The Castle
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The Castle is a celebrated Australian comedy film about a working-class family's fight to save their beloved home from compulsory acquisition, known for its quotable dialogue and cultural impact.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Castle canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6190302 — 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 Castle Context triple: [Ken Sallows, notableWork, The Castle]
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A.
The Castle
The Castle is the iconic red sandstone building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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B.
The Castle
The Castle is a surreal, unfinished novel by Franz Kafka that follows a land surveyor’s futile attempts to gain access to a mysterious, bureaucratic authority that governs a remote village.
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C.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic government building in Jamestown that serves as a key administrative and architectural landmark of the area.
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D.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic fortification in Mumbai, India, that served as the original fortified settlement of the British East India Company in the city.
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E.
Das Schloss
Das Schloss is a prominent shopping mall in Berlin known for its distinctive architecture and wide range of retail and dining options.
- 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 Castle Target entity description: The Castle is a celebrated Australian comedy film about a working-class family's fight to save their beloved home from compulsory acquisition, known for its quotable dialogue and cultural impact.
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A.
The Castle
The Castle is the iconic red sandstone building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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B.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic fortification in Mumbai, India, that served as the original fortified settlement of the British East India Company in the city.
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C.
The Castle
The Castle is a surreal, unfinished novel by Franz Kafka that follows a land surveyor’s futile attempts to gain access to a mysterious, bureaucratic authority that governs a remote village.
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D.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic government building in Jamestown that serves as a key administrative and architectural landmark of the area.
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E.
Das Schloss
Das Schloss is a prominent shopping mall in Berlin known for its distinctive architecture and wide range of retail and dining options.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| boxOfficePerformance | commercially successful in Australia ⓘ |
| budget | low-budget film ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Dale Kerrigan is the film's narrator
NERFINISHED
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Darryl Kerrigan is the Kerrigan family patriarch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| countryOfSetting | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cultStatus | cult classic ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | widely quoted in Australian popular culture ⓘ |
| director | Rob Sitch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Roadshow Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| homeMedia |
released on Blu-ray
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released on DVD ⓘ released on VHS ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dale Kerrigan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Darryl Kerrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sal Kerrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Kerrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracey Kerrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Kerrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
How’s the serenity?
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It’s the vibe ⓘ Tell him he’s dreamin’ ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A working-class family fights compulsory acquisition of their home near an airport ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Anne Tenney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anthony Simcoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Tingwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Bana NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Caton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophie Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Curry NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiriel Mora NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Hope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Debra Choate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Working Dog Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1997-04-10 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 85 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
Australian suburban life
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family solidarity ⓘ property rights ⓘ working-class identity ⓘ |
| title | The Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Jane Kennedy
NERFINISHED
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Rob Sitch NERFINISHED ⓘ Santo Cilauro NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Gleisner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Castle Description of subject: The Castle is a celebrated Australian comedy film about a working-class family's fight to save their beloved home from compulsory acquisition, known for its quotable dialogue and cultural impact.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.