Using Big Data and Natural Language Processing techniques to query the Global Graph for Nigerian Movies and Actors.
Using Virtuoso SPARQL editor, I sent the following queries to the LinkedMDB SPARQL Endpoint using Federated SPARQL.
The answer looks like this.
Wow! they have only 8 Nigerian movies in their dataset.
The answer .
Wow! LinkedMDB does not have that information. Let me see what else they have on the movie using the following query or in SPARQL terms "show me all you have on the subject of '.../film/16131'" :
The answer.
This just shows the release date, country, lanaguage, title of the movie. This is not much. Let us check from the very nucleus of the Linked Open Data web, DBpedia (http://dbpedia.org), if they have some more data than LinkedMDB.
The answer .
Now we can see that DBpedia has the actors name.
and the result shows
so we can now see that DBpedia has much more information on this movie. We can get more information like the movie description with the following query.
and it showed....
and the result showed ...
Hmm! only 3 films.
The answer.
Just only 2 movies.
The answer.
Wow! just only 21 movies.
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I have shown how easy to query these graphs for information on Nollywood. We have also seen that not enough information on Nollywood exist in the global graph so there is need to publish more.
Why? Applications can consume the results of these kind of queries to create a rich experience for users in interacting with these resources e.g. movie recommendation app, an actor app, etc.
Nigerian Movies on LinkedMDB
The following query lists all the Nigerian movies in the RDF store of LinkedMDB or in SPARQL terms, "show me movies whose 'movie:country' is 'country:NG' which may have a 'dc:title' or a 'dc:date'" :
## SPARQL Query
PREFIX owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#>
PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX movie: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/movie/>
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
PREFIX country: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/country/>
select ?s ?Title ?Date
where {
SERVICE <http://data.linkedmdb.org/sparql> {
?s movie:country country:NG .
optional { ?s dc:title ?Title. }
optional { ?s dc:date ?Date. }
}
}
The answer looks like this.
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| S | Title | Date |
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| <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/film/10659> | "Rise and Fall of Idi Amin" | "1980" |
| <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/film/16051> | "Osuofia in London" | |
| <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/film/16118> | "Ezra" | "2007-01-23" |
| <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/film/16130> | "Aki na Ukwa" | |
| <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/film/16131> | "2 Rats" | "2003" |
| <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/film/16463> | "Above Death: In God We Trust" | "2003" |
| <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/film/17663> | "Abuja Connection" | |
| <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/film/24122> | "Missing Angel" | |
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Wow! they have only 8 Nigerian movies in their dataset.
Who acted in the movie "2 Rats"
Let us find out who acted in the movie "2 Rats" by using the following query. In SPARQL terms "show me the 'movie:actor' of '.../film/16131' and also tell me his '?Name'" :
## SPARQL Query
PREFIX owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#>
PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX movie: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/movie/>
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
PREFIX country: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/country/>
select ?Name
where {
SERVICE <http://data.linkedmdb.org/sparql> {
<http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/film/16131> movie:actor ?actor .
?actor movie:actor_name ?Name .
}
}
The answer .
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| Name |
========
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Wow! LinkedMDB does not have that information. Let me see what else they have on the movie using the following query or in SPARQL terms "show me all you have on the subject of '.../film/16131'" :
## SPARQL Query
PREFIX owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#>
PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX movie: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/movie/>
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
PREFIX country: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/country/>
PREFIX dbpedia: <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/>
PREFIX dbprop: <http://dbpedia.org/property/>
PREFIX dbowl: <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/>
select *
where {
SERVICE <http://data.linkedmdb.org/sparql> {
<http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/film/16131> ?PropertyName ?Value
}
}
The answer.
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| property | object |
============================================================================================================================
| <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/based_near> | <http://sws.geonames.org/2328926/> |
| <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/page> | <http://www.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000005674af3> |
| movie:initial_release_date | "2003" |
| dc:date | "2003" |
| movie:country | country:NG |
| movie:language | <http://www.lingvoj.org/lingvo/en> |
| movie:filmid | "16131"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#int> |
| dc:title | "2 Rats" |
| rdfs:label | "2 Rats" |
| <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> | movie:film |
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This just shows the release date, country, lanaguage, title of the movie. This is not much. Let us check from the very nucleus of the Linked Open Data web, DBpedia (http://dbpedia.org), if they have some more data than LinkedMDB.
"2 Rats" at DBpedia
Let us see if we can catch "2 Rats" in DBpedia by using the following query or in SPARQL terms "show us the ?moviename and ?actor of any dbpedia:Film that has '2 Rats' in its name and dbprop:country is 'nigeria' " :
## SPARQL Query
PREFIX owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#>
PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX movie: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/movie/>
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
PREFIX country: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/country/>
PREFIX dbpedia: <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/>
PREFIX dbprop: <http://dbpedia.org/property/>
select ?s as ?Movie ?moviename as ?Name ?actor as ?Actor
where {
SERVICE <http://dbpedia.org/sparql> {
?s a dbpedia:Film .
