Delirious
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Delirious is a 1991 fantasy-comedy film starring John Candy as a soap-opera writer who finds himself trapped inside his own show.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Delirious canonical | 4 |
| Delirious (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8336854 — 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: Delirious Context triple: [Tom Mankiewicz, directed, Delirious]
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A.
Lost and Delirious
Lost and Delirious is a 2001 Canadian drama film about the intense and tragic romantic relationship between two girls at a boarding school.
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B.
Wide Awake
"Wide Awake" is a 2012 pop ballad by Katy Perry that reflects on personal growth and emotional clarity following a difficult breakup.
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C.
This Is Madness
"This Is Madness" is a politically charged spoken-word album by The Last Poets, recognized as a seminal work in the development of hip-hop and rap.
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D.
Dizzy
Dizzy is the nickname of Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher Dizzy Dean, a dominant right-hander for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1930s.
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E.
Dizzy
Dizzy was the nickname of John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, the influential American jazz trumpeter and composer who was a key figure in the development of bebop.
- 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: Delirious Target entity description: Delirious is a 1991 fantasy-comedy film starring John Candy as a soap-opera writer who finds himself trapped inside his own show.
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A.
Lost and Delirious
Lost and Delirious is a 2001 Canadian drama film about the intense and tragic romantic relationship between two girls at a boarding school.
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B.
Wide Awake
"Wide Awake" is a 2012 pop ballad by Katy Perry that reflects on personal growth and emotional clarity following a difficult breakup.
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C.
This Is Madness
"This Is Madness" is a politically charged spoken-word album by The Last Poets, recognized as a seminal work in the development of hip-hop and rap.
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D.
Dizzy
Dizzy is the nickname of Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher Dizzy Dean, a dominant right-hander for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1930s.
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E.
Dizzy
Dizzy was the nickname of John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, the influential American jazz trumpeter and composer who was a key figure in the development of bebop.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Victor J. Kemper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Tom Mankiewicz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | MGM-Pathé Communications NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Priscilla Nedd-Friendly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRatingMPAA | PG ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| hasAlternateDescription | 1991 American fantasy-comedy film starring John Candy as a soap-opera writer who becomes trapped inside his own show. ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
power of authorship
ⓘ
reality versus fiction ⓘ romantic fantasy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | John Candy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jack Gable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterPortrayedBy | John Candy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | meta-fictional premise of a writer trapped inside his own soap opera ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A soap-opera writer is transported into his own television show and can alter events by rewriting the script. ⓘ |
| producer | Bruce A. Block NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1991-08-09 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| setting | fictional soap opera town of Ashford Falls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
David Rasche
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dylan Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Emma Samms NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Orbach NERFINISHED ⓘ John Candy NERFINISHED ⓘ Mariel Hemingway NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Burr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy | Lawrence J. Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Delirious NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Fred Freeman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lawrence J. Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Delirious Description of subject: Delirious is a 1991 fantasy-comedy film starring John Candy as a soap-opera writer who finds himself trapped inside his own show.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Delirious (film)