The Sure Thing
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The Sure Thing is a 1985 romantic comedy film directed by Rob Reiner, known for its witty road-trip romance and as an early breakout role for John Cusack.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Sure Thing canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6225652 — 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: The Sure Thing Context triple: [John Cusack, notableWork, The Sure Thing]
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A.
The Sensible Thing
"The Sensible Thing" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of love, disillusionment, and the clash between youthful dreams and adult realities.
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B.
The One and Only
The One and Only is a track from Snoop Dogg’s 2002 album "Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss," showcasing his signature West Coast hip hop style and laid-back flow.
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C.
The Best a Man Can Get
"The Best a Man Can Get" is a famous Gillette advertising slogan associated with its razor and men's grooming products campaigns worldwide.
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D.
You Should Be So Lucky
"You Should Be So Lucky" is the debut solo album by American keyboardist and longtime Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers member Benmont Tench, showcasing his songwriting and piano-driven rock and roots influences.
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E.
The Lucky One
The Lucky One is a romantic drama film based on a Nicholas Sparks novel, following a U.S. Marine who seeks out a woman he believes was his good-luck charm during the war.
- 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 Sure Thing Target entity description: The Sure Thing is a 1985 romantic comedy film directed by Rob Reiner, known for its witty road-trip romance and as an early breakout role for John Cusack.
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A.
The Sensible Thing
"The Sensible Thing" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of love, disillusionment, and the clash between youthful dreams and adult realities.
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B.
The One and Only
The One and Only is a track from Snoop Dogg’s 2002 album "Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss," showcasing his signature West Coast hip hop style and laid-back flow.
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C.
The Best a Man Can Get
"The Best a Man Can Get" is a famous Gillette advertising slogan associated with its razor and men's grooming products campaigns worldwide.
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D.
You Should Be So Lucky
"You Should Be So Lucky" is the debut solo album by American keyboardist and longtime Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers member Benmont Tench, showcasing his songwriting and piano-driven rock and roots influences.
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E.
The Lucky One
The Lucky One is a romantic drama film based on a Nicholas Sparks novel, following a U.S. Marine who seeks out a woman he believes was his good-luck charm during the war.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
story by Jonathan Roberts
ⓘ
story by Steven L. Bloom ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossUS | approximately $18,000,000 ⓘ |
| character |
Alison Bradbury
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lance NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter "Gib" Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robert Elswit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Rob Reiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Embassy Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Robert Leighton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
road movie
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasTagline | He wants it. She wants it. He gets it. ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coming of age
ⓘ
road-trip adventure ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Tom Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | college students on a cross-country trip ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early breakout role for John Cusack
ⓘ
witty road-trip romance plot ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | 1980s American teen films ⓘ |
| producer | Roger Birnbaum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1985-03-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 100 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jonathan Roberts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steven L. Bloom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| starring |
Anthony Edwards
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daphne Zuniga NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cusack NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicollette Sheridan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ Viveca Lindfors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1980s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Sure Thing Description of subject: The Sure Thing is a 1985 romantic comedy film directed by Rob Reiner, known for its witty road-trip romance and as an early breakout role for John Cusack.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.