Mission: Impossible (1996 film)
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Mission: Impossible (1996 film) is a spy action thriller directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, launching the long-running Mission: Impossible film franchise.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mission: Impossible | 10 |
| Mission: Impossible (1996 film) canonical | 6 |
| Mission: Impossible (screenplay) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5039394 — 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: Mission: Impossible (1996 film) Context triple: [Mission: Impossible (film series), firstFilm, Mission: Impossible (1996 film)]
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Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible is a long-running American action-spy franchise, best known for its high-stakes espionage plots, elaborate stunts, and Tom Cruise’s portrayal of agent Ethan Hunt.
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B.
Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible III is a 2006 action spy film in the Mission: Impossible franchise, known for its high-intensity stunts and as J. J. Abrams’ feature directorial debut.
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Mission: Impossible 2
Mission: Impossible 2 is a 2000 action spy film directed by John Woo, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in a high-stakes mission to stop a deadly bioweapon.
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D.
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Mission: Impossible – Fallout is a 2018 action spy film in the Mission: Impossible franchise, known for its elaborate stunts, high-intensity action sequences, and Tom Cruise’s physically demanding performance.
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E.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is a 2023 action spy film in the long-running Mission: Impossible franchise, following Ethan Hunt and his team as they confront a powerful rogue AI threat.
- 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)
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Target entity: Mission: Impossible (1996 film) Target entity description: Mission: Impossible (1996 film) is a spy action thriller directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, launching the long-running Mission: Impossible film franchise.
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A.
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible is a long-running American action-spy franchise, best known for its high-stakes espionage plots, elaborate stunts, and Tom Cruise’s portrayal of agent Ethan Hunt.
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B.
Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible III is a 2006 action spy film in the Mission: Impossible franchise, known for its high-intensity stunts and as J. J. Abrams’ feature directorial debut.
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C.
Mission: Impossible 2
Mission: Impossible 2 is a 2000 action spy film directed by John Woo, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in a high-stakes mission to stop a deadly bioweapon.
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D.
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Mission: Impossible – Fallout is a 2018 action spy film in the Mission: Impossible franchise, known for its elaborate stunts, high-intensity action sequences, and Tom Cruise’s physically demanding performance.
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E.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is a 2023 action spy film in the long-running Mission: Impossible franchise, following Ethan Hunt and his team as they confront a powerful rogue AI threat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
action film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Mission: Impossible (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOffice | approximately $457 million ⓘ |
| budget | $80 million ⓘ |
| character |
Claire Phelps
NERFINISHED
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Ethan Hunt NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Phelps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Stephen H. Burum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Brian De Palma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Paul Hirsch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
action
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spy ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| musicBy | Danny Elfman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableElement | launches the Mission: Impossible film franchise ⓘ |
| notableScene | CIA vault heist with Ethan Hunt suspended from the ceiling ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Mission: Impossible (film series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Paula Wagner
NERFINISHED
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Tom Cruise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Cruise/Wagner Productions
NERFINISHED
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Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1996-05-22 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 110 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
David Koepp
NERFINISHED
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Robert Towne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Langley, Virginia
NERFINISHED
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ on a TGV train to the Channel Tunnel ⓘ |
| starring |
Emmanuelle Béart
NERFINISHED
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Henry Czerny NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Reno NERFINISHED ⓘ Jon Voight NERFINISHED ⓘ Kristin Scott Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Cruise NERFINISHED ⓘ Vanessa Redgrave NERFINISHED ⓘ Ving Rhames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy |
David Koepp
NERFINISHED
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David Marconi NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Zaillian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeMusicComposer | Lalo Schifrin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Mission: Impossible (1996 film) Description of subject: Mission: Impossible (1996 film) is a spy action thriller directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, launching the long-running Mission: Impossible film franchise.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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