Shaft (2019 film)
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Shaft (2019 film) is an action-comedy sequel that reunites multiple generations of the Shaft family as they team up to solve a crime in modern-day New York City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shaft (2019 film) canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7499613 — 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)
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Target entity: Shaft (2019 film) Context triple: [Shaft (2000 film), followedBy, Shaft (2019 film)]
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A.
Shaft (2000 film)
Shaft (2000 film) is a 2000 action-crime thriller that reimagines the classic blaxploitation character John Shaft, starring Samuel L. Jackson as a tough NYPD detective taking on corruption and violent crime.
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B.
Shaft (1971 film)
Shaft (1971 film) is a landmark 1971 American blaxploitation crime thriller that introduced private detective John Shaft and became influential for its style, music, and cultural impact.
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C.
Shaft (soundtrack)
Shaft (soundtrack) is Isaac Hayes's influential 1971 soul and funk film score, best known for its iconic "Theme from Shaft" and its pioneering role in blaxploitation cinema music.
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D.
Red One
Red One is an upcoming action-comedy Christmas film produced by Beau Flynn and starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans.
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E.
RITMO (Bad Boys for Life)
"RITMO (Bad Boys for Life)" is a 2019 dance-pop and reggaeton-influenced single by the Black Eyed Peas and J Balvin, created for the film "Bad Boys for Life" and known for sampling Corona’s 1993 hit "The Rhythm of the Night."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Shaft (2019 film) Target entity description: Shaft (2019 film) is an action-comedy sequel that reunites multiple generations of the Shaft family as they team up to solve a crime in modern-day New York City.
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A.
Shaft (2000 film)
Shaft (2000 film) is a 2000 action-crime thriller that reimagines the classic blaxploitation character John Shaft, starring Samuel L. Jackson as a tough NYPD detective taking on corruption and violent crime.
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B.
Shaft (1971 film)
Shaft (1971 film) is a landmark 1971 American blaxploitation crime thriller that introduced private detective John Shaft and became influential for its style, music, and cultural impact.
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C.
Shaft (soundtrack)
Shaft (soundtrack) is Isaac Hayes's influential 1971 soul and funk film score, best known for its iconic "Theme from Shaft" and its pioneering role in blaxploitation cinema music.
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D.
Red One
Red One is an upcoming action-comedy Christmas film produced by Beau Flynn and starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans.
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E.
RITMO (Bad Boys for Life)
"RITMO (Bad Boys for Life)" is a 2019 dance-pop and reggaeton-influenced single by the Black Eyed Peas and J Balvin, created for the film "Bad Boys for Life" and known for sampling Corona’s 1993 hit "The Rhythm of the Night."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Shaft (film series)
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Shaft (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOffice | approximately $21 million (worldwide) ⓘ |
| castMember |
Alexandra Shipp
NERFINISHED
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Avan Jogia NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaach De Bankolé NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessie T. Usher NERFINISHED ⓘ Matt Lauria NERFINISHED ⓘ Method Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Regina Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Roundtree NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel L. Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Titus Welliver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Larry Blanford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Tim Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
international release via Netflix
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theatrical release in the United States ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter S. Elliot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
family relationships
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intergenerational conflict ⓘ urban crime ⓘ |
| follows | Shaft (2000 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
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comedy film ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
John Shaft I
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John Shaft II NERFINISHED ⓘ John Shaft Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Christopher Lennertz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | crime investigation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Shaft (film series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | June 10, 2019 ⓘ |
| producer |
Ira Napoliello
NERFINISHED
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John Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Davis Entertainment
NERFINISHED
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Netflix NERFINISHED ⓘ New Line Cinema ⓘ |
| releaseDate | June 14, 2019 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 111 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Alex Barnow
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Kenya Barris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 2010s ⓘ |
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: Shaft (2019 film) Description of subject: Shaft (2019 film) is an action-comedy sequel that reunites multiple generations of the Shaft family as they team up to solve a crime in modern-day New York City.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tim Story
subject surface form:
Tim Story