Year of the Dog
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Year of the Dog is a 2007 dark comedy-drama film about a lonely secretary whose life changes after the death of her beloved dog, leading her into increasingly extreme animal-rights activism.
All labels observed (1)
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| Year of the Dog canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8803540 — 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: Year of the Dog Context triple: [Molly Shannon, film, Year of the Dog]
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A.
Year of the Dog
Year of the Dog is a Chinese zodiac sign associated with loyalty, honesty, and people born in specific lunar calendar years.
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B.
Year of the Dog... Again
"Year of the Dog... Again" is a 2006 studio album by American rapper DMX that continues his gritty, aggressive style with themes of struggle, street life, and personal turmoil.
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C.
Year of the Rat
Year of the Rat is the first sign in the Chinese zodiac, symbolizing intelligence, resourcefulness, and new beginnings in the lunar calendar cycle.
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D.
Year of the Tiger
Year of the Tiger is a Chinese zodiac sign associated with courage, power, and competitiveness, representing people born in specific lunar years linked to the tiger.
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E.
Year of the Horse
"Year of the Horse" is a live album and concert film by Neil Young & Crazy Horse, capturing performances from their mid-1990s tour.
- 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: Year of the Dog Target entity description: Year of the Dog is a 2007 dark comedy-drama film about a lonely secretary whose life changes after the death of her beloved dog, leading her into increasingly extreme animal-rights activism.
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A.
Year of the Dog
Year of the Dog is a Chinese zodiac sign associated with loyalty, honesty, and people born in specific lunar calendar years.
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B.
Year of the Dog... Again
"Year of the Dog... Again" is a 2006 studio album by American rapper DMX that continues his gritty, aggressive style with themes of struggle, street life, and personal turmoil.
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C.
Year of the Rat
Year of the Rat is the first sign in the Chinese zodiac, symbolizing intelligence, resourcefulness, and new beginnings in the lunar calendar cycle.
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D.
Year of the Tiger
Year of the Tiger is a Chinese zodiac sign associated with courage, power, and competitiveness, representing people born in specific lunar years linked to the tiger.
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E.
Year of the Horse
"Year of the Horse" is a live album and concert film by Neil Young & Crazy Horse, capturing performances from their mid-1990s tour.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Tim Orr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Mike White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorialDebutOf | Mike White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Vantage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Dody Dorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama film
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ drama film ⓘ |
| hasAnimalCharacter |
Pencil
ⓘ
Valentine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTagline | She’s about to find her doggone destiny. ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
animal rights
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loneliness ⓘ obsession ⓘ personal transformation ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Peggy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Christophe Beck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | extreme animal-rights activism triggered by grief ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A lonely secretary’s life changes after the death of her beloved dog, leading her into increasingly extreme animal-rights activism. ⓘ |
| producer |
Ben LeClair
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daryl Roth NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Paramount Vantage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rip Cord Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistPortrayedBy | Molly Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2007-04-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Mike White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwritingDebutOf | Mike White as film director ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 21st century ⓘ |
| setting | suburban United States ⓘ |
| starring |
John C. Reilly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Josh Pais NERFINISHED ⓘ Laura Dern NERFINISHED ⓘ Molly Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Sarsgaard NERFINISHED ⓘ Regina King NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Mike White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Year of the Dog Description of subject: Year of the Dog is a 2007 dark comedy-drama film about a lonely secretary whose life changes after the death of her beloved dog, leading her into increasingly extreme animal-rights activism.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.