Detachment
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Detachment is a 2011 American drama film that follows a troubled substitute teacher as he grapples with emotional isolation and the failures of the public school system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Detachment canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8737895 — 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)
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Target entity: Detachment Context triple: [Tony Kaye, directed, Detachment]
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A.
Estranged
"Estranged" is an epic, emotionally charged rock ballad by Guns N' Roses, noted for its complex structure, extended length, and prominent guitar work by Slash.
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B.
Isolation
"Isolation" is a song by John Lennon from his 1970 solo album "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band," reflecting themes of loneliness, vulnerability, and disillusionment.
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C.
My Detachment
"My Detachment" is a memoir by Tracy Kidder recounting his experiences as a young U.S. Army officer during the Vietnam War.
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D.
Disperse
Disperse is a track featured on the comedy hip-hop album "Don't Quit Your Day Job!" by rapper and actor Hannibal Buress.
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E.
The Separation
The Separation is a critically acclaimed mixtape by American singer, songwriter, and producer Jon Bellion that helped establish his distinctive blend of pop, hip-hop, and alternative R&B.
- 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: Detachment Target entity description: Detachment is a 2011 American drama film that follows a troubled substitute teacher as he grapples with emotional isolation and the failures of the public school system.
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A.
Estranged
"Estranged" is an epic, emotionally charged rock ballad by Guns N' Roses, noted for its complex structure, extended length, and prominent guitar work by Slash.
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B.
Isolation
"Isolation" is a song by John Lennon from his 1970 solo album "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band," reflecting themes of loneliness, vulnerability, and disillusionment.
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C.
My Detachment
"My Detachment" is a memoir by Tracy Kidder recounting his experiences as a young U.S. Army officer during the Vietnam War.
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D.
Disperse
Disperse is a track featured on the comedy hip-hop album "Don't Quit Your Day Job!" by rapper and actor Hannibal Buress.
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E.
The Separation
The Separation is a critically acclaimed mixtape by American singer, songwriter, and producer Jon Bellion that helped establish his distinctive blend of pop, hip-hop, and alternative R&B.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Tony Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Tony Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Tribeca Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Barry Alexander Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasMetafictionalElement | voice-over narration by protagonist ⓘ |
| hasPosterTagline | Some teachers can’t be bought. ⓘ |
| hasSetting | New York area public school system ⓘ |
| homeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ |
| leadActor | Adrien Brody NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Henry Barthes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | substitute teacher ⓘ |
| musicBy | The Newton Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | personal detachment and connection ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | struggling inner-city high school ⓘ |
| portraysIssue |
adolescent trauma
ⓘ
family dysfunction ⓘ prostitution and exploitation ⓘ student neglect ⓘ teacher burnout ⓘ |
| producer |
Greg Shapiro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paper Street Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseType | limited theatrical release ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 97 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Carl Lund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Adrien Brody
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Betty Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ Bryan Cranston NERFINISHED ⓘ Christina Hendricks NERFINISHED ⓘ James Caan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Liu NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcia Gay Harden NERFINISHED ⓘ Sami Gayle NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Blake Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ William Petersen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
emotional isolation ⓘ public school system ⓘ teacher–student relationships ⓘ |
| worldPremiereAt | Tribeca Film Festival 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: Detachment Description of subject: Detachment is a 2011 American drama film that follows a troubled substitute teacher as he grapples with emotional isolation and the failures of the public school system.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.