Quiet Please!
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"Quiet Please!" is a classic 1945 Tom and Jerry animated short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, best known for featuring Spike the bulldog trying to keep Tom from disturbing his sleep while Jerry takes advantage of the situation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quiet Please! canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11386510 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quiet Please! Context triple: [Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts for MGM), notableShort, Quiet Please!]
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A.
Silence, Please
"Silence, Please" is a humorous science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, featured in his collection *Tales from the White Hart*.
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B.
Silence the Voices
"Silence the Voices" is a song featured on the album "Carry On."
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C.
Hush
Hush is a 2016 horror-thriller film directed and co-written by Mike Flanagan, centered on a deaf-mute woman fighting for survival against a masked killer at her isolated home.
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D.
Hush
"Hush" is a critically acclaimed, largely dialogue-free horror episode of *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* renowned for its eerie villains, The Gentlemen, and its inventive use of silence.
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E.
Admiring Silence
Admiring Silence is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah that explores themes of exile, identity, and cultural dislocation through the experiences of a Zanzibari man living in England.
- 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: Quiet Please! Target entity description: "Quiet Please!" is a classic 1945 Tom and Jerry animated short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, best known for featuring Spike the bulldog trying to keep Tom from disturbing his sleep while Jerry takes advantage of the situation.
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A.
Silence, Please
"Silence, Please" is a humorous science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, featured in his collection *Tales from the White Hart*.
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B.
Silence the Voices
"Silence the Voices" is a song featured on the album "Carry On."
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C.
Hush
Hush is a 2016 horror-thriller film directed and co-written by Mike Flanagan, centered on a deaf-mute woman fighting for survival against a masked killer at her isolated home.
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D.
Hush
"Hush" is a critically acclaimed, largely dialogue-free horror episode of *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* renowned for its eerie villains, The Gentlemen, and its inventive use of silence.
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E.
Admiring Silence
Admiring Silence is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah that explores themes of exile, identity, and cultural dislocation through the experiences of a Zanzibari man living in England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tom and Jerry cartoon
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animated short film ⓘ |
| animationStudioDepartment | MGM Animation Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| animationType | traditional hand-drawn animation ⓘ |
| awardOrganization | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| basedInUniverse | Tom and Jerry universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character | Tyke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Joseph Barbera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Hanna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director |
Joseph Barbera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Hanna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Spike the Bulldog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
noise versus quiet
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revenge ⓘ slapstick violence ⓘ |
| franchise | Tom and Jerry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
slapstick ⓘ |
| hasAward | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpeciesOfCharacter |
bulldog
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cat ⓘ mouse ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jerry Mouse
NERFINISHED
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Spike NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Cat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Scott Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Jerry using Spike to protect himself from Tom
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Spike warning Tom not to wake him while he sleeps ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Golden Age of American animation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Spike threatens Tom with violence if he wakes him while he is trying to sleep, and Jerry exploits the situation to torment Tom. ⓘ |
| producer | Fred Quimby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | MGM cartoon studio ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical short ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 7 ⓘ |
| series | Tom and Jerry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | suburban house ⓘ |
| soundMix | mono ⓘ |
| studio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| title | Quiet Please! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Quiet Please! Description of subject: "Quiet Please!" is a classic 1945 Tom and Jerry animated short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, best known for featuring Spike the bulldog trying to keep Tom from disturbing his sleep while Jerry takes advantage of the situation.
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