The BFG (2016 film)

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The BFG (2016 film) is a 2016 fantasy adventure movie directed by Steven Spielberg, based on Roald Dahl’s children’s book about a young girl who befriends a gentle giant.

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Label	Occurrences
The BFG	7
The BFG (2016 film) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5430900 — 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 BFG (2016 film)
Context triple: [Roald Dahl, hasAdaptation, The BFG (2016 film)]

A. Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox is the clever, daring, and resourceful fox protagonist of Roald Dahl’s children’s book "Fantastic Mr. Fox," known for outwitting three cruel farmers.
B. Sherlock Gnomes
Sherlock Gnomes is an animated mystery-comedy film that parodies Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective stories using garden gnome characters.
C. Buddy the Elf
Buddy the Elf is the exuberant, childlike human raised by elves in the North Pole who journeys to New York City in the Christmas comedy film "Elf."
D. Pooh’s Heffalump Movie
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie is a 2005 animated Disney feature in the Winnie the Pooh franchise that introduces a young heffalump named Lumpy and explores themes of friendship and overcoming fear in the Hundred Acre Wood.
E. Coraline
Coraline is a dark fantasy novella by Neil Gaiman about a young girl who discovers a sinister parallel world behind a secret door in her new home.
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 BFG (2016 film)
Target entity description: The BFG (2016 film) is a 2016 fantasy adventure movie directed by Steven Spielberg, based on Roald Dahl’s children’s book about a young girl who befriends a gentle giant.

A. Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox is the clever, daring, and resourceful fox protagonist of Roald Dahl’s children’s book "Fantastic Mr. Fox," known for outwitting three cruel farmers.
B. Sherlock Gnomes
Sherlock Gnomes is an animated mystery-comedy film that parodies Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective stories using garden gnome characters.
C. Buddy the Elf
Buddy the Elf is the exuberant, childlike human raised by elves in the North Pole who journeys to New York City in the Christmas comedy film "Elf."
D. Pooh’s Heffalump Movie
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie is a 2005 animated Disney feature in the Winnie the Pooh franchise that introduces a young heffalump named Lumpy and explores themes of friendship and overcoming fear in the Hundred Acre Wood.
E. Coraline
Coraline is a dark fantasy novella by Neil Gaiman about a young girl who discovers a sinister parallel world behind a secret door in her new home.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Roald Dahl NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	The BFG (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
boxOffice	approximately 195 million USD ⓘ
budget	140 million USD ⓘ
castMember	Adam Godley NERFINISHED ⓘ Bill Hader NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ Daniel Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ Jemaine Clement NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Rylance NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael David Adamthwaite NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Moniz de Sa NERFINISHED ⓘ Penelope Wilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafe Spall NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebecca Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruby Barnhill NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographer	Janusz Kamiński NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer	John Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Steven Spielberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
editor	Marnie Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Kahn NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Queen of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	adventure ⓘ fantasy ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leadActor	Mark Rylance NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruby Barnhill NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter	Sophie NERFINISHED ⓘ The BFG NERFINISHED ⓘ
mpaaRating	PG ⓘ
narrativeFocus	friendship between a young girl and a gentle giant ⓘ
producer	Frank Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Mercer NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Spielberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Amblin Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ Reliance Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ Walden Media NERFINISHED ⓘ Walt Disney Pictures ⓘ
releaseYear	2016 ⓘ
runningTime	117 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Melissa Mathison NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Giant Country NERFINISHED ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
visualEffectsCompany	Weta Digital NERFINISHED ⓘ

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