Species
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Species is a 1995 science fiction horror film about a deadly alien-human hybrid that escapes containment and goes on a violent rampage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Species canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5143180 — 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: Species Context triple: [Conrad Buff IV, edited, Species]
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A.
Sphecodes
Sphecodes is a genus of cleptoparasitic “cuckoo bees” known for laying their eggs in the nests of other bee species.
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B.
Oreocnide
Oreocnide is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae, comprising species typically found in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia.
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C.
Poliocitellus
Poliocitellus is a small genus of North American ground squirrels in the family Sciuridae, best known for species such as Franklin’s ground squirrel.
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D.
Reissekia
Reissekia is a small genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, native to parts of South America.
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E.
Pleistrus
Pleistrus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Helen of Troy.
- 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: Species Target entity description: Species is a 1995 science fiction horror film about a deadly alien-human hybrid that escapes containment and goes on a violent rampage.
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A.
Sphecodes
Sphecodes is a genus of cleptoparasitic “cuckoo bees” known for laying their eggs in the nests of other bee species.
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B.
Oreocnide
Oreocnide is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae, comprising species typically found in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia.
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C.
Poliocitellus
Poliocitellus is a small genus of North American ground squirrels in the family Sciuridae, best known for species such as Franklin’s ground squirrel.
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D.
Reissekia
Reissekia is a small genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, native to parts of South America.
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E.
Pleistrus
Pleistrus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Helen of Troy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay by Dennis Feldman ⓘ |
| castMember |
Alfred Molina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ben Kingsley NERFINISHED ⓘ Forest Whitaker NERFINISHED ⓘ Marg Helgenberger NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Madsen NERFINISHED ⓘ Michelle Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Natasha Henstridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Alfred Molina as Dr. Stephen Arden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ben Kingsley as Xavier Fitch NERFINISHED ⓘ Forest Whitaker as Dan Smithson NERFINISHED ⓘ Marg Helgenberger as Dr. Laura Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Madsen as Preston Lennox ⓘ Michelle Williams as young Sil ⓘ Natasha Henstridge as Sil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Andrzej Bartkowiak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Roger Donaldson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
MGM/UA Distribution Co.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Conrad Buff IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Species II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Species II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Species III NERFINISHED ⓘ Species: The Awakening NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dan Smithson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dr. Laura Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Stephen Arden NERFINISHED ⓘ Preston Lennox NERFINISHED ⓘ Sil NERFINISHED ⓘ Xavier Fitch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Christopher Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableElement | features an alien creature design by H. R. Giger ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An alien-human hybrid named Sil escapes from a government facility and goes on a violent rampage while a team of specialists attempts to track and stop her. ⓘ |
| producer | Frank Mancuso Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
MGM-UA Entertainment Co.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| ratingMPAA | R ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1995-07-07 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 108 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Dennis Feldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| storyBy | Dennis Feldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Dennis Feldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Species Description of subject: Species is a 1995 science fiction horror film about a deadly alien-human hybrid that escapes containment and goes on a violent rampage.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.