The Square
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The Square is a 2017 satirical drama film by Ruben Östlund that critiques the contemporary art world and social hypocrisy, featuring Dominic West in a notable supporting role.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Square canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6632624 — 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 Square Context triple: [Dominic West, knownFor, The Square]
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A.
The Square
The Square is the central public park and civic hub of Palmerston North, New Zealand, known for its open green spaces, monuments, and surrounding shops and businesses.
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B.
New Square
New Square is a historic legal courtyard and set of chambers associated with Lincoln’s Inn in central London.
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C.
La Plaza
La Plaza is the historic central square of Los Angeles, recognized as the birthplace of the city and a focal point of its early civic and cultural life.
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D.
Centre In The Square
Centre In The Square is a major performing arts venue in downtown Kitchener, Ontario, known for hosting concerts, theatre productions, and cultural events.
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E.
Restauradores Square
Restauradores Square is a historic public square in central Lisbon, Portugal, known for its obelisk commemorating the restoration of Portuguese independence and its surrounding grand 19th- and early 20th-century buildings.
- 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 Square Target entity description: The Square is a 2017 satirical drama film by Ruben Östlund that critiques the contemporary art world and social hypocrisy, featuring Dominic West in a notable supporting role.
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A.
The Square
The Square is the central public park and civic hub of Palmerston North, New Zealand, known for its open green spaces, monuments, and surrounding shops and businesses.
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B.
New Square
New Square is a historic legal courtyard and set of chambers associated with Lincoln’s Inn in central London.
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C.
La Plaza
La Plaza is the historic central square of Los Angeles, recognized as the birthplace of the city and a focal point of its early civic and cultural life.
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D.
Centre In The Square
Centre In The Square is a major performing arts venue in downtown Kitchener, Ontario, known for hosting concerts, theatre productions, and cultural events.
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E.
Restauradores Square
Restauradores Square is a historic public square in central Lisbon, Portugal, known for its obelisk commemorating the restoration of Portuguese independence and its surrounding grand 19th- and early 20th-century buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
satirical drama film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Palme d'Or NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | museum curator ⓘ |
| cinematography | Fredrik Wenzel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ Sweden ⓘ |
| countryOfSetting | Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Ruben Östlund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Plattform Produktion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
TriArt Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Jacob Secher Schulsinger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ruben Östlund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalSection | Cannes Film Festival main competition ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Gothenburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stockholm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class and privilege
ⓘ
ethics and responsibility ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ public relations and media ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Christian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metacinematicElement |
critique of museum marketing
ⓘ
use of performance art within narrative ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jonas Bohlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
contemporary art world
ⓘ
social hypocrisy ⓘ |
| notableScene | performance art dinner sequence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | 2017 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Erik Hemmendorff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philippe Bober NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Coproduction Office
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plattform Produktion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseEvent | 2017 theatrical release in Sweden ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 142 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ruben Östlund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 21st century ⓘ |
| starring |
Claes Bang
NERFINISHED
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Dominic West NERFINISHED ⓘ Elisabeth Moss NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry Notary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 Square Description of subject: The Square is a 2017 satirical drama film by Ruben Östlund that critiques the contemporary art world and social hypocrisy, featuring Dominic West in a notable supporting role.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.