The Big Year
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The Big Year is a 2011 comedy film about competitive birdwatching, starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Big Year canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6754368 — 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 Big Year Context triple: [Mark Livolsi, editedFilm, The Big Year]
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A.
All About Birds
All About Birds is an online birding resource that provides identification guides, photos, sounds, and expert information on bird species, created and maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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B.
One Bird's Choice
One Bird's Choice is a humorous memoir by Canadian writer Iain Reid that chronicles his return to live with his parents in his twenties.
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C.
Life with Feathers
"Life with Feathers" is a 1945 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon notable for featuring the first appearance of the character Sylvester the Cat.
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D.
The Life of Birds
The Life of Birds is a landmark BBC nature documentary series, presented by David Attenborough, that explores the evolution, behavior, and remarkable adaptations of bird species around the world.
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E.
The Bird
The Bird is a famous oversized bronze bird sculpture by Colombian artist Fernando Botero, exemplifying his signature exaggerated, voluminous style.
- 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 Big Year Target entity description: The Big Year is a 2011 comedy film about competitive birdwatching, starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson.
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A.
All About Birds
All About Birds is an online birding resource that provides identification guides, photos, sounds, and expert information on bird species, created and maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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B.
One Bird's Choice
One Bird's Choice is a humorous memoir by Canadian writer Iain Reid that chronicles his return to live with his parents in his twenties.
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C.
Life with Feathers
"Life with Feathers" is a 1945 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon notable for featuring the first appearance of the character Sylvester the Cat.
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D.
The Life of Birds
The Life of Birds is a landmark BBC nature documentary series, presented by David Attenborough, that explores the evolution, behavior, and remarkable adaptations of bird species around the world.
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E.
The Bird
The Bird is a famous oversized bronze bird sculpture by Colombian artist Fernando Botero, exemplifying his signature exaggerated, voluminous style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Mark Obmascik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lawrence Sher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | David Frankel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Mark Livolsi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Brad Harris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kenny Bostick NERFINISHED ⓘ Stu Preissler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
competition
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Theodore Shapiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narratedBy | Jack Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Curtis Hanson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karen Rosenfelt NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart Cornfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Deuce Three Productions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Red Hour Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2011-10-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 100 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Howard Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Anjelica Huston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brian Dennehy NERFINISHED ⓘ Dianne Wiest NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Parsons NERFINISHED ⓘ Joel McHale NERFINISHED ⓘ Owen Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Rashida Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosamund Pike NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Blake Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
birding competitions
ⓘ
birdwatching ⓘ |
| title | The Big Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: The Big Year Description of subject: The Big Year is a 2011 comedy film about competitive birdwatching, starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson.
Referenced by (6)
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