Northwest Hounded Police
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Northwest Hounded Police is a 1946 Tex Avery animated short film featuring the relentless pursuit antics of Droopy the dog in a fast-paced, gag-filled chase through the Pacific Northwest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northwest Hounded Police canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11386171 — 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: Northwest Hounded Police Context triple: [Tex Avery, notableWork, Northwest Hounded Police]
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A.
Supernumerary Police
The Supernumerary Police were an auxiliary paramilitary police force in Mandatory Palestine, composed largely of Jewish recruits and used by the British authorities for security and counterinsurgency duties.
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B.
Polisen
Polisen is the national civil police authority of Sweden responsible for law enforcement, crime prevention, and maintaining public order across the country.
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C.
Poliça
Poliça is an American synth-pop and alternative R&B band from Minneapolis known for its atmospheric production, heavy use of vocal effects, and emotionally charged songwriting.
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D.
Hound Law
Hound Law is a hill located within the Tweedsmuir Hills range in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
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E.
Dragnet
Dragnet is a 1987 comedy crime film that parodies the classic police procedural TV series, starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks as mismatched Los Angeles detectives.
- 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: Northwest Hounded Police Target entity description: Northwest Hounded Police is a 1946 Tex Avery animated short film featuring the relentless pursuit antics of Droopy the dog in a fast-paced, gag-filled chase through the Pacific Northwest.
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A.
Supernumerary Police
The Supernumerary Police were an auxiliary paramilitary police force in Mandatory Palestine, composed largely of Jewish recruits and used by the British authorities for security and counterinsurgency duties.
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B.
Polisen
Polisen is the national civil police authority of Sweden responsible for law enforcement, crime prevention, and maintaining public order across the country.
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C.
Poliça
Poliça is an American synth-pop and alternative R&B band from Minneapolis known for its atmospheric production, heavy use of vocal effects, and emotionally charged songwriting.
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D.
Hound Law
Hound Law is a hill located within the Tweedsmuir Hills range in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
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E.
Dragnet
Dragnet is a 1987 comedy crime film that parodies the classic police procedural TV series, starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks as mismatched Los Angeles detectives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animated short film
ⓘ
cartoon ⓘ |
| animationStudioUnit | MGM cartoon studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| animationType | traditional hand-drawn animation ⓘ |
| backgroundArtist | John Didrik Johnsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacterCreatedBy | Tex Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Tex Avery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| era | post-World War II American cinema ⓘ |
| featuresAnthropomorphicAnimal |
dog
ⓘ
wolf ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Droopy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wolf ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | Royal Canadian Mounted Police parody ⓘ |
| featuresRunningGag | Droopy appearing everywhere the Wolf flees ⓘ |
| genre |
chase film
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ slapstick ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeDevice | escalating impossible escapes by the Wolf ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cartoon violence
ⓘ
relentless pursuit ⓘ visual gags ⓘ |
| hasTone |
comic
ⓘ
surreal ⓘ |
| includedIn | various MGM cartoon compilations ⓘ |
| includesElement | fourth-wall-style absurdity ⓘ |
| layoutArtist | Claude Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Droopy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Scott Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Tex Avery style exaggerated animation
ⓘ
fast-paced gag-filled chase sequences ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| parodies | Northwest Mounted Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Droopy theatrical shorts ⓘ |
| producedAt | MGM Studios, Culver City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Fred Quimby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1946-08-03 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 7 ⓘ |
| setting | Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audiences ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Golden Age of American animation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Northwest Hounded Police Description of subject: Northwest Hounded Police is a 1946 Tex Avery animated short film featuring the relentless pursuit antics of Droopy the dog in a fast-paced, gag-filled chase through the Pacific Northwest.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.