Uncle Kent
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Uncle Kent is an independent mumblecore-style film directed by Joe Swanberg that follows the awkward romantic and personal life of a middle-aged Los Angeles animator.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Uncle Kent canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5752776 — 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: Uncle Kent Context triple: [Joe Swanberg, notableWork, Uncle Kent]
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A.
Uncle Paul
Uncle Paul is an affectionate English nickname most famously associated with "Oom Paul," the popular moniker of South African Boer leader and former Transvaal president Paul Kruger.
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B.
Uncle Bob
Uncle Bob is the nickname of Robert C. Martin, a prominent software engineer and author known for his influential work on clean code practices and agile software development.
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C.
Uncle Henry
Uncle Henry is Dorothy Gale’s hardworking Kansas farmer uncle who appears as her guardian in L. Frank Baum’s Oz series.
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D.
Uncle Joe
Uncle Joe is a colloquial nickname for Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator who led the USSR through World War II and oversaw widespread political repression.
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E.
Uncle Frank
"Uncle Frank" is a 2020 coming-of-age road trip drama film written and directed by Alan Ball, in which Paul Bettany stars as a closeted gay literature professor confronting his past and family in the American South of the 1970s.
- 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: Uncle Kent Target entity description: Uncle Kent is an independent mumblecore-style film directed by Joe Swanberg that follows the awkward romantic and personal life of a middle-aged Los Angeles animator.
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A.
Uncle Paul
Uncle Paul is an affectionate English nickname most famously associated with "Oom Paul," the popular moniker of South African Boer leader and former Transvaal president Paul Kruger.
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B.
Uncle Bob
Uncle Bob is the nickname of Robert C. Martin, a prominent software engineer and author known for his influential work on clean code practices and agile software development.
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C.
Uncle Henry
Uncle Henry is Dorothy Gale’s hardworking Kansas farmer uncle who appears as her guardian in L. Frank Baum’s Oz series.
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D.
Uncle Joe
Uncle Joe is a colloquial nickname for Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator who led the USSR through World War II and oversaw widespread political repression.
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E.
Uncle Frank
"Uncle Frank" is a 2020 coming-of-age road trip drama film written and directed by Alan Ball, in which Paul Bettany stars as a closeted gay literature professor confronting his past and family in the American South of the 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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mumblecore film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Joe Swanberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | IFC Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmmakingMovement | mumblecore ⓘ |
| filmmakingStyle |
low-budget
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naturalistic dialogue ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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drama film ⓘ romantic comedy-drama film ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Uncle Kent 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | animator ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
awkward romantic life of a middle-aged Los Angeles animator
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personal life of a middle-aged Los Angeles animator ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Joe Swanberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 72 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Joe Swanberg
NERFINISHED
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Kent Osborne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Jennifer Prediger
NERFINISHED
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Josephine Decker NERFINISHED ⓘ Kent Osborne NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Bewersdorf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
loneliness
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midlife crisis ⓘ modern relationships ⓘ romantic uncertainty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Uncle Kent Description of subject: Uncle Kent is an independent mumblecore-style film directed by Joe Swanberg that follows the awkward romantic and personal life of a middle-aged Los Angeles animator.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.