?s dbprop:country ?country.
?s dbpedia:starring ?dbname .
?s rdfs:label ?moviename.
?dbname dbprop:name ?actor.
filter regex(?moviename,"^2 Rats") .
filter regex(?country,"^nigeria","i") .
}
}
The answer .
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| s | moviename | actor |
===============================================================================
| <http://dbpedia.org/resource/2_Rats> | "2 Rats"@en | "Osita Iheme"@en |
| <http://dbpedia.org/resource/2_Rats> | "2 Rats"@en | "Iheme, Osita"@en |
| <http://dbpedia.org/resource/2_Rats> | "2 Rats"@en | "Chinedu Ikedieze"@en |
| <http://dbpedia.org/resource/2_Rats> | "2 Rats"@en | "Ikedieze, Chinedu"@en |
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Now we can see that DBpedia has the actors name.
What else do they have on the movie
Let us check for the movie description, director, distributor with the following query. In SPARQL terms "show me the ?director and ?distributor of any dbpedia:Film that has '2 Rats' in its name and dbprop:country is 'nigeria'" :
## SPARQL Query
PREFIX owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#>
PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX movie: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/movie/>
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
PREFIX country: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/country/>
PREFIX dbpedia: <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/>
PREFIX dbprop: <http://dbpedia.org/property/>
select distinct ?s as ?Movie ?director ?distributor
where {
SERVICE <http://dbpedia.org/sparql> {
?s a dbpedia:Film .
?s dbprop:country ?country.
?s dbpedia:starring ?dbname .
?s rdfs:label ?moviename.
?s rdfs:comment ?description .
?s dbprop:director ?director.
?s dbprop:distributor ?distributor.
?dbname dbprop:name ?actor.
filter regex(?moviename,"^2 Rats") .
filter regex(?country,"^nigeria","i") .
}
}
and the result shows
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| s | director | distributor |
===============================================================================================
| <http://dbpedia.org/resource/2_Rats> | "Andy Chukwu"@en | "OJ Productions International"@en |
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so we can now see that DBpedia has much more information on this movie. We can get more information like the movie description with the following query.
## SPARQL Query
PREFIX owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#>
PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX movie: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/movie/>
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
PREFIX country: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/country/>
PREFIX dbpedia: <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/>
PREFIX dbprop: <http://dbpedia.org/property/>
select distinct ?description as ?Summary
where {
SERVICE <http://dbpedia.org/sparql> {
?s a dbpedia:Film .
?s dbprop:country ?country.
?s dbpedia:starring ?dbname .
?s rdfs:label ?moviename.
?s rdfs:comment ?description .
?s dbprop:director ?director.
?s dbprop:distributor ?distributor.
?dbname dbprop:name ?actor.
filter regex(?moviename,"^2 Rats") .
filter regex(?country,"^nigeria","i") .
}
}
and it showed....
| "2 Rats is a 2003 Nigeria film. Nollywood's highest paid actors, Osita Iheme (A-boy) and Chinedu Ikedieze (Bobo) are two young boys whose father has been murdered by their uncle. In a selfish move, Amaechi Muonagor wants them to work as house boys in their father's own house. A-boy and Bobo have other plans. The film features performances by Aki na Pawpaw and can be dubbed as Nollywood's Home Alone."@en |
Chinedu Ikedieze's filmography
Which other movie did Chinedu Ikedieze star in? Let us ask DBpedia the following query or in SPARQL terms "Show us any 'dbpedia:Film' 'dbpedia:starring' 'dbr:Chinedu_Ikedieze', giving us the '?director' and '?distributor' if available " :
## SPARQL Query
PREFIX owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#>
PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX movie: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/movie/>
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
PREFIX country: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/country/>
PREFIX dbpedia: <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/>
PREFIX dbprop: <http://dbpedia.org/property/>
PREFIX dbr: <http://dbpedia.org/resource/>
select distinct ?s as ?Movie ?director ?distributor
where {
SERVICE <http://dbpedia.org/sparql> {
?s a dbpedia:Film .
?s dbpedia:starring dbr:Chinedu_Ikedieze .
optional {?s dbprop:director ?director. }
optional {?s dbprop:distributor ?distributor. }
}
}
and the result showed ...
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| s | director | distributor |
=======================================================================================
| dbr:2_Rats | "Andy Chukwu"@en | "OJ Productions International"@en |
| dbr:Aki_na_Ukwa | "Amayo Uzo Philips"@en | "Kas-Vid International"@en |
| dbr:Games_Men_Play | dbr:Lancelot_Oduwa_Imasuen | |
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Hmm! only 3 films.
Chinedu Ikedieze and Osita Iheme
Which films in DBpedia have starred both Chinedu and Osita together? Let us ask with the following query :
## SPARQL Query
PREFIX owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#>
PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX movie: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/movie/>
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
PREFIX country: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/country/>
PREFIX dbpedia: <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/>
PREFIX dbprop: <http://dbpedia.org/property/>
PREFIX dbr: <http://dbpedia.org/resource/>
select distinct ?s as ?Movie ?director ?distributor
where {
SERVICE <http://dbpedia.org/sparql> {
?s a dbpedia:Film .
