War Dogs
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War Dogs is a 2016 dark comedy crime film about two young arms dealers exploiting U.S. military contracts, starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller and directed by Todd Phillips.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| War Dogs canonical | 9 |
| War Dogs (2016 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6546051 — 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: War Dogs Context triple: [Jonah Hill, notableWork, War Dogs]
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A.
War Dogs
War Dogs is the nickname of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, a distinguished infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its combat history and operational deployments.
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B.
Road Dogs
Road Dogs is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that follows the intersecting schemes and betrayals of ex-con Jack Foley and his associates after his release from prison.
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C.
The Dictator
The Dictator is a 2012 satirical comedy film starring Sacha Baron Cohen as a tyrannical North African ruler navigating and lampooning American politics and culture.
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D.
Bow Down to Washington
"Bow Down to Washington" is the traditional fight song of the University of Washington, widely recognized and played at the school's athletic events, especially football games.
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E.
Logan Lucky
Logan Lucky is a 2017 heist comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh about a group of working-class siblings attempting to rob a NASCAR race in North Carolina.
- 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: War Dogs Target entity description: War Dogs is a 2016 dark comedy crime film about two young arms dealers exploiting U.S. military contracts, starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller and directed by Todd Phillips.
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A.
War Dogs
War Dogs is the nickname of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, a distinguished infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its combat history and operational deployments.
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B.
Road Dogs
Road Dogs is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that follows the intersecting schemes and betrayals of ex-con Jack Foley and his associates after his release from prison.
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C.
The Dictator
The Dictator is a 2012 satirical comedy film starring Sacha Baron Cohen as a tyrannical North African ruler navigating and lampooning American politics and culture.
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D.
Bow Down to Washington
"Bow Down to Washington" is the traditional fight song of the University of Washington, widely recognized and played at the school's athletic events, especially football games.
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E.
Logan Lucky
Logan Lucky is a 2017 heist comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh about a group of working-class siblings attempting to rob a NASCAR race in North Carolina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Arms and the Dudes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Guy Lawson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnForm | Rolling Stone article ⓘ |
| character |
David Packouz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Efraim Diveroli NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Girard NERFINISHED ⓘ Iz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Lawrence Sher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Todd Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Jeff Groth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Las Vegas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miami NERFINISHED ⓘ Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ war ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
U.S. military contracts
ⓘ
arms dealing ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Cliff Martinez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
David Packouz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Efraim Diveroli NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq War NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Department of Defense contracting ⓘ |
| producer |
Bradley Cooper
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ Todd Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Joint Effort
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Mark Gordon Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 2016-08-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 114 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jason Smilovic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephen Chin NERFINISHED ⓘ Todd Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Iraq War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Ana de Armas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bradley Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonah Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Teller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | War Dogs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: War Dogs Description of subject: War Dogs is a 2016 dark comedy crime film about two young arms dealers exploiting U.S. military contracts, starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller and directed by Todd Phillips.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
War Dogs (2016 film)