The Dot and the Line
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The Dot and the Line is a 1965 animated short film directed by Chuck Jones, celebrated for its witty, geometric love story and innovative visual style.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics | 2 |
| The Dot and the Line canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10353692 — 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 Dot and the Line Context triple: [Chuck Jones, notableWork, The Dot and the Line]
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A.
The Book with No Pictures
The Book with No Pictures is a bestselling children's picture book by comedian and writer B. J. Novak that uses only text and playful typography to create a humorous, read-aloud experience without any illustrations.
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B.
The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby is Tom Wolfe’s groundbreaking 1965 collection of New Journalism essays that vividly chronicles American pop culture, consumerism, and social change in the early 1960s.
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C.
The Ink Factory
The Ink Factory is a British production company best known for adapting John le Carré’s works for film and television.
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D.
The Pencil
"The Pencil" is a nickname for American actress Ellen Pompeo, best known for her long-running role as Meredith Grey on the television series Grey's Anatomy.
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E.
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories is a 1958 children's book by Dr. Seuss comprising three rhyming tales that use whimsical characters and absurd situations to explore themes of power, vanity, and personal responsibility.
- 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 Dot and the Line Target entity description: The Dot and the Line is a 1965 animated short film directed by Chuck Jones, celebrated for its witty, geometric love story and innovative visual style.
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A.
The Book with No Pictures
The Book with No Pictures is a bestselling children's picture book by comedian and writer B. J. Novak that uses only text and playful typography to create a humorous, read-aloud experience without any illustrations.
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B.
The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby is Tom Wolfe’s groundbreaking 1965 collection of New Journalism essays that vividly chronicles American pop culture, consumerism, and social change in the early 1960s.
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C.
The Ink Factory
The Ink Factory is a British production company best known for adapting John le Carré’s works for film and television.
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D.
The Pencil
"The Pencil" is a nickname for American actress Ellen Pompeo, best known for her long-running role as Meredith Grey on the television series Grey's Anatomy.
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E.
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories is a 1958 children's book by Dr. Seuss comprising three rhyming tales that use whimsical characters and absurd situations to explore themes of power, vanity, and personal responsibility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
ⓘ
animated short film ⓘ |
| academyAwards | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| animationTechnique | traditional animation ⓘ |
| antagonist | The Squiggle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artDirector | Maurice Noble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Norton Juster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| color | color film ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Metrocolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Chuck Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
MGM
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| genre |
animated comedy
ⓘ
experimental animation ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dot_and_the_Line ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
The Dot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Dean Elliott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | witty narration ⓘ |
| narrator | Robert Morley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative visual style
ⓘ
mathematical and geometric humor ⓘ |
| partOf | MGM cartoon catalog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Chuck Jones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Les Goldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSource | 1963 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1965-12-31 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 10 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy |
Chuck Jones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maurice Noble NERFINISHED ⓘ Norton Juster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | abstract geometric world ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| theme |
intellect and creativity
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love ⓘ order versus chaos ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
geometric abstraction
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minimalist design ⓘ |
| won | Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
this entity surface form:
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics