Orphan (2009 film)
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Orphan is a 2009 psychological horror film about a couple who adopt a mysterious young girl whose disturbing behavior reveals a dark and shocking secret.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Orphan (2009 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5742811 — 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: Orphan (2009 film) Context triple: [Jaume Collet-Serra, directed, Orphan (2009 film)]
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A.
Orphan
Orphan is a musical act associated with the experimental rock band Dope Body, likely sharing members or stylistic influences within the noise rock and punk scenes.
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B.
Orphan Girl
"Orphan Girl" is a widely acclaimed Americana/folk song, written by Gillian Welch and popularized by Emmylou Harris, known for its haunting melody and themes of loss and longing.
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C.
The Orphanage
The Orphanage is a 2007 Spanish gothic horror film that follows a woman who returns with her family to the orphanage where she was raised, only to encounter disturbing supernatural events tied to her past.
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D.
Orphan 55
Orphan 55 is a "Doctor Who" television episode from the twelfth series, featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her companions on a perilous visit to a seemingly idyllic holiday resort hiding a dark secret.
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E.
Song for Orphans
"Song for Orphans" is a reflective, lyrically rich rock song by Bruce Springsteen that revisits themes of youth, faith, and idealism, featured on his 2020 album "Letter to You."
- 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: Orphan (2009 film) Target entity description: Orphan is a 2009 psychological horror film about a couple who adopt a mysterious young girl whose disturbing behavior reveals a dark and shocking secret.
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A.
Orphan
Orphan is a musical act associated with the experimental rock band Dope Body, likely sharing members or stylistic influences within the noise rock and punk scenes.
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B.
Orphan Girl
"Orphan Girl" is a widely acclaimed Americana/folk song, written by Gillian Welch and popularized by Emmylou Harris, known for its haunting melody and themes of loss and longing.
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C.
The Orphanage
The Orphanage is a 2007 Spanish gothic horror film that follows a woman who returns with her family to the orphanage where she was raised, only to encounter disturbing supernatural events tied to her past.
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D.
Orphan 55
Orphan 55 is a "Doctor Who" television episode from the twelfth series, featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her companions on a perilous visit to a seemingly idyllic holiday resort hiding a dark secret.
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E.
Song for Orphans
"Song for Orphans" is a reflective, lyrically rich rock song by Bruce Springsteen that revisits themes of youth, faith, and idealism, featured on his 2020 album "Letter to You."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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psychological horror film ⓘ |
| castMember |
Aryana Engineer
NERFINISHED
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CCH Pounder NERFINISHED ⓘ Isabelle Fuhrman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ Karel Roden NERFINISHED ⓘ Margo Martindale NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Sarsgaard NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosemary Dunsmore NERFINISHED ⓘ Vera Farmiga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jeff Cutter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFilming | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Jaume Collet-Serra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Tim Alverson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Orphan: First Kill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Daniel Coleman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Esther NERFINISHED ⓘ John Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ Kate Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Brett Pierce
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Ottman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
adoption
ⓘ
deception ⓘ family ⓘ |
| notableFor | twist ending ⓘ |
| producer |
Don Carmody
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Erik Olsen NERFINISHED ⓘ Jennifer Davisson NERFINISHED ⓘ Joel Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonardo DiCaprio NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Downey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Appian Way Productions
NERFINISHED
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Dark Castle Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ StudioCanal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2009-07-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 123 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Alex Mace
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Leslie Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy | Alex Mace 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: Orphan (2009 film) Description of subject: Orphan is a 2009 psychological horror film about a couple who adopt a mysterious young girl whose disturbing behavior reveals a dark and shocking secret.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.