?s dbpedia:starring dbr:Chinedu_Ikedieze .
?s dbpedia:starring dbr:Osita_Iheme .
optional {?s dbprop:director ?director. }
optional {?s dbprop:distributor ?distributor. }
}
}
The answer.
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| s | director | distributor |
================================================================================
| dbr:2_Rats | "Andy Chukwu"@en | "OJ Productions International"@en |
| dbr:Aki_na_Ukwa | "Amayo Uzo Philips"@en | "Kas-Vid International"@en |
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Just only 2 movies.
Nollywood in DBpedia
Let us ask DBpedia which Nigerian movies does it have, using the following query or in SPARQL terms "show us all the dbpedia:Film you have that dbprop:country is 'nigeria' and give it to me in english language".
## SPARQL Query
PREFIX owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#>
PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX movie: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/movie/>
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
PREFIX country: <http://data.linkedmdb.org/resource/country/>
PREFIX dbpedia: <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/>
PREFIX dbprop: <http://dbpedia.org/property/>
PREFIX dbr: <http://dbpedia.org/resource/>
select distinct ?s as ?Movie ?moviename as ?Name ?country as ?Country
where {
SERVICE <http://dbpedia.org/sparql> {
?s a dbpedia:Film .
?s dbprop:country ?country.
optional {?s rdfs:label ?moviename. }
filter regex(?country,"^nigeria","i") .
filter (lang(?moviename) ='en') .
}
}
The answer.
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| s | country | moviename |
=======================================================================================================================
| <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Area_Boys_(film)> | "Nigeria"@en | "Area Boys (film)"@en |
| dbr:Lilies_of_the_Ghetto | "Nigeria"@en | "Lilies of the Ghetto"@en |
| dbr:Living_in_Bondage | "Nigeria"@en | "Living in Bondage"@en |
| dbr:Mirror_Boy | "Nigeria"@en | "Mirror Boy"@en |
| dbr:Oni_Ise_Owo | "Nigeria"@en | "Oni Ise Owo"@en |
| <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Rag_Tag_(film)> | "Nigeria"@en | "Rag Tag (film)"@en |
| dbr:Rising_Moon | "Nigeria"@en | "Rising Moon"@en |
| dbr:Tango_with_Me | "Nigeria"@en | "Tango with Me"@en |
| dbr:The_Mayors | "Nigeria"@en | "The Mayors"@en |
| dbr:2_Rats | "Nigeria"@en | "2 Rats"@en |
| <http://dbpedia.org/resource/30_Days_(2006_film)> | "Nigeria"@en | "30 Days (2006 film)"@en |
| dbr:Games_Men_Play | "Nigeria"@en | "Games Men Play"@en |
| dbr:The_Figurine | "Nigeria"@en | "The Figurine"@en |
| dbr:Jenifa | "Nigeria"@en | "Jenifa"@en |
| <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Above_Death:_In_God_We_Trust> | "Nigeria"@en | "Above Death: In God We Trust"@en |
| dbr:Abuja_Connection | "Nigeria"@en | "Abuja Connection"@en |
| dbr:Aki_na_Ukwa | "Nigeria"@en | "Aki na Ukwa"@en |
| <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Anchor_Baby_(film)> | "Nigeria"@en | "Anchor Baby (film)"@en |
| <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Black_Gold_(2011_Nigerian_film)> | "Nigeria"@en | "Black Gold (2011 Nigerian film)"@en |
| <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Ezra_(film)> | "Nigeria"@en | "Ezra (film)"@en |
| dbr:Missing_Angel | "Nigeria"@en | "Missing Angel"@en |
| dbr:Osuofia_in_London | "Nigeria"@en | "Osuofia in London"@en |
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Wow! just only 21 movies.
Conclusion
The web of linked data or Semantic Web is a global information space consisting of inter-linked data. SPARQL enables applications to query this global graph or database for information about resources or entities..
I have shown how easy to query these graphs for information on Nollywood. We have also seen that not enough information on Nollywood exist in the global graph so there is need to publish more.
Why? Applications can consume the results of these kind of queries to create a rich experience for users in interacting with these resources e.g. movie recommendation app, an actor app, etc.
Keywords: linkedopendatang, linkedopendata, opendatang, linkeddata, lod, nigeria, sparql, films, movies, nollywood
References
http://www.linkedmdb.org/ - LinkedMDB.
http://dbpedia.org - DBpedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARQL - About SPARQL.
http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/ - SPARQL Query Language for RDF.
http://semanticweb.org/wiki/SPARQL_endpoint - SPARQL Endpoint.
http://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-federated-query/ - Federated SPARQL.
http://linkeddata.uriburner.com/sparql/ - URIBurner SPARQL Endpoint.
http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/ - Openlink Virtuoso.
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