This Is Spinal Tap
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This Is Spinal Tap is a 1984 mockumentary comedy film that satirizes rock bands and the music industry through the fictional British heavy metal group Spinal Tap.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| This Is Spinal Tap canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6966002 — 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: This Is Spinal Tap Context triple: [Rob Reiner, notableWork, This Is Spinal Tap]
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A.
Wayne's World
Wayne's World is a popular comedy franchise centered on two rock-obsessed slackers hosting a public-access TV show, best known from its hit 1992 film and recurring sketches.
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B.
Hop Stoopid
Hop Stoopid is a highly hopped, intensely bitter imperial IPA known for its bold hop aroma and flavor, brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company.
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C.
A Thousand Clowns
A Thousand Clowns is a 1962 stage comedy by Herb Gardner, later adapted into a 1965 film, about an eccentric bachelor fighting to retain custody of his nephew while resisting conformity.
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D.
Spaceballs
Spaceballs is a 1987 Mel Brooks science-fiction parody film that satirizes Star Wars and other popular space operas.
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E.
Baghead
Baghead is a 2008 indie horror-comedy film about struggling filmmakers who retreat to a cabin in the woods to write a screenplay, only to encounter a mysterious figure with a bag over their head.
- 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: This Is Spinal Tap Target entity description: This Is Spinal Tap is a 1984 mockumentary comedy film that satirizes rock bands and the music industry through the fictional British heavy metal group Spinal Tap.
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A.
Wayne's World
Wayne's World is a popular comedy franchise centered on two rock-obsessed slackers hosting a public-access TV show, best known from its hit 1992 film and recurring sketches.
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B.
Hop Stoopid
Hop Stoopid is a highly hopped, intensely bitter imperial IPA known for its bold hop aroma and flavor, brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company.
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C.
A Thousand Clowns
A Thousand Clowns is a 1962 stage comedy by Herb Gardner, later adapted into a 1965 film, about an eccentric bachelor fighting to retain custody of his nephew while resisting conformity.
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D.
Spaceballs
Spaceballs is a 1987 Mel Brooks science-fiction parody film that satirizes Star Wars and other popular space operas.
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E.
Baghead
Baghead is a 2008 indie horror-comedy film about struggling filmmakers who retreat to a cabin in the woods to write a screenplay, only to encounter a mysterious figure with a bag over their head.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
mockumentary film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | National Film Registry selection ⓘ |
| cinematography | Peter Smokler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts | fictional band Spinal Tap ⓘ |
| director | Rob Reiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Embassy Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Robert Leighton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
mockumentary ⓘ rock music film ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
David St. Hubbins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Derek Smalls NERFINISHED ⓘ Ian Faith NERFINISHED ⓘ Marty DiBergi NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel Tufnel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent mockumentary films ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
heavy metal bands
ⓘ
rock music industry ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Christopher Guest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry Shearer NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael McKean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableQuote | These go to eleven ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | fictional British heavy metal band ⓘ |
| producer | Karen Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1984-03-02 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 82 ⓘ |
| selectedFor | United States National Film Registry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| starring |
Billy Crystal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bruno Kirby NERFINISHED ⓘ Christopher Guest NERFINISHED ⓘ Fran Drescher NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Shearer NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael McKean NERFINISHED ⓘ Rob Reiner NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Hendra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Christopher Guest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry Shearer NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael McKean NERFINISHED ⓘ Rob Reiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: This Is Spinal Tap Description of subject: This Is Spinal Tap is a 1984 mockumentary comedy film that satirizes rock bands and the music industry through the fictional British heavy metal group Spinal Tap.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.