short film "The Kid from Borneo"
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"The Kid from Borneo" is a 1933 Our Gang comedy short best known for its chaotic misunderstandings and the gang’s fearful encounters with a supposed “wild man” visiting from Borneo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| short film "The Kid from Borneo" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7755596 — 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: short film "The Kid from Borneo" Context triple: [Our Gang, notableWork, short film "The Kid from Borneo"]
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A.
The Kinema in the Woods
The Kinema in the Woods is a historic, atmospheric cinema uniquely set among woodland in Woodhall Spa, England, known for its traditional film screenings and vintage charm.
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B.
The Heart (short film)
The Heart is a short film directed by Malia Obama, marking her debut as a filmmaker and showcasing her emerging voice in cinema.
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C.
Burma Theater
The Burma Theater was a major World War II combat zone in Southeast Asia where Allied forces fought primarily against Japan to secure supply routes and support Chinese resistance.
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D.
Zapin Sarawak
Zapin Sarawak is a regional Malay dance form from the Malaysian state of Sarawak, characterized by its distinctive local music, costumes, and choreography derived from the broader Zapin tradition.
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E.
film "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"
"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" is a 1944 World War II drama film that portrays the planning, execution, and aftermath of the U.S. Doolittle Raid on Japan.
- 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: short film "The Kid from Borneo" Target entity description: "The Kid from Borneo" is a 1933 Our Gang comedy short best known for its chaotic misunderstandings and the gang’s fearful encounters with a supposed “wild man” visiting from Borneo.
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A.
The Kinema in the Woods
The Kinema in the Woods is a historic, atmospheric cinema uniquely set among woodland in Woodhall Spa, England, known for its traditional film screenings and vintage charm.
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B.
The Heart (short film)
The Heart is a short film directed by Malia Obama, marking her debut as a filmmaker and showcasing her emerging voice in cinema.
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C.
Burma Theater
The Burma Theater was a major World War II combat zone in Southeast Asia where Allied forces fought primarily against Japan to secure supply routes and support Chinese resistance.
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D.
Zapin Sarawak
Zapin Sarawak is a regional Malay dance form from the Malaysian state of Sarawak, characterized by its distinctive local music, costumes, and choreography derived from the broader Zapin tradition.
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E.
film "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"
"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" is a 1944 World War II drama film that portrays the planning, execution, and aftermath of the U.S. Doolittle Raid on Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Our Gang film
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short film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original material for the Our Gang series ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Dickie Moore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dorothy DeBorba NERFINISHED ⓘ Farina NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanky NERFINISHED ⓘ Stymie NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Bond NERFINISHED ⓘ Wheezer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmSeriesNumber | early 1930s Our Gang entry ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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short film ⓘ |
| hasTheme | misunderstanding and fear of the unknown ⓘ |
| notableFor |
chaotic misunderstandings involving a supposed wild man from Borneo
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the gang’s fearful encounters with a visiting wild man ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Our Gang short film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Little Rascals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The gang mistakes a sideshow performer billed as a wild man from Borneo for a dangerous cannibal visiting their home. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hal Roach Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 20 minutes ⓘ |
| series | Our Gang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-Code Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Kid from Borneo 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: short film "The Kid from Borneo" Description of subject: "The Kid from Borneo" is a 1933 Our Gang comedy short best known for its chaotic misunderstandings and the gang’s fearful encounters with a supposed “wild man” visiting from Borneo.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.