Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a 2015 coming-of-age dramedy film about a socially awkward teen who befriends a classmate with leukemia, blending offbeat humor with poignant emotion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Me and Earl and the Dying Girl canonical | 8 |
| Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (film) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8803541 — 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: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Context triple: [Molly Shannon, film, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl]
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A.
The Spectacular Now
The Spectacular Now is a 2013 coming-of-age romantic drama film about a hard-partying high school senior whose worldview is challenged when he falls for an introverted, academically driven classmate.
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B.
The Big Sick
The Big Sick is a 2017 romantic comedy-drama film based on the real-life courtship of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, blending culture-clash humor with heartfelt drama.
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C.
Love, Simon
Love, Simon is a 2018 coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film about a closeted gay teenager navigating first love and self-acceptance.
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D.
The Edge of Seventeen
The Edge of Seventeen is a 2016 coming-of-age comedy-drama film that follows an awkward high school junior navigating grief, friendship, and identity, widely praised for its sharp writing and Hailee Steinfeld’s lead performance.
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E.
The Half of It
The Half of It is a 2020 coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Alice Wu that follows a shy, introverted Chinese-American teenager who helps a jock woo a girl they both secretly love.
- 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: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Target entity description: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a 2015 coming-of-age dramedy film about a socially awkward teen who befriends a classmate with leukemia, blending offbeat humor with poignant emotion.
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A.
The Spectacular Now
The Spectacular Now is a 2013 coming-of-age romantic drama film about a hard-partying high school senior whose worldview is challenged when he falls for an introverted, academically driven classmate.
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B.
The Big Sick
The Big Sick is a 2017 romantic comedy-drama film based on the real-life courtship of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, blending culture-clash humor with heartfelt drama.
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C.
Love, Simon
Love, Simon is a 2018 coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film about a closeted gay teenager navigating first love and self-acceptance.
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D.
The Edge of Seventeen
The Edge of Seventeen is a 2016 coming-of-age comedy-drama film that follows an awkward high school junior navigating grief, friendship, and identity, widely praised for its sharp writing and Hailee Steinfeld’s lead performance.
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E.
The Half of It
The Half of It is a 2020 coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Alice Wu that follows a shy, introverted Chinese-American teenager who helps a jock woo a girl they both secretly love.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic
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Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Jesse Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Chung Chung-hoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Fox Searchlight Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| editor | David Trachtenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFestivalPremiere | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
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coming-of-age ⓘ independent film ⓘ |
| hasSubject | leukemia ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Earl Jackson
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Greg Gaines NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Kushner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MPAARating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Brian Eno
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Nico Muhly NERFINISHED ⓘ Randy Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration by Greg Gaines ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A socially awkward high school student befriends a classmate with leukemia and makes a film for her. ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 2015-01-25 ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Indian Paintbrush
NERFINISHED
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Likely Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jesse Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Connie Britton
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Jon Bernthal NERFINISHED ⓘ Molly Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Offerman NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivia Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ RJ Cyler NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseDate | 2015-06-12 ⓘ |
| theme |
adolescence
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friendship ⓘ grief ⓘ terminal illness ⓘ |
| title | Me and Earl and the Dying Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Description of subject: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a 2015 coming-of-age dramedy film about a socially awkward teen who befriends a classmate with leukemia, blending offbeat humor with poignant emotion.
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this entity surface form:
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (film)
this entity surface form:
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (film)
subject surface form:
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (film)