Block-Heads
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Block-Heads is a 1938 Laurel and Hardy comedy film featuring the duo in a series of misadventures after Stan is discovered still guarding a World War I trench decades after the war has ended.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Block-Heads canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7755516 — 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: Block-Heads Context triple: [Laurel and Hardy, notableWork, Block-Heads]
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A.
Blockheads
Blockheads are the dedicated fanbase of the American boy band New Kids on the Block, known for their long-term loyalty and active support of the group.
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B.
Blok-L
Blok-L is a Soviet-era rocket upper stage used primarily to place payloads into highly elliptical orbits, notably for Molniya communications satellites.
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C.
Block O
Block O is the famously large and energetic student cheering section for Ohio State Buckeyes football games at Ohio Stadium.
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D.
Block Z
Block Z was the specific spectator section in Brussels’ Heysel Stadium where the fatal crowd crush occurred during the 1985 European Cup final, making it central to the Heysel Stadium disaster.
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E.
Blok DM
Blok DM is a Russian upper stage used primarily on Proton and Zenit launch vehicles to deliver payloads into high-energy orbits such as geostationary transfer and lunar trajectories.
- 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: Block-Heads Target entity description: Block-Heads is a 1938 Laurel and Hardy comedy film featuring the duo in a series of misadventures after Stan is discovered still guarding a World War I trench decades after the war has ended.
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A.
Blockheads
Blockheads are the dedicated fanbase of the American boy band New Kids on the Block, known for their long-term loyalty and active support of the group.
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B.
Blok-L
Blok-L is a Soviet-era rocket upper stage used primarily to place payloads into highly elliptical orbits, notably for Molniya communications satellites.
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C.
Block O
Block O is the famously large and energetic student cheering section for Ohio State Buckeyes football games at Ohio Stadium.
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D.
Block Z
Block Z was the specific spectator section in Brussels’ Heysel Stadium where the fatal crowd crush occurred during the 1985 European Cup final, making it central to the Heysel Stadium disaster.
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E.
Blok DM
Blok DM is a Russian upper stage used primarily on Proton and Zenit launch vehicles to deliver payloads into high-energy orbits such as geostationary transfer and lunar trajectories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Laurel and Hardy film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | remake of the silent short film "We Faw Down" ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Art Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | John G. Blystone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Bert Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Classical Hollywood cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature | Laurel and Hardy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresComedyDuo | Laurel and Hardy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Culver City, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Ollie
NERFINISHED
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Stan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| hasPlotElement |
Stan guarding a World War I trench for decades
ⓘ
misadventures in an apartment building ⓘ |
| musicBy | Marvin Hatley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
domestic slapstick situations
ⓘ
extended opening World War I sequence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Laurel and Hardy filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Hal Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hal Roach Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1938-08-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 57 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Charley Rogers
NERFINISHED
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Felix Adler NERFINISHED ⓘ James Parrott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setDuring | post-World War I period ⓘ |
| starring |
Oliver Hardy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stan Laurel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Block-Heads Description of subject: Block-Heads is a 1938 Laurel and Hardy comedy film featuring the duo in a series of misadventures after Stan is discovered still guarding a World War I trench decades after the war has ended.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.