The Absent-Minded Professor
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The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 Disney science-fiction comedy film about an eccentric inventor who creates a gravity-defying substance called "flubber."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Absent-Minded Professor canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5326055 — 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 Absent-Minded Professor Context triple: [Leon Ames, notableWork, The Absent-Minded Professor]
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A.
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse is a 1938 crime drama film starring Edward G. Robinson as a psychiatrist who becomes involved with a gang of jewel thieves to study criminal behavior.
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B.
The Professor
The Professor is the mastermind strategist and enigmatic leader who orchestrates the meticulously planned heists in the Spanish series "Money Heist."
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C.
The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor is a 1963 comedy film starring Jerry Lewis as a nerdy professor who transforms into a suave but obnoxious alter ego after drinking a special potion.
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D.
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1959 low-budget science fiction horror film directed by Ed Wood, widely regarded as one of the most infamous "so-bad-it's-good" cult movies in cinema history.
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E.
Podkayne of Mars
Podkayne of Mars is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that follows a Martian teenager’s adventurous journey through space and explores themes of gender roles, politics, and coming of age.
- 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 Absent-Minded Professor Target entity description: The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 Disney science-fiction comedy film about an eccentric inventor who creates a gravity-defying substance called "flubber."
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A.
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse is a 1938 crime drama film starring Edward G. Robinson as a psychiatrist who becomes involved with a gang of jewel thieves to study criminal behavior.
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B.
The Professor
The Professor is the mastermind strategist and enigmatic leader who orchestrates the meticulously planned heists in the Spanish series "Money Heist."
-
C.
The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor is a 1963 comedy film starring Jerry Lewis as a nerdy professor who transforms into a suave but obnoxious alter ego after drinking a special potion.
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D.
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1959 low-budget science fiction horror film directed by Ed Wood, widely regarded as one of the most infamous "so-bad-it's-good" cult movies in cinema history.
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E.
Podkayne of Mars
Podkayne of Mars is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that follows a Martian teenager’s adventurous journey through space and explores themes of gender roles, politics, and coming of age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
science fiction comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | A Situation of Gravity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Samuel W. Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Elliott Reid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fred MacMurray NERFINISHED ⓘ Keenan Wynn NERFINISHED ⓘ Leon Ames NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Olson NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Kirk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Edward Colman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Robert Stevenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disneyFranchise | Medfield College films ⓘ |
| distributor | Buena Vista Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Cotton Warburton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresSport | basketball ⓘ |
| fictionalInvention | flubber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Son of Flubber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
family film ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| leadActor | Fred MacMurray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Professor Ned Brainard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | G ⓘ |
| musicBy | George Bruns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
romantic comedy
ⓘ
scientific invention ⓘ |
| notableElement | gravity-defying rubber-like substance ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An eccentric professor invents a gravity-defying substance called flubber that causes comic chaos. ⓘ |
| producer | Walt Disney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | inventor ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1961-03-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| remadeAs | Flubber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| remakeReleaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Bill Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sequelReleaseYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| setting | Medfield College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
| title | The Absent-Minded Professor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesFlubberFor | enhancing basketball performance ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: The Absent-Minded Professor Description of subject: The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 Disney science-fiction comedy film about an eccentric inventor who creates a gravity-defying substance called "flubber."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.