The Jack Bull
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The Jack Bull is a 1999 Western television film, loosely based on Heinrich von Kleist’s novella "Michael Kohlhaas," that explores themes of justice and vengeance on the American frontier.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Jack Bull canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10075717 — 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: The Jack Bull Context triple: [Gerald W. Abrams, notableWork, The Jack Bull]
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A.
The Jack
"The Jack" is a bluesy hard rock song by Australian band AC/DC, known for its suggestive lyrics and prominent place in their early live performances.
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B.
The Jack
The Jack is the nickname for Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, the former home of the NFL’s Washington Redskins (now Commanders) in Landover, Maryland.
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C.
The Bull
"The Bull" is a notable painting by Georgian modernist artist Lado Gudiashvili, reflecting his distinctive, expressive style and symbolic imagery.
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D.
The Bull
The Bull is a renowned 17th-century Dutch painting by Paulus Potter, celebrated for its unusually large, detailed, and lifelike depiction of a farm animal within a rural landscape.
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E.
The Bull
"The Bull" is a nickname for British field marshal Edmund Allenby, renowned for his decisive leadership in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I.
- 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: The Jack Bull Target entity description: The Jack Bull is a 1999 Western television film, loosely based on Heinrich von Kleist’s novella "Michael Kohlhaas," that explores themes of justice and vengeance on the American frontier.
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A.
The Jack
"The Jack" is a bluesy hard rock song by Australian band AC/DC, known for its suggestive lyrics and prominent place in their early live performances.
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B.
The Jack
The Jack is the nickname for Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, the former home of the NFL’s Washington Redskins (now Commanders) in Landover, Maryland.
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C.
The Bull
"The Bull" is a notable painting by Georgian modernist artist Lado Gudiashvili, reflecting his distinctive, expressive style and symbolic imagery.
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D.
The Bull
The Bull is a renowned 17th-century Dutch painting by Paulus Potter, celebrated for its unusually large, detailed, and lifelike depiction of a farm animal within a rural landscape.
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E.
The Bull
"The Bull" is a nickname for British field marshal Edmund Allenby, renowned for his decisive leadership in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
ⓘ
television film ⓘ |
| adaptationType | loose adaptation ⓘ |
| basedOn | Michael Kohlhaas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Heinrich von Kleist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Cottrell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry Ballard NERFINISHED ⓘ Judge Tolliver NERFINISHED ⓘ Myles Eckert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Ron Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Mark Isham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | John Badham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | HBO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Frank Morriss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | John Cusack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasFormat | feature-length TV movie ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Jack Bull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
justice
ⓘ
vengeance ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a horse trader seeking justice ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme | individual versus corrupt authority ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | HBO ⓘ |
| originalReleaseFormat | cable television ⓘ |
| partOf | HBO original films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| producer | John Cusack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Lakeshore Entertainment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Crime Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 117 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Dick Cusack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | American frontier ⓘ |
| starring |
Harve Presnell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John C. McGinley NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cusack NERFINISHED ⓘ John Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ John Savage NERFINISHED ⓘ L.Q. Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Miranda Otto NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 19th century ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Jack Bull Description of subject: The Jack Bull is a 1999 Western television film, loosely based on Heinrich von Kleist’s novella "Michael Kohlhaas," that explores themes of justice and vengeance on the American frontier.
Referenced by (1)
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