Isle of Dogs (2018 film)
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Isle of Dogs (2018 film) is a stop-motion animated comedy-drama directed by Wes Anderson that follows a boy’s quest to find his exiled dog in a dystopian future Japan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Isle of Dogs | 2 |
| Isle of Dogs (2018 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11319531 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Isle of Dogs (2018 film) Context triple: [Liev Schreiber, notableWork, Isle of Dogs (2018 film)]
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Isle of Dogs
The Isle of Dogs is a peninsula in East London, England, known for its major financial district at Canary Wharf and extensive riverside redevelopment.
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Okja
Okja is a 2017 South Korean–American adventure-drama film directed by Bong Joon-ho that follows a young girl’s quest to rescue her genetically engineered “super pig” from a powerful multinational corporation.
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C.
Dog (2022 film)
Dog (2022 film) is an American road comedy-drama film starring Channing Tatum as an Army Ranger tasked with transporting a fallen soldier’s military working dog to his funeral.
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D.
Road Dogs
Road Dogs is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that follows the intersecting schemes and betrayals of ex-con Jack Foley and his associates after his release from prison.
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E.
The Boxtrolls
The Boxtrolls is a 2014 stop-motion animated fantasy-comedy film by Laika about a young boy raised by underground trash-collecting creatures who must save them from an evil exterminator.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Isle of Dogs (2018 film) Target entity description: Isle of Dogs (2018 film) is a stop-motion animated comedy-drama directed by Wes Anderson that follows a boy’s quest to find his exiled dog in a dystopian future Japan.
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A.
Isle of Dogs
The Isle of Dogs is a peninsula in East London, England, known for its major financial district at Canary Wharf and extensive riverside redevelopment.
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B.
Okja
Okja is a 2017 South Korean–American adventure-drama film directed by Bong Joon-ho that follows a young girl’s quest to rescue her genetically engineered “super pig” from a powerful multinational corporation.
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C.
Dog (2022 film)
Dog (2022 film) is an American road comedy-drama film starring Channing Tatum as an Army Ranger tasked with transporting a fallen soldier’s military working dog to his funeral.
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D.
Road Dogs
Road Dogs is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that follows the intersecting schemes and betrayals of ex-con Jack Foley and his associates after his release from prison.
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E.
The Boxtrolls
The Boxtrolls is a 2014 stop-motion animated fantasy-comedy film by Laika about a young boy raised by underground trash-collecting creatures who must save them from an evil exterminator.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animated film
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comedy-drama film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ stop-motion animated film ⓘ |
| academyAwardNomination |
Best Animated Feature
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Best Original Score ⓘ |
| animationTechnique | stop-motion ⓘ |
| berlinFilmFestivalAward | Silver Bear for Best Director NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Tristan Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Germany
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Wes Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Fox Searchlight Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| editedBy | Ralph Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresSpecies | dog ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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comedy ⓘ drama ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
authoritarian politics
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human–animal relationship ⓘ xenophobia ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Atari Kobayashi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chief NERFINISHED ⓘ Mayor Kobayashi NERFINISHED ⓘ Spots ⓘ |
| metascore | 82 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alexandre Desplat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | Courtney B. Vance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFilmographyOf | Wes Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A boy travels to an island of exiled dogs to find his lost pet in a dystopian future Japan. ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | 68th Berlin International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Jeremy Dawson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scott Rudin NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Rales NERFINISHED ⓘ Wes Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
American Empirical Pictures
NERFINISHED
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Indian Paintbrush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2018-02-15 ⓘ |
| rottenTomatoesRating | 90% ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| screenplayLanguage | English and Japanese ⓘ |
| setIn |
Japan
NERFINISHED
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fictional city of Megasaki ⓘ |
| setInTime | near future ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| voiceCastMember |
Akira Ito
NERFINISHED
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Akira Takayama NERFINISHED ⓘ Bill Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ Bob Balaban NERFINISHED ⓘ Bryan Cranston NERFINISHED ⓘ Courtney B. Vance NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Norton NERFINISHED ⓘ F. Murray Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ Fisher Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Frances McDormand NERFINISHED ⓘ Greta Gerwig NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvey Keitel NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Goldblum NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Watanabe NERFINISHED ⓘ Koyu Rankin NERFINISHED ⓘ Kunichi Nomura NERFINISHED ⓘ Liev Schreiber NERFINISHED ⓘ Scarlett Johansson NERFINISHED ⓘ Tilda Swinton NERFINISHED ⓘ Yojiro Noda NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoko Ono NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Jason Schwartzman
NERFINISHED
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Kunichi Nomura NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Coppola NERFINISHED ⓘ Wes Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Isle of Dogs (2018 film) Description of subject: Isle of Dogs (2018 film) is a stop-motion animated comedy-drama directed by Wes Anderson that follows a boy’s quest to find his exiled dog in a dystopian future Japan.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Isle of Dogs
this entity surface form:
Isle of Dogs