The Hot Rock
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The Hot Rock is a 1972 comic heist film starring Robert Redford and George Segal, centered on a group of thieves repeatedly attempting to steal the same diamond.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Hot Rock canonical | 1 |
| The Hot Rock (1972 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7769265 — 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: The Hot Rock Context triple: [George Segal, notableWork, The Hot Rock]
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A.
The Thrill
"The Thrill" is a soulful R&B track by Miguel from his album "Kaleidoscope Dream," known for its atmospheric production and introspective lyrics.
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B.
The Hit
The Hit is a 1984 British crime drama film directed by Stephen Frears, featuring Tim Roth in one of his early breakout roles alongside John Hurt and Terence Stamp.
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C.
The Hot Spot
The Hot Spot is a 1990 neo-noir thriller film directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, and Jennifer Connelly, known for its sultry atmosphere and crime-driven plot in a small Texas town.
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D.
A Rockin' Good Way
"A Rockin' Good Way" is a rock and roll song popularized by Welsh singer Shakin' Stevens, known for its upbeat, retro style and chart success in the 1980s.
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E.
Red Hot & Boom
Red Hot & Boom is a large annual Independence Day-themed fireworks and music festival held in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
- 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: The Hot Rock Target entity description: The Hot Rock is a 1972 comic heist film starring Robert Redford and George Segal, centered on a group of thieves repeatedly attempting to steal the same diamond.
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A.
The Thrill
"The Thrill" is a soulful R&B track by Miguel from his album "Kaleidoscope Dream," known for its atmospheric production and introspective lyrics.
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B.
The Hit
The Hit is a 1984 British crime drama film directed by Stephen Frears, featuring Tim Roth in one of his early breakout roles alongside John Hurt and Terence Stamp.
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C.
The Hot Spot
The Hot Spot is a 1990 neo-noir thriller film directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, and Jennifer Connelly, known for its sultry atmosphere and crime-driven plot in a small Texas town.
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D.
A Rockin' Good Way
"A Rockin' Good Way" is a rock and roll song popularized by Welsh singer Shakin' Stevens, known for its upbeat, retro style and chart success in the 1980s.
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E.
Red Hot & Boom
Red Hot & Boom is a large annual Independence Day-themed fireworks and music festival held in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Donald E. Westlake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Hot Rock (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy |
George Segal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Redford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Edward R. Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Peter Yates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| distributorCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Frank P. Keller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEditingStyle | feature-length narrative film ⓘ |
| genre |
crime comedy film
ⓘ
heist film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
comedy
ⓘ
crime ⓘ repeated failed heists ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | John Dortmunder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Quincy Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Dortmunder series adaptations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of thieves repeatedly attempt to steal the same diamond. ⓘ |
| producer |
Bobby Roberts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hal Landers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | William Goldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
George Segal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moses Gunn NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Sand NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Redford NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Leibman NERFINISHED ⓘ Zero Mostel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Hot Rock 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: The Hot Rock Description of subject: The Hot Rock is a 1972 comic heist film starring Robert Redford and George Segal, centered on a group of thieves repeatedly attempting to steal the same diamond.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Hot Rock (1972 film)