Ghost (1990 film)
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Ghost (1990 film) is a romantic fantasy thriller about a murdered man who, as a ghost, seeks to protect his girlfriend and uncover the truth behind his death with the help of a reluctant psychic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ghost (1990 film) canonical | 2 |
| Ghost (film universe) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6249192 — 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: Ghost (1990 film) Context triple: [Oda Mae Brown, firstAppearance, Ghost (1990 film)]
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A.
Poltergeist
Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror film, directed by Tobe Hooper and produced by Steven Spielberg, about a suburban family terrorized by malevolent spirits in their home.
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B.
Poltergeist
Poltergeist is a launched steel roller coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas known for its rapid acceleration, twisted track layout, and intense, disorienting ride experience.
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C.
GHOST!
GHOST! is a track by Kid Cudi from his album "Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager," known for its introspective lyrics and atmospheric production.
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D.
Fright Night (1985 film)
Fright Night (1985 film) is a horror-comedy about a teenager who discovers his new neighbor is a vampire and seeks help from a washed-up TV horror host to stop him.
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The Haunting
The Haunting is a 1963 British supernatural horror film directed by Robert Wise, widely regarded as one of the most influential and psychologically driven haunted house movies ever made.
- 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 (1990 film) Target entity description: Ghost (1990 film) is a romantic fantasy thriller about a murdered man who, as a ghost, seeks to protect his girlfriend and uncover the truth behind his death with the help of a reluctant psychic.
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A.
Poltergeist
Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror film, directed by Tobe Hooper and produced by Steven Spielberg, about a suburban family terrorized by malevolent spirits in their home.
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B.
Poltergeist
Poltergeist is a launched steel roller coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas known for its rapid acceleration, twisted track layout, and intense, disorienting ride experience.
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C.
GHOST!
GHOST! is a track by Kid Cudi from his album "Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager," known for its introspective lyrics and atmospheric production.
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D.
Fright Night (1985 film)
Fright Night (1985 film) is a horror-comedy about a teenager who discovers his new neighbor is a vampire and seeks help from a washed-up TV horror host to stop him.
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E.
The Haunting
The Haunting is a 1963 British supernatural horror film directed by Robert Wise, widely regarded as one of the most influential and psychologically driven haunted house movies ever made.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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supernatural thriller film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedBy |
Bruce Joel Rubin
NERFINISHED
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Whoopi Goldberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOfficeRevenue | approximately $505,000,000 ⓘ |
| budget | approximately $22,000,000 ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Carl Bruner is Sam Wheat's friend and colleague
NERFINISHED
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Molly Jensen is Sam Wheat's girlfriend NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Mae Brown is a psychic who helps Sam communicate NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Wheat is a murdered banker who becomes a ghost NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Adam Greenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Maurice Jarre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Jerry Zucker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat |
home video
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theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editor |
Patrick Lussier
NERFINISHED
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Walter Murch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredSong | Unchained Melody NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy film
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romance film ⓘ supernatural film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Ghost: The Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
afterlife and spiritual existence
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betrayal and greed ⓘ love transcending death ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Carl Bruner
NERFINISHED
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Molly Jensen NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Mae Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Wheat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorableScene | pottery wheel scene with Sam and Molly ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| narrativeElement |
communication between the living and the dead
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romantic relationship threatened by crime ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a murdered man tries to protect his girlfriend as a ghost ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
NERFINISHED
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Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Carl Bruner – Tony Goldwyn
NERFINISHED
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Molly Jensen – Demi Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Mae Brown – Whoopi Goldberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Wheat – Patrick Swayze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Lisa Weinstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1990-07-13 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 127 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Bruce Joel Rubin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| songPerformer | The Righteous Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Demi Moore
NERFINISHED
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Patrick Swayze NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Goldwyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Whoopi Goldberg 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: Ghost (1990 film) Description of subject: Ghost (1990 film) is a romantic fantasy thriller about a murdered man who, as a ghost, seeks to protect his girlfriend and uncover the truth behind his death with the help of a reluctant psychic.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ghost (film universe)