Chances Are
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Chances Are is a 1989 romantic comedy film best known for its reincarnation-themed love story and starring Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., and Ryan O’Neal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chances Are canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6759710 — 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: Chances Are Context triple: [Cybill Shepherd, notableWork, Chances Are]
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A.
Taking Chances
Taking Chances is a pop album by Canadian singer Celine Dion that marked her return to English-language studio recordings in the late 2000s.
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B.
I Take My Chances
"I Take My Chances" is a country song best known from its hit recording by Mary Chapin Carpenter, co-written with Don Schlitz, that reflects on risk, faith, and personal independence.
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C.
One Chance
One Chance is a 2013 British biographical comedy-drama film about opera singer Paul Potts, directed by David Frankel.
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D.
Chancy
Chancy is a small Swiss municipality located at the western tip of the canton of Geneva, near the border with France.
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E.
You Got Lucky
"You Got Lucky" is a 1982 rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, known for its prominent synthesizer riff and its post-apocalyptic themed music video.
- 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: Chances Are Target entity description: Chances Are is a 1989 romantic comedy film best known for its reincarnation-themed love story and starring Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., and Ryan O’Neal.
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A.
Taking Chances
Taking Chances is a pop album by Canadian singer Celine Dion that marked her return to English-language studio recordings in the late 2000s.
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B.
I Take My Chances
"I Take My Chances" is a country song best known from its hit recording by Mary Chapin Carpenter, co-written with Don Schlitz, that reflects on risk, faith, and personal independence.
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C.
One Chance
One Chance is a 2013 British biographical comedy-drama film about opera singer Paul Potts, directed by David Frankel.
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D.
Chancy
Chancy is a small Swiss municipality located at the western tip of the canton of Geneva, near the border with France.
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E.
You Got Lucky
"You Got Lucky" is a 1982 rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, known for its prominent synthesizer riff and its post-apocalyptic themed music video.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossUS | approximately 16 million USD ⓘ |
| cinematography | William A. Fraker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Emile Ardolino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Michael A. Stevenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alex Finch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Corinne Jeffries NERFINISHED ⓘ Louie Jeffries NERFINISHED ⓘ Miranda Jeffries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy comedy
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasPosterTagline | “Alex has a lifetime full of wonderful memories. Unfortunately, they’re someone else’s.” ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
love triangle
ⓘ
reincarnation ⓘ second chances ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Maurice Jarre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | man reincarnated and falling in love with his former daughter’s fiancée ⓘ |
| notableFor | reincarnation-themed love story ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Mike Lobell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | TriStar Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1989-03-10 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 108 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Leonard B. Stern
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Perry Howze NERFINISHED ⓘ Randy Howze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Christopher McDonald
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cybill Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ Josef Sommer NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Stuart Masterson NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Downey Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryan O’Neal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chances Are Description of subject: Chances Are is a 1989 romantic comedy film best known for its reincarnation-themed love story and starring Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., and Ryan O’Neal.
Referenced by (2)
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