Mass Appeal
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Mass Appeal is a 1984 American drama film about the clash between a complacent older priest and an idealistic young seminarian in a Catholic parish.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mass Appeal canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10338300 — 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: Mass Appeal Context triple: [Lawrence Turman, notableWork, Mass Appeal]
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A.
Make Them Hear You
"Make Them Hear You" is a powerful, politically charged anthem from the musical *Ragtime* that urges oppressed people to demand justice through their voices and actions.
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B.
Balliemore
Balliemore is a small settlement on the Scottish island of Kerrera, located off the west coast near Oban.
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C.
State of Song
The State of Song was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty period, historically notable as the homeland of the philosopher Zhuangzi.
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D.
Songs for the Deaf
Songs for the Deaf is a critically acclaimed 2002 rock album by Queens of the Stone Age, known for its heavy, desert rock sound and concept of a surreal drive through radio stations.
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E.
The Crowds
The Crowds is an English title for the 39th chapter of the Qur’an, which emphasizes sincere worship of God alone and contrasts the fates of believers and disbelievers.
- 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: Mass Appeal Target entity description: Mass Appeal is a 1984 American drama film about the clash between a complacent older priest and an idealistic young seminarian in a Catholic parish.
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A.
Make Them Hear You
"Make Them Hear You" is a powerful, politically charged anthem from the musical *Ragtime* that urges oppressed people to demand justice through their voices and actions.
-
B.
Balliemore
Balliemore is a small settlement on the Scottish island of Kerrera, located off the west coast near Oban.
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C.
State of Song
The State of Song was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty period, historically notable as the homeland of the philosopher Zhuangzi.
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D.
Songs for the Deaf
Songs for the Deaf is a critically acclaimed 2002 rock album by Queens of the Stone Age, known for its heavy, desert rock sound and concept of a surreal drive through radio stations.
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E.
The Crowds
The Crowds is an English title for the 39th chapter of the Qur’an, which emphasizes sincere worship of God alone and contrasts the fates of believers and disbelievers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | stage play ⓘ |
| basedOn | Mass Appeal (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Bill C. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Dick Bush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Glenn Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Bill Blunden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
religious drama ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | theatrical release ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Jack Lemmon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Željko Ivanek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Father Tim Farley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark Dolson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | J.A.C. Redford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | relationship between older priest and young seminarian ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
Catholic priesthood
ⓘ
conflict between tradition and idealism ⓘ |
| producer | David Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1984-09-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 99 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Bill C. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Bill C. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Catholic parish ⓘ |
| starring |
Charles Durning
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack Lemmon NERFINISHED ⓘ Louise Latham NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Bowen NERFINISHED ⓘ Željko Ivanek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
conscience
ⓘ
institutional conformity ⓘ religious hypocrisy ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
| title | Mass Appeal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Mass Appeal Description of subject: Mass Appeal is a 1984 American drama film about the clash between a complacent older priest and an idealistic young seminarian in a Catholic parish.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.