The Paperboy
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The Paperboy is a 2012 American crime drama film directed by Lee Daniels, based on Pete Dexter’s novel, known for its steamy Deep South setting and an ensemble cast including Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, and John Cusack.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Paperboy canonical | 5 |
| The Paperboy (2012 film) | 2 |
| The Boys | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5315026 — 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 Paperboy Context triple: [Anthony Katagas, notableWork, The Paperboy]
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A.
Mr. Papers
Mr. Papers is a rapper best known for his on-and-off romantic relationship with hip-hop icon Lil' Kim.
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B.
The Paper
The Paper is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard that follows the hectic, deadline-driven day at a New York City tabloid newspaper.
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C.
The Boys
The Boys are a group of down-and-out yet tight-knit drifters and misfits in John Steinbeck’s novel "Cannery Row," known for their humorous, chaotic schemes and rough-edged camaraderie.
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D.
The Boy
The Boy is a 2016 American horror film about a young woman hired to nanny a lifelike doll that may be supernaturally alive.
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E.
The Boys in the Back Room
The Boys in the Back Room is a vibrant painting by African-American artist Archibald Motley that depicts lively nightlife and social scenes within Black urban culture.
- 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 Paperboy Target entity description: The Paperboy is a 2012 American crime drama film directed by Lee Daniels, based on Pete Dexter’s novel, known for its steamy Deep South setting and an ensemble cast including Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, and John Cusack.
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A.
Mr. Papers
Mr. Papers is a rapper best known for his on-and-off romantic relationship with hip-hop icon Lil' Kim.
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B.
The Paper
The Paper is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard that follows the hectic, deadline-driven day at a New York City tabloid newspaper.
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C.
The Boys
The Boys are a group of down-and-out yet tight-knit drifters and misfits in John Steinbeck’s novel "Cannery Row," known for their humorous, chaotic schemes and rough-edged camaraderie.
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D.
The Boy
The Boy is a 2016 American horror film about a young woman hired to nanny a lifelike doll that may be supernaturally alive.
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E.
The Boys in the Back Room
The Boys in the Back Room is a vibrant painting by African-American artist Archibald Motley that depicts lively nightlife and social scenes within Black urban culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Pete Dexter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Paperboy (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossWorldwide | approximately $3,000,000 ⓘ |
| character |
Anita Chester
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charlotte Bless NERFINISHED ⓘ Hillary Van Wetter NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Jansen NERFINISHED ⓘ Ward Jansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Robbie Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Lee Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Alchemy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Millennium Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Joe Klotz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Mario Grigorov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narratorCharacter | Anita Chester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial critical reception
ⓘ
depiction of Deep South racism ⓘ erotic content ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotElement | investigation of a possibly wrongful murder conviction ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | 2012 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Avi Lerner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ed Cathell III NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Lee Daniels Entertainment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nu Image NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceNovel | 1995 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2012-05-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 107 ⓘ |
| screenedInSection | Cannes Film Festival Official Selection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Lee Daniels
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pete Dexter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
David Oyelowo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Cusack NERFINISHED ⓘ Macy Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew McConaughey NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicole Kidman NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Glenn NERFINISHED ⓘ Zac Efron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting | late 1960s ⓘ |
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 Paperboy Description of subject: The Paperboy is a 2012 American crime drama film directed by Lee Daniels, based on Pete Dexter’s novel, known for its steamy Deep South setting and an ensemble cast including Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, and John Cusack.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Boys
this entity surface form:
The Paperboy (2012 film)
this entity surface form:
The Paperboy (2012 film)