Mimic (1997 film)
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Mimic is a 1997 science fiction horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro about genetically engineered insects that evolve into deadly human-mimicking creatures in New York City.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mimic | 4 |
| Mimic (1997 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3289956 — 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: Mimic (1997 film) Context triple: [Doug Jones, appearedIn, Mimic (1997 film)]
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A.
The Fly
"The Fly" is a U2 song, released as a lead single from their album Achtung Baby, that marked a bold shift toward a darker, more experimental rock and electronic sound.
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B.
The Fly
The Fly is a comic book superhero, later known as Fly-Man, who debuted in the early 1960s from Archie Comics as an insect-powered crimefighter.
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C.
Night Monster
Night Monster is a 1942 American horror film directed by Ford Beebe, featuring a mysterious series of murders at a secluded mansion and starring Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill.
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D.
Monster
Monster is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its coastal location near the North Sea and its greenhouse horticulture.
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E.
Monster
Monster is a 2003 biographical crime drama film in which Charlize Theron delivers an Oscar-winning performance as serial killer Aileen Wuornos.
- 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: Mimic (1997 film) Target entity description: Mimic is a 1997 science fiction horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro about genetically engineered insects that evolve into deadly human-mimicking creatures in New York City.
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A.
The Fly
"The Fly" is a U2 song, released as a lead single from their album Achtung Baby, that marked a bold shift toward a darker, more experimental rock and electronic sound.
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B.
The Fly
The Fly is a comic book superhero, later known as Fly-Man, who debuted in the early 1960s from Archie Comics as an insect-powered crimefighter.
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C.
Night Monster
Night Monster is a 1942 American horror film directed by Ford Beebe, featuring a mysterious series of murders at a secluded mansion and starring Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill.
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D.
Monster
Monster is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its coastal location near the North Sea and its greenhouse horticulture.
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E.
Monster
Monster is a 2003 biographical crime drama film in which Charlize Theron delivers an Oscar-winning performance as serial killer Aileen Wuornos.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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film ⓘ science fiction horror film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Mimic (short story) GENERATED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Donald A. Wollheim GENERATED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Charles S. Dutton
GENERATED
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F. Murray Abraham GENERATED ⓘ Giancarlo Giannini GENERATED ⓘ Jeremy Northam GENERATED ⓘ Josh Brolin GENERATED ⓘ Mira Sorvino GENERATED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Dan Laustsen GENERATED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Guillermo del Toro GENERATED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Dimension Films GENERATED ⓘ |
| distributor | Miramax Films GENERATED ⓘ |
| editor | Patrick Lussier GENERATED ⓘ |
| featuresCreatureAbility | human mimicry GENERATED ⓘ |
| featuresCreatureType | genetically engineered insects GENERATED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Toronto GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
GENERATED
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science fiction GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Mimic 2
GENERATED
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Mimic 3: Sentinel GENERATED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Jeremy Northam
GENERATED
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Mira Sorvino GENERATED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. Peter Mann
GENERATED
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Dr. Susan Tyler GENERATED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R GENERATED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Marco Beltrami GENERATED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
disease control
GENERATED
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evolution GENERATED ⓘ genetic engineering GENERATED ⓘ |
| notableFor | early Hollywood feature by Guillermo del Toro GENERATED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Genetically engineered insects created to stop a disease evolve into human-mimicking predators in New York City. GENERATED ⓘ |
| producer |
Bob Weinstein
GENERATED
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Harvey Weinstein GENERATED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Dimension Films GENERATED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1997-08-22 GENERATED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 GENERATED ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 GENERATED ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Guillermo del Toro
GENERATED
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Matthew Robbins GENERATED ⓘ |
| setIn | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mimic (1997 film) Description of subject: Mimic is a 1997 science fiction horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro about genetically engineered insects that evolve into deadly human-mimicking creatures in New York City.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mimic
this entity surface form:
Mimic
this entity surface form:
Mimic
this entity surface form:
Mimic