Harry and Tonto
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Harry and Tonto is a 1974 American road comedy-drama film about an elderly man traveling across the United States with his pet cat, exploring themes of aging, independence, and companionship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harry and Tonto canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8239795 — 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: Harry and Tonto Context triple: [Geraldine Fitzgerald, notableWork, Harry and Tonto]
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A.
Tonto Apache
The Tonto Apache are a Western Apache group indigenous to central Arizona, known for their semi-nomadic lifestyle, distinct dialect, and historical alliances and conflicts with neighboring Native peoples and U.S. forces.
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B.
Denny Colt
Denny Colt is the masked vigilante alter ego known as The Spirit, a crime-fighting hero created by cartoonist Will Eisner.
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C.
Iron Eyes Cody
Iron Eyes Cody was an American actor of Italian descent best known for portraying Native American characters in Hollywood films and for his iconic role in the 1970s "Crying Indian" anti-pollution public service announcement.
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D.
Pecos Bill
Pecos Bill is a legendary cowboy folk hero of the American West, popularized in tall tales and later adapted in various media as an exaggerated symbol of frontier bravado and humor.
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E.
Washoe Pete
Washoe Pete is an alternate name for Peter Washoe, likely referring to a person associated with the Washoe region or community.
- 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: Harry and Tonto Target entity description: Harry and Tonto is a 1974 American road comedy-drama film about an elderly man traveling across the United States with his pet cat, exploring themes of aging, independence, and companionship.
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A.
Tonto Apache
The Tonto Apache are a Western Apache group indigenous to central Arizona, known for their semi-nomadic lifestyle, distinct dialect, and historical alliances and conflicts with neighboring Native peoples and U.S. forces.
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B.
Denny Colt
Denny Colt is the masked vigilante alter ego known as The Spirit, a crime-fighting hero created by cartoonist Will Eisner.
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C.
Iron Eyes Cody
Iron Eyes Cody was an American actor of Italian descent best known for portraying Native American characters in Hollywood films and for his iconic role in the 1970s "Crying Indian" anti-pollution public service announcement.
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D.
Pecos Bill
Pecos Bill is a legendary cowboy folk hero of the American West, popularized in tall tales and later adapted in various media as an exaggerated symbol of frontier bravado and humor.
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E.
Washoe Pete
Washoe Pete is an alternate name for Peter Washoe, likely referring to a person associated with the Washoe region or community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| AcademyAwardYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ |
| awardReceivedBy | Art Carney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Michael C. Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
intergenerational conflict
ⓘ
old age ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ |
| director | Paul Mazursky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard Halsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresAnimal | cat ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | live action ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
road movie ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Harry Coombes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tonto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPetCharacter | Tonto the cat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aging
ⓘ
companionship ⓘ family relationships ⓘ independence ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bill Conti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | elderly man’s cross-country journey ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An elderly widower travels across the United States with his pet cat after being forced from his New York apartment. ⓘ |
| producer | Paul Mazursky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1974 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 115 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Josh Greenfeld
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul Mazursky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Chicago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| starring |
Art Carney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chief Dan George NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellen Burstyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Geraldine Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbert Berghof NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Hagman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harry and Tonto Description of subject: Harry and Tonto is a 1974 American road comedy-drama film about an elderly man traveling across the United States with his pet cat, exploring themes of aging, independence, and companionship.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.