film "Adaptation"
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"Adaptation" is a 2002 metafictional comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, blending the true story of adapting Susan Orlean’s book with a self-referential narrative about the screenwriter himself.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| film "Adaptation" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9394584 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: film "Adaptation" Context triple: [The Orchid Thief, inspiredWork, film "Adaptation"]
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film "Brazil"
The film "Brazil" is a 1985 dystopian black comedy directed by Terry Gilliam, known for its surreal visual style and satirical portrayal of a bureaucratic, totalitarian society.
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B.
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Hudsucker Proxy is a 1994 Coen brothers dark comedy film that satirizes corporate America through the story of a naive mailroom clerk unexpectedly promoted to company president.
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C.
Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York is a 2008 surreal drama film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman that follows a theater director whose increasingly elaborate stage production blurs the boundaries between art, reality, and identity.
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D.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 fantasy drama film, loosely based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, about a man who ages in reverse.
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E.
Far from Heaven
Far from Heaven is a 2002 period drama film directed by Todd Haynes that explores race, sexuality, and social norms in 1950s suburban America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: film "Adaptation" Target entity description: "Adaptation" is a 2002 metafictional comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, blending the true story of adapting Susan Orlean’s book with a self-referential narrative about the screenwriter himself.
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A.
film "Brazil"
The film "Brazil" is a 1985 dystopian black comedy directed by Terry Gilliam, known for its surreal visual style and satirical portrayal of a bureaucratic, totalitarian society.
-
B.
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Hudsucker Proxy is a 1994 Coen brothers dark comedy film that satirizes corporate America through the story of a naive mailroom clerk unexpectedly promoted to company president.
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C.
Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York is a 2008 surreal drama film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman that follows a theater director whose increasingly elaborate stage production blurs the boundaries between art, reality, and identity.
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D.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 fantasy drama film, loosely based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, about a man who ages in reverse.
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E.
Far from Heaven
Far from Heaven is a 2002 period drama film directed by Todd Haynes that explores race, sexuality, and social norms in 1950s suburban America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ |
| awardReceivedBy | Chris Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Orchid Thief NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Susan Orlean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lance Acord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Spike Jonze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Eric Zumbrunnen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
adaptation process
ⓘ
art versus reality ⓘ identity ⓘ writer's block ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Charlie Kaufman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Donald Kaufman NERFINISHED ⓘ John Laroche NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Orlean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalScreening | Berlin International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ |
| hasMetafictionalElement | fictional twin brother Donald Kaufman credited as co-writer ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | Carter Burwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
nonlinear narrative
ⓘ
self-referential ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actor
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| portrays |
fictionalized version of Charlie Kaufman
ⓘ
fictionalized version of John Laroche ⓘ fictionalized version of Susan Orlean ⓘ |
| producer |
Edward Saxon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vincent Landay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Propaganda Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 114 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Charlie Kaufman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| stars |
Brian Cox
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chris Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie Gyllenhaal NERFINISHED ⓘ Meryl Streep NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicolas Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Tilda Swinton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: film "Adaptation" Description of subject: "Adaptation" is a 2002 metafictional comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, blending the true story of adapting Susan Orlean’s book with a self-referential narrative about the screenwriter himself.
Referenced by (1)
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