Which Way Is Up?
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"Which Way Is Up?" is a 1977 American comedy film starring Richard Pryor, known for its satirical take on class, labor, and relationships.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Which Way Is Up? canonical | 3 |
| Which Way Is Up? (1977 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10584343 — 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: Which Way Is Up? Context triple: [Lonette McKee, notableWork, Which Way Is Up?]
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A.
The Way Up
The Way Up is an ambitious, critically acclaimed 2005 album by the Pat Metheny Group, known for its single continuous, hour-long composition that blends jazz, progressive, and world music elements.
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B.
Down on the Upside
Down on the Upside is a 1996 studio album by American rock band Soundgarden that blends heavy alternative rock with more experimental and melodic elements.
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C.
Right and a Wrong Way
"Right and a Wrong Way" is an R&B song by Keith Sweat from his influential late-1980s debut album "Make It Last Forever."
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D.
Only Way
"Only Way" is a track from Lil Wayne's acclaimed hip-hop album *Tha Carter*.
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E.
Falling Up
Falling Up is a whimsical collection of humorous and imaginative children's poems and drawings by Shel Silverstein.
- 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: Which Way Is Up? Target entity description: "Which Way Is Up?" is a 1977 American comedy film starring Richard Pryor, known for its satirical take on class, labor, and relationships.
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A.
The Way Up
The Way Up is an ambitious, critically acclaimed 2005 album by the Pat Metheny Group, known for its single continuous, hour-long composition that blends jazz, progressive, and world music elements.
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B.
Down on the Upside
Down on the Upside is a 1996 studio album by American rock band Soundgarden that blends heavy alternative rock with more experimental and melodic elements.
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C.
Right and a Wrong Way
"Right and a Wrong Way" is an R&B song by Keith Sweat from his influential late-1980s debut album "Make It Last Forever."
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D.
Only Way
"Only Way" is a track from Lil Wayne's acclaimed hip-hop album *Tha Carter*.
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E.
Falling Up
Falling Up is a whimsical collection of humorous and imaginative children's poems and drawings by Shel Silverstein.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Seduction of Mimi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkType | Italian film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Donald M. Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Michael Schultz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| editedBy | Christopher Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
satirical film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Lonette McKee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Margaret Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ Marilyn Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ Morgan Woodward NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Pryor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActor | Richard Pryor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Leroy Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Norman Whitfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
labor organizing
ⓘ
sexual relationships ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| notableFor |
satirical take on class
ⓘ
satirical take on labor ⓘ satirical take on relationships ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Richard Pryor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Harry Gittes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Pryor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1977-11-04 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 94 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Julius J. Epstein
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Kaufman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Lonette McKee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Margaret Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ Marilyn Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ Morgan Woodward NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Pryor 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
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Input
Subject: Which Way Is Up? Description of subject: "Which Way Is Up?" is a 1977 American comedy film starring Richard Pryor, known for its satirical take on class, labor, and relationships.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Which Way Is Up? (1977 film)