The Ragtime Bear
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The Ragtime Bear is a 1949 animated short film notable for introducing the near-sighted character Mr. Magoo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Ragtime Bear canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6135683 — 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 Ragtime Bear Context triple: [Mr. Magoo, firstAppearance, The Ragtime Bear]
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A.
The Nine Bears
The Nine Bears is a crime novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, featuring one of his characteristic fast-paced mystery plots involving high-stakes intrigue and investigation.
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B.
Gadzooks the Bear
Gadzooks the Bear is a gruff but ultimately soft-hearted bear character from the Rankin/Bass stop-motion Easter special "The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town."
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C.
The Cub
The Cub is a costumed tiger cub character that serves as one of Clemson University’s athletic mascots, often appearing alongside The Tiger at sporting events and campus activities.
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D.
The Brown Bunny
The Brown Bunny is a 2003 independent road drama film written, directed by, and starring Vincent Gallo, notorious for its explicit content and polarizing reception at the Cannes Film Festival.
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E.
Cubbie Bear
Cubbie Bear is the costumed bear mascot of the Iowa Cubs minor league baseball team, entertaining fans at games and community events.
- 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 Ragtime Bear Target entity description: The Ragtime Bear is a 1949 animated short film notable for introducing the near-sighted character Mr. Magoo.
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A.
The Nine Bears
The Nine Bears is a crime novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, featuring one of his characteristic fast-paced mystery plots involving high-stakes intrigue and investigation.
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B.
Gadzooks the Bear
Gadzooks the Bear is a gruff but ultimately soft-hearted bear character from the Rankin/Bass stop-motion Easter special "The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town."
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C.
The Cub
The Cub is a costumed tiger cub character that serves as one of Clemson University’s athletic mascots, often appearing alongside The Tiger at sporting events and campus activities.
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D.
The Brown Bunny
The Brown Bunny is a 2003 independent road drama film written, directed by, and starring Vincent Gallo, notorious for its explicit content and polarizing reception at the Cannes Film Festival.
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E.
Cubbie Bear
Cubbie Bear is the costumed bear mascot of the Iowa Cubs minor league baseball team, entertaining fans at games and community events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American animated film
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animated short film ⓘ |
| animatedBy | United Productions of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| animationStudio | UPA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | original story ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | John Hubley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Mr. Magoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacterTrait | near-sighted protagonist ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
animated comedy
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comedy film ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Mr. Magoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOriginalDistributor | Columbia Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStyle | limited animation ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | ragtime-playing bear ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | traditional animation ⓘ |
| musicBy | Rudy Schrager NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | introducing the character Mr. Magoo ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Mr. Magoo film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Stephen Bosustow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | United Productions of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1949 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical short ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 7 ⓘ |
| setIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Ragtime Bear Description of subject: The Ragtime Bear is a 1949 animated short film notable for introducing the near-sighted character Mr. Magoo.
Referenced by (1)
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