2010: The Year We Make Contact
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2010: The Year We Make Contact is a 1984 science fiction film and sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, exploring renewed human contact with the enigmatic monolith and the fate of Jupiter.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2010: The Year We Make Contact canonical | 5 |
| 2010: Odyssey Two | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T995300 — 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: 2010: The Year We Make Contact Context triple: [Roy Scheider, notableWork, 2010: The Year We Make Contact]
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The Shape of Things to Come
The Shape of Things to Come is a 1933 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that presents a speculative future history of the world, exploring global war, social collapse, and the eventual rise of a rational, technocratic world state.
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Le Shuttle
Le Shuttle is a vehicle-carrying rail service that transports cars, trucks, and passengers through the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France.
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Childhood's End
Childhood's End is a landmark science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's transcendence and the profound consequences of a seemingly benevolent alien intervention.
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The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that centers on the visionary construction of a space elevator on a fictionalized Sri Lankan island, exploring themes of technological ambition, religion, and human progress.
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E.
Waterworld
Waterworld is a 1995 post-apocalyptic science fiction film set on a flooded Earth, best known for its ambitious water-based production, high budget, and starring Kevin Costner as a mutant drifter.
- 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: 2010: The Year We Make Contact Target entity description: 2010: The Year We Make Contact is a 1984 science fiction film and sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, exploring renewed human contact with the enigmatic monolith and the fate of Jupiter.
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A.
The Shape of Things to Come
The Shape of Things to Come is a 1933 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that presents a speculative future history of the world, exploring global war, social collapse, and the eventual rise of a rational, technocratic world state.
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B.
Le Shuttle
Le Shuttle is a vehicle-carrying rail service that transports cars, trucks, and passengers through the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France.
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C.
Childhood's End
Childhood's End is a landmark science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's transcendence and the profound consequences of a seemingly benevolent alien intervention.
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D.
The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that centers on the visionary construction of a space elevator on a fictionalized Sri Lankan island, exploring themes of technological ambition, religion, and human progress.
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E.
Waterworld
Waterworld is a 1995 post-apocalyptic science fiction film set on a flooded Earth, best known for its ambitious water-based production, high budget, and starring Kevin Costner as a mutant drifter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | 2010 ⓘ |
| basedOn |
2010: The Year We Make Contact
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
2010: Odyssey Two
novel by Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Miklós Rózsa
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surface form:
Miklós Rózsa Jr.
Peter Hyams ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Peter Hyams ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
MGM/UA Communications Co.
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surface form:
MGM/UA Entertainment Company
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| editedBy | James Mitchell ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Dave Bowman
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HAL 9000 ⓘ Heywood Floyd ⓘ |
| follows | events of 2001: A Space Odyssey ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
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space exploration film ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Commander Tanya Kirbuk
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Dr. Chandra ⓘ Dr. Heywood Floyd ⓘ Dr. Walter Curnow ⓘ HAL 9000 ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Shire ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
US–Soviet cooperation in space
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first contact with extraterrestrial intelligence ⓘ human evolution ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
2001: A Space Odyssey
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surface form:
Space Odyssey series
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| plotFocus |
escalating Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union
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investigation of the fate of Discovery One ⓘ renewed contact with the monolith near Jupiter ⓘ |
| producer | Peter Hyams ⓘ |
| productionCompany | MGM ⓘ |
| releaseDate | December 7, 1984 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| runtime | 116 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Peter Hyams ⓘ |
| sequelTo | 2001: A Space Odyssey ⓘ |
| setInYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| setting |
Discovery One spacecraft
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Jupiter system ⓘ Leonov spacecraft ⓘ |
| stars |
Bob Balaban
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Douglas Rain ⓘ Helen Mirren ⓘ John Lithgow ⓘ Keir Dullea ⓘ Roy Scheider ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 2010: The Year We Make Contact Description of subject: 2010: The Year We Make Contact is a 1984 science fiction film and sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, exploring renewed human contact with the enigmatic monolith and the fate of Jupiter.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
2010: Odyssey Two
subject surface form:
Roy Scheider
2010: The Year We Make Contact
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basedOn
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2010: The Year We Make Contact
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
2010: Odyssey Two