Joy Ride
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Joy Ride is a 2001 American thriller film about a group of young travelers terrorized by a vengeful truck driver after a prank goes horribly wrong.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joy Ride canonical | 4 |
| Joy Ride (2023 film) | 1 |
| Joyride | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8519296 — 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: Joy Ride Context triple: [John Dahl, notableWork, Joy Ride]
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A.
Joy Ride
"Joy Ride" is a track from Mariah Carey's acclaimed 2005 album *The Emancipation of Mimi*, showcasing her signature vocal style in a smooth, R&B-influenced ballad.
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B.
Devil in a Fast Car
"Devil in a Fast Car" is a song featured on the album *Best Kept Secret*, known for its energetic, driving rock style and evocative title imagery.
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C.
One Way Ride
"One Way Ride" is a punk rock song performed by Marky Ramone and the Intruders, reflecting the high-energy style associated with the former Ramones drummer.
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D.
Ride Out
Ride Out is a 2014 studio album by American rock singer-songwriter Bob Seger, known for its classic heartland rock sound and reflective, mature themes.
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E.
Funky Ride
"Funky Ride" is a smooth, laid-back track by Outkast known for its soulful instrumentation and extended groove, featured on their debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik.
- 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: Joy Ride Target entity description: Joy Ride is a 2001 American thriller film about a group of young travelers terrorized by a vengeful truck driver after a prank goes horribly wrong.
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A.
Joy Ride
"Joy Ride" is a track from Mariah Carey's acclaimed 2005 album *The Emancipation of Mimi*, showcasing her signature vocal style in a smooth, R&B-influenced ballad.
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B.
Devil in a Fast Car
"Devil in a Fast Car" is a song featured on the album *Best Kept Secret*, known for its energetic, driving rock style and evocative title imagery.
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C.
One Way Ride
"One Way Ride" is a punk rock song performed by Marky Ramone and the Intruders, reflecting the high-energy style associated with the former Ramones drummer.
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D.
Ride Out
Ride Out is a 2014 studio album by American rock singer-songwriter Bob Seger, known for its classic heartland rock sound and reflective, mature themes.
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E.
Funky Ride
"Funky Ride" is a smooth, laid-back track by Outkast known for its soulful instrumentation and extended groove, featured on their debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | Roadkill (in some international markets) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| antagonist | Rusty Nail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Jessica Bowman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leelee Sobieski NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Zahn NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted Levine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Leelee Sobieski as Venna Wilcox
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul Walker as Lewis Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Zahn as Fuller Thomas ⓘ Ted Levine as the voice of Rusty Nail ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jeffrey Jur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | John Dahl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Eric L. Beason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror thriller film
ⓘ
road movie ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joy Ride 3: Roadkill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeMediaDistributor | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Fuller Thomas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lewis Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Venna Wilcox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Marco Beltrami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of young travelers are terrorized by a vengeful truck driver after a prank with a CB radio goes wrong. ⓘ |
| producer |
Chris Moore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
J. J. Abrams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Bad Robot Productions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Regency Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | October 5, 2001 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| setting | United States highways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy |
Clay Tarver
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
J. J. Abrams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Joy Ride NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Clay Tarver
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
J. J. Abrams 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: Joy Ride Description of subject: Joy Ride is a 2001 American thriller film about a group of young travelers terrorized by a vengeful truck driver after a prank goes horribly wrong.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Joyride
this entity surface form:
Joy Ride (2023 film)