Geri's Game
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Geri's Game is a 1997 Pixar animated short film about an elderly man playing a chess game against himself in a park.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Geri's Game canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9788131 — 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: Geri's Game Context triple: [Jan Pinkava, notableWork, Geri's Game]
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A.
Sincerely, Me
"Sincerely, Me" is a comedic, upbeat song from the Broadway musical *Dear Evan Hansen* that features characters fabricating cheerful emails to cover up uncomfortable truths.
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B.
Grosse Pointe Blank
Grosse Pointe Blank is a 1997 dark comedy film about a hitman who returns to his hometown for a high school reunion while grappling with his violent profession and unresolved past.
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C.
As Good as It Gets
As Good as It Gets is a 1997 romantic comedy-drama film about a misanthropic novelist whose life changes through unexpected relationships with a waitress and a gay artist.
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D.
Big Daddy
Big Daddy was a hugely popular British professional wrestler and cultural icon of the 1970s and 1980s, known for his massive size, crowd-pleasing persona, and frequent appearances on televised World of Sport wrestling.
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E.
Big Daddy
Big Daddy is one of the tallest and most famous sand dunes in Namibia’s Namib Desert, renowned for its dramatic height and panoramic views over the Sossusvlei salt and clay pans.
- 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: Geri's Game Target entity description: Geri's Game is a 1997 Pixar animated short film about an elderly man playing a chess game against himself in a park.
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A.
Sincerely, Me
"Sincerely, Me" is a comedic, upbeat song from the Broadway musical *Dear Evan Hansen* that features characters fabricating cheerful emails to cover up uncomfortable truths.
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B.
Grosse Pointe Blank
Grosse Pointe Blank is a 1997 dark comedy film about a hitman who returns to his hometown for a high school reunion while grappling with his violent profession and unresolved past.
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C.
As Good as It Gets
As Good as It Gets is a 1997 romantic comedy-drama film about a misanthropic novelist whose life changes through unexpected relationships with a waitress and a gay artist.
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D.
Big Daddy
Big Daddy is a 1999 comedy film starring Adam Sandler as an immature man who unexpectedly becomes the guardian of a young boy, leading to humorous and heartfelt life lessons.
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E.
Big Daddy
Big Daddy was a hugely popular British professional wrestler and cultural icon of the 1970s and 1980s, known for his massive size, crowd-pleasing persona, and frequent appearances on televised World of Sport wrestling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pixar short film
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animated short film ⓘ computer-animated film ⓘ |
| animationTechnique | 3D computer animation ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| basedOn | original story ⓘ |
| characterDesigner | Pixar Animation Studios art department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jan Pinkava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Jan Pinkava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedWithTheatrically | A Bug's Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Walt Disney Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Colin Brady NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Geri from Toy Story 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRatingSystem | unrated short film ⓘ |
| firstPixarShortWithHumanMainCharacter | true GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre |
animation
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comedy ⓘ |
| hasFestivalScreening | various international film festivals ⓘ |
| hasNoDialogue | true ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistAge | elderly ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
aging
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playfulness ⓘ solitude ⓘ |
| includedOnHomeMediaWith | A Bug's Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSilentComedy | true ⓘ |
| languageOfIntertitles | none ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Geri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Gordon Goodwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAs | Pixar's first film to win an Academy Award ⓘ |
| notableFor | advanced character animation of an elderly human ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Pixar short film program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An elderly man plays a game of chess against himself in a park. ⓘ |
| producer | Karen Dufilho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Pixar Animation Studios ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1997-11-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 4 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Jan Pinkava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | park ⓘ |
| soundDesignBy | Pixar sound department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| usesMotif | chess ⓘ |
| visualStyle | realistic human animation for its time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Geri's Game Description of subject: Geri's Game is a 1997 Pixar animated short film about an elderly man playing a chess game against himself in a park.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.