Ghost in the Machine
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Ghost in the Machine is a 1993 American horror-thriller film about a serial killer whose consciousness is transferred into a computer, allowing him to continue his murders through electronic devices.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ghost in the Machine canonical | 5 |
| The Ghost in the Machine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5143183 — 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: Ghost in the Machine Context triple: [Conrad Buff IV, edited, Ghost in the Machine]
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A.
The Machine
The Machine is the nickname of Albert Pujols, a Dominican-American former Major League Baseball first baseman renowned for his remarkably consistent and powerful hitting.
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B.
The Machine
The Machine is a powerful, clandestine artificial superintelligence from the TV series "Person of Interest" that predicts violent crimes by analyzing global surveillance data.
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C.
Giving Up the Ghost
Giving Up the Ghost is Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed memoir, in which she reflects on her childhood, illness, and the experiences that shaped her life and writing.
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D.
Give Up the Ghost
"Give Up the Ghost" is a 2009 studio album by American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile that blends folk, rock, and Americana influences and helped solidify her critical acclaim.
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E.
This Mortal Coil
This Mortal Coil was a 1980s British musical collective formed by the 4AD label, known for its ethereal, atmospheric reinterpretations of songs and rotating lineup of alternative and dream pop artists.
- 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: Ghost in the Machine Target entity description: Ghost in the Machine is a 1993 American horror-thriller film about a serial killer whose consciousness is transferred into a computer, allowing him to continue his murders through electronic devices.
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A.
The Machine
The Machine is the nickname of Albert Pujols, a Dominican-American former Major League Baseball first baseman renowned for his remarkably consistent and powerful hitting.
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B.
The Machine
The Machine is a powerful, clandestine artificial superintelligence from the TV series "Person of Interest" that predicts violent crimes by analyzing global surveillance data.
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C.
Giving Up the Ghost
Giving Up the Ghost is Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed memoir, in which she reflects on her childhood, illness, and the experiences that shaped her life and writing.
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D.
Give Up the Ghost
"Give Up the Ghost" is a 2009 studio album by American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile that blends folk, rock, and Americana influences and helped solidify her critical acclaim.
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E.
This Mortal Coil
This Mortal Coil was a 1980s British musical collective formed by the 4AD label, known for its ethereal, atmospheric reinterpretations of songs and rotating lineup of alternative and dream pop artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
artificial consciousness
ⓘ
serial murder ⓘ technophobia ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Philippe Rousselot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfRelease |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Rachel Talalay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Richard Francis-Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
computer networks
ⓘ
electronic devices used as weapons ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Brandon Quintin Adams
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chris Mulkey NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Laufer NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Walter NERFINISHED ⓘ Karen Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael McKean NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard McKenzie NERFINISHED ⓘ Rick Ducommun NERFINISHED ⓘ Shevonne Durkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted Marcoux NERFINISHED ⓘ Wil Horneff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTagline | There is no escape from an enemy you cannot see. ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Josh Munroe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Karl Hochman NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry Munroe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Graeme Revell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | suburban United States ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A serial killer dies and his consciousness is transferred into a computer system, allowing him to kill through electronic devices. ⓘ |
| producer |
Ian Sander
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mace Neufeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 95 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
William Davies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Osborne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1990s ⓘ |
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: Ghost in the Machine Description of subject: Ghost in the Machine is a 1993 American horror-thriller film about a serial killer whose consciousness is transferred into a computer, allowing him to continue his murders through electronic devices.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Ghost in the Machine