The Iceman
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The Iceman is a 2012 crime thriller film in which Michael Shannon portrays real-life contract killer Richard Kuklinski.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Iceman canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6330028 — 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)
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Target entity: The Iceman Context triple: [Michael Shannon, notableWork, The Iceman]
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A.
The Iceman
The Iceman is the Hall of Fame NBA shooting guard George Gervin, renowned for his smooth scoring ability and signature finger roll.
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B.
The Iceman
The Iceman is the nickname of Dutch football legend Dennis Bergkamp, renowned for his composure, elegance, and technical brilliance on the pitch.
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C.
Iceman
Iceman is the nickname of Adam Vinatieri, the legendary NFL placekicker renowned for his clutch, game-winning field goals under extreme pressure.
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D.
Iceman
Iceman is a founding member of the X-Men with the mutant ability to generate and control ice and cold.
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E.
“The Grauballe Man”
The Grauballe Man is a remarkably well-preserved Iron Age bog body discovered in Denmark, notable for the insights it provides into ancient ritual practices and everyday life.
- 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: The Iceman Target entity description: The Iceman is a 2012 crime thriller film in which Michael Shannon portrays real-life contract killer Richard Kuklinski.
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A.
The Iceman
The Iceman is the Hall of Fame NBA shooting guard George Gervin, renowned for his smooth scoring ability and signature finger roll.
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B.
The Iceman
The Iceman is the nickname of Dutch football legend Dennis Bergkamp, renowned for his composure, elegance, and technical brilliance on the pitch.
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C.
Iceman
Iceman is the nickname of Adam Vinatieri, the legendary NFL placekicker renowned for his clutch, game-winning field goals under extreme pressure.
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D.
Iceman
Iceman is a founding member of the X-Men with the mutant ability to generate and control ice and cold.
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E.
“The Grauballe Man”
The Grauballe Man is a remarkably well-preserved Iron Age bog body discovered in Denmark, notable for