built
"House I Built" is a track by the electronic music producer BODR, showcasing his style within the contemporary electronic/dance music scene.
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B.
The House That Nat Built
"The House That Nat Built" is a nickname for the Capitol Records Building in Los Angeles, highlighting how Nat King Cole’s success was instrumental in establishing the label’s prominence.
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C.
Plump Jack
Plump Jack is an opera by American composer Gordon Getty, based on the character Sir John Falstaff from Shakespeare’s history plays.
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D.
Knick Knack
Knick Knack is a 1989 Pixar animated short film known for its slapstick humor and distinctive 3D computer animation style.
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E.
Heebie Jeebies
"Heebie Jeebies" is a 1926 jazz recording by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, famous for popularizing scat singing in mainstream jazz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
psychological horror film ⓘ |
| character |
Jack
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Verge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Manuel Alberto Claro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Belgium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Lars von Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | IFC Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Jacob Secher Schulsinger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Molly Malene Stensgaard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalYear | 2018 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | life of a serial killer ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStructure | episodic ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
art and violence
ⓘ
evil and morality ⓘ serial murder ⓘ |
| hasVersion | director's cut ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Victor Reyes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTimeSpan | several decades ⓘ |
| portrays |
misogyny
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philosophical dialogue ⓘ serial killer ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| premieredAt | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Lars von Trier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Louise Vesth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Zentropa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2018 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 152 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Lars von Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington state NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Bruno Ganz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Matt Dillon NERFINISHED ⓘ Riley Keough NERFINISHED ⓘ Siobhan Fallon Hogan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sofie Gråbøl NERFINISHED ⓘ Uma Thurman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | English nursery rhyme "This Is the House That Jack Built" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The House That Jack Built Description of subject: The House That Jack Built is a 2018 psychological horror film directed by Lars von Trier, following the gruesome career of a serial killer over several decades.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The House That Jack Built (2018 film)