Clerks III
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Clerks III is a 2022 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that revisits the lives of Dante and Randal as middle-aged convenience store clerks confronting mortality and nostalgia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clerks III canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5914279 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clerks III Context triple: [Kevin Smith, notableWork, Clerks III]
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A.
Clerks II
Clerks II is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that serves as the sequel to his cult classic indie film Clerks, following the further misadventures of Dante and Randal.
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B.
Clerks
Clerks is a 1994 independent black-and-white comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that follows a day in the lives of two convenience store clerks and became a cult classic.
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C.
The Clerks
"The Clerks" is a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that characteristically explores the inner lives and quiet struggles of ordinary office workers through his reflective, psychologically nuanced verse.
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D.
Bluntman and Chronic
Bluntman and Chronic are fictional comic book superheroes created by Kevin Smith within his View Askewniverse, parodying stoner culture and superhero tropes through the characters Jay and Silent Bob.
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E.
Practical Jokers
Practical Jokers is an album by the band The Swingers, known for its blend of new wave and pop-rock sounds.
- 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: Clerks III Target entity description: Clerks III is a 2022 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that revisits the lives of Dante and Randal as middle-aged convenience store clerks confronting mortality and nostalgia.
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A.
Clerks II
Clerks II is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that serves as the sequel to his cult classic indie film Clerks, following the further misadventures of Dante and Randal.
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B.
Clerks
Clerks is a 1994 independent black-and-white comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that follows a day in the lives of two convenience store clerks and became a cult classic.
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C.
The Clerks
"The Clerks" is a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that characteristically explores the inner lives and quiet struggles of ordinary office workers through his reflective, psychologically nuanced verse.
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D.
Bluntman and Chronic
Bluntman and Chronic are fictional comic book superheroes created by Kevin Smith within his View Askewniverse, parodying stoner culture and superhero tropes through the characters Jay and Silent Bob.
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E.
Practical Jokers
Practical Jokers is an album by the band The Swingers, known for its blend of new wave and pop-rock sounds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | characters created by Kevin Smith ⓘ |
| character |
Jay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Silent Bob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Leah Tiscione NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Kevin Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Lionsgate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Kevin Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalLocation |
Quick Stop Groceries
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
RST Video ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows |
Clerks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clerks II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dante Hicks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Randal Graves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metaElement | film within a film about the original Clerks ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | James L. Venable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | View Askewniverse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | middle-aged convenience store clerks ⓘ |
| portraysEvent | Randal's heart attack ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | third film ⓘ |
| producer | Kevin Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | View Askew Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2022 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 115 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Kevin Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Clerks film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Austin Zajur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brian O'Halloran NERFINISHED ⓘ Elias Grover NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Mewes NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Marilyn Ghigliotti NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosario Dawson NERFINISHED ⓘ Trevor Fehrman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
filmmaking
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ mortality ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ |
| writer | Kevin Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clerks III Description of subject: Clerks III is a 2022 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith that revisits the lives of Dante and Randal as middle-aged convenience store clerks confronting mortality and nostalgia.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.