The Dilemma
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The Dilemma is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard, starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James as best friends whose relationship is tested when one discovers the other's wife is having an affair.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Dilemma canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5356549 — 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 Dilemma Context triple: [Mike Hill, notableWork, The Dilemma]
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A.
“Dilemma”
“Dilemma” is a 2002 R&B/hip-hop duet by Kelly Rowland and Nelly that became a global hit, earning a Grammy Award and topping charts worldwide.
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B.
Dilemma
"Dilemma" is a 2002 R&B/hip-hop song by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland that became a global hit and one of his signature tracks.
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C.
The Confusion
The Confusion is a historical science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson, forming the second volume of his Baroque Cycle and blending adventure, science, and political intrigue in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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D.
The Intrigue
The Intrigue is a famous 1890 painting by Belgian expressionist James Ensor, known for its grotesque masked figures and satirical depiction of bourgeois society.
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E.
El Duda
El Duda is a locality in Libya situated near the settlement of Belhamed, known primarily for its role in regional geography and transport routes.
- 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 Dilemma Target entity description: The Dilemma is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard, starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James as best friends whose relationship is tested when one discovers the other's wife is having an affair.
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A.
“Dilemma”
“Dilemma” is a 2002 R&B/hip-hop duet by Kelly Rowland and Nelly that became a global hit, earning a Grammy Award and topping charts worldwide.
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B.
Dilemma
"Dilemma" is a 2002 R&B/hip-hop song by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland that became a global hit and one of his signature tracks.
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C.
The Confusion
The Confusion is a historical science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson, forming the second volume of his Baroque Cycle and blending adventure, science, and political intrigue in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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D.
The Intrigue
The Intrigue is a famous 1890 painting by Belgian expressionist James Ensor, known for its grotesque masked figures and satirical depiction of bourgeois society.
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E.
El Duda
El Duda is a locality in Libya situated near the settlement of Belhamed, known primarily for its role in regional geography and transport routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Salvatore Totino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Ron Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| distributedIn | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Dan Hanley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mike Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingBegan | 2010 ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Chicago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasMarketing | theatrical trailer featuring a controversial line later altered ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
friendship
ⓘ
infidelity ⓘ trust ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Nick Brannen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ronny Valentine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hans Zimmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAwardNomination | Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Movie Actor: Comedy for Kevin James ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man discovers his best friend’s wife is having an affair and struggles with whether to tell him. ⓘ |
| producer |
Brian Grazer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vince Vaughn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Imagine Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2011-01-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 111 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Allan Loeb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundMix | Dolby Digital NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Channing Tatum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jennifer Connelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin James NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Latifah NERFINISHED ⓘ Vince Vaughn NERFINISHED ⓘ Winona Ryder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 Dilemma Description of subject: The Dilemma is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard, starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James as best friends whose relationship is tested when one discovers the other's wife is having an affair.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Clint Howard