It’s a Gift
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"It’s a Gift" is a 1934 American comedy film starring W. C. Fields, widely regarded as one of his finest and most influential screen comedies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| It's a Gift | 1 |
| It’s a Gift canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10953978 — 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: It’s a Gift Context triple: [W. C. Fields, notableWork, It’s a Gift]
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A.
Just a Gift
"Just a Gift" is a song by Keith Richards from his 2015 solo album "Crosseyed Heart."
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B.
My Gift
My Gift is a Christmas-themed studio album by American country singer Carrie Underwood, featuring traditional carols and original holiday songs.
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C.
The Gift (album)
The Gift is the 1985 debut solo album by Scottish musician Midge Ure, best known for its hit single "If I Was" and its blend of synth-pop and rock.
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D.
The Greatest Gift
The Greatest Gift is a short story by Philip Van Doren Stern that served as the literary basis for the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."
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E.
The Sweetest Gift
"The Sweetest Gift" is a song featured on Linda Ronstadt’s 1975 country-rock album "Prisoner in Disguise."
- 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: It’s a Gift Target entity description: "It’s a Gift" is a 1934 American comedy film starring W. C. Fields, widely regarded as one of his finest and most influential screen comedies.
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A.
Just a Gift
"Just a Gift" is a song by Keith Richards from his 2015 solo album "Crosseyed Heart."
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B.
My Gift
My Gift is a Christmas-themed studio album by American country singer Carrie Underwood, featuring traditional carols and original holiday songs.
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C.
The Gift (album)
The Gift is the 1985 debut solo album by Scottish musician Midge Ure, best known for its hit single "If I Was" and its blend of synth-pop and rock.
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D.
The Greatest Gift
The Greatest Gift is a short story by Philip Van Doren Stern that served as the literary basis for the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."
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E.
The Sweetest Gift
"The Sweetest Gift" is a song featured on Linda Ronstadt’s 1975 country-rock album "Prisoner in Disguise."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn | W. C. Fields’ stage sketches ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Henry Sharp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | widely regarded as one of W. C. Fields’ finest screen comedies ⓘ |
| director | Norman Z. McLeod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| era | Pre-Code Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Harold Bissonette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEditingBy | LeRoy Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American dream of land ownership
ⓘ
domestic conflict ⓘ middle-class family life ⓘ |
| hasTitle | It’s a Gift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later American screen comedy ⓘ |
| leadActor | W. C. Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | grocery store owner ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Leipold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeResolution | family moves to California orange grove ⓘ |
| notableScene |
driving sequence with Baby LeRoy
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grocery store chaos sequence ⓘ porch-sleeping sequence with noisy neighbors and salesman ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | W. C. Fields filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | W. C. Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | William LeBaron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1934-11-03 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 68 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
J. P. McEvoy
NERFINISHED
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Jack Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ W. C. Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
California
NERFINISHED
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New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Baby LeRoy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jean Rouverol NERFINISHED ⓘ Julian Madison NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathleen Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ Tammany Young NERFINISHED ⓘ W. C. Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1934 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: It’s a Gift Description of subject: "It’s a Gift" is a 1934 American comedy film starring W. C. Fields, widely regarded as one of his finest and most influential screen comedies.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
It's a Gift (1923 film)
this entity surface form:
It's a Gift