To Serve Man
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"To Serve Man" is a famous 1962 episode of the science-fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone, known for its twist ending involving seemingly benevolent aliens and a cookbook-like title.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2120479 — 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: To Serve Man Context triple: [The Twilight Zone (TV series episodes), hasNotableEpisode, To Serve Man]
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A.
Spaceways
Spaceways is a 1953 British science fiction film about early space travel and personal intrigue, directed by Terence Fisher and associated with editor-turned-director Harmon Jones.
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B.
Slan
Slan is a classic 1940 science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt about a persecuted race of telepathic mutants, often cited as a landmark of the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
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C.
Dark Star
"Dark Star" is an iconic, improvisation-heavy psychedelic rock song by the Grateful Dead that became a centerpiece of their live performances.
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D.
The Pioneer
The Pioneer was a 19th-century literary magazine edited by James Russell Lowell that published notable early works of American authors, including Edgar Allan Poe.
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E.
The Monolith
The Monolith is a towering granite sculpture in Oslo’s Vigeland installation, depicting a writhing column of intertwined human figures symbolizing the cycle of life.
- 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: To Serve Man Target entity description: "To Serve Man" is a famous 1962 episode of the science-fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone, known for its twist ending involving seemingly benevolent aliens and a cookbook-like title.
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A.
Spaceways
Spaceways is a 1953 British science fiction film about early space travel and personal intrigue, directed by Terence Fisher and associated with editor-turned-director Harmon Jones.
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B.
Slan
Slan is a classic 1940 science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt about a persecuted race of telepathic mutants, often cited as a landmark of the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
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C.
Dark Star
"Dark Star" is an iconic, improvisation-heavy psychedelic rock song by the Grateful Dead that became a centerpiece of their live performances.
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D.
The Pioneer
The Pioneer was a 19th-century literary magazine edited by James Russell Lowell that published notable early works of American authors, including Edgar Allan Poe.
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E.
The Monolith
The Monolith is a towering granite sculpture in Oslo’s Vigeland installation, depicting a writhing column of intertwined human figures symbolizing the cycle of life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
The Twilight Zone episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| actorRole | Richard Kiel as a Kanamit ⓘ |
| basedOn |
To Serve Man
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
To Serve Man (short story)
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| basedOnWorkAuthor | Damon Knight ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Hardie Albright
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Lloyd Bochner ⓘ Richard Kiel ⓘ Susan Cummings ⓘ Theodore Marcuse ⓘ |
| closingNarrationBy | Rod Serling ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalImpact |
frequently cited as one of the most memorable episodes of The Twilight Zone
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popularized the phrase To Serve Man as a darkly ironic reference to cannibalism ⓘ |
| director | Richard L. Bare ⓘ |
| episodeNumberInSeason | 24 ⓘ |
| featuresAlienSpecies | Kanamits ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| followedByEpisode | The Fugitive ⓘ |
| genre |
anthology television
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science fiction ⓘ |
| leadActor | Lloyd Bochner ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Michael Chambers ⓘ |
| mainAlienCharacter | Kanamit ambassador ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Michael Chambers
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Patty ⓘ |
| narrator | Rod Serling ⓘ |
| notableFor | twist ending ⓘ |
| openingNarrationBy | Rod Serling ⓘ |
| originalAirDate | 1962-03-02 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| originalSeriesHost | Rod Serling ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
The Twilight Zone (TV series)
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surface form:
The Twilight Zone (original series)
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| plotSummary |
To Serve Man
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Apparently benevolent aliens called Kanamits arrive on Earth offering to end war and hunger, but their book titled To Serve Man is revealed to be a cookbook.
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| precededByEpisode | Person or Persons Unknown ⓘ |
| producer | Buck Houghton ⓘ |
| productionCode | 4822 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 25 ⓘ |
| season | 3 ⓘ |
| series |
The Twilight Zone (TV series)
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surface form:
The Twilight Zone
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| theme |
deception by seemingly benevolent aliens
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human gullibility ⓘ misinterpretation of language ⓘ |
| title | To Serve Man self-link ⓘ |
| writerForTelevision | Rod Serling ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: To Serve Man Description of subject: "To Serve Man" is a famous 1962 episode of the science-fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone, known for its twist ending involving seemingly benevolent aliens and a cookbook-like title.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
To Serve Man (short story)
this entity surface form:
Apparently benevolent aliens called Kanamits arrive on Earth offering to end war and hunger, but their book titled To Serve Man is revealed to be a cookbook.