The Willoughbys
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The Willoughbys is an animated family comedy film, based on Lois Lowry’s book, that follows four neglected siblings who hatch a plan to rid themselves of their selfish parents.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Willoughbys canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6106328 — 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 Willoughbys Context triple: [Terry Crews, hasVoiceRoleIn, The Willoughbys]
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A.
The Gingham Girl
The Gingham Girl is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film starring Australian actress Lotus Thompson.
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B.
The Watsons
"The Watsons" is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen that explores themes of social class, marriage, and female dependence through the story of a young woman re-entering her birth family’s precarious world.
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C.
The Seven Little Foys
The Seven Little Foys is a 1955 biographical musical comedy film starring Bob Hope as vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy and depicting his family’s stage act.
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D.
The Merry Family
The Merry Family is a 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Jan Steen depicting a boisterous household scene as a humorous moral lesson about excess and misbehavior.
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E.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a classic children's picture book following the mischievous adventures of a young rabbit who disobeys his mother and sneaks into Mr. McGregor's garden.
- 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 Willoughbys Target entity description: The Willoughbys is an animated family comedy film, based on Lois Lowry’s book, that follows four neglected siblings who hatch a plan to rid themselves of their selfish parents.
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A.
The Gingham Girl
The Gingham Girl is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film starring Australian actress Lotus Thompson.
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B.
The Watsons
"The Watsons" is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen that explores themes of social class, marriage, and female dependence through the story of a young woman re-entering her birth family’s precarious world.
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C.
The Seven Little Foys
The Seven Little Foys is a 1955 biographical musical comedy film starring Bob Hope as vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy and depicting his family’s stage act.
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D.
The Merry Family
The Merry Family is a 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Jan Steen depicting a boisterous household scene as a humorous moral lesson about excess and misbehavior.
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E.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a classic children's picture book following the mischievous adventures of a young rabbit who disobeys his mother and sneaks into Mr. McGregor's garden.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian film
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animated film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Lois Lowry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Willoughbys (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Barnaby A Willoughby
NERFINISHED
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Barnaby B Willoughby NERFINISHED ⓘ Commander Melanoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Willoughby NERFINISHED ⓘ The Nanny NERFINISHED ⓘ The Willoughby Parents NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Willoughby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Sebastian Brodin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coDirector | Rob Lodermeier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| director | Kris Pearn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Netflix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Andrea Miloro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
animation
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comedy ⓘ family ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| MPAARating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Mark Mothersbaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | Ricky Gervais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | Netflix ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Four neglected siblings hatch a plan to send their selfish parents on a dangerous vacation so they can create a better family for themselves. ⓘ |
| producer |
Aaron L. Gilbert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brenda Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ Luke Carroll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Bron Animation
NERFINISHED
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Bron Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2020-04-22 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 92 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Cory Evans
NERFINISHED
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Kris Pearn NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Stanleigh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | a stylized, unspecified city ⓘ |
| theme |
family
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found family ⓘ neglect ⓘ |
| voiceCastMember |
Alessia Cara
NERFINISHED
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Jane Krakowski NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Short NERFINISHED ⓘ Maya Rudolph NERFINISHED ⓘ Sean Cullen NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry Crews NERFINISHED ⓘ Will Forte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Willoughbys Description of subject: The Willoughbys is an animated family comedy film, based on Lois Lowry’s book, that follows four neglected siblings who hatch a plan to rid themselves of their selfish parents.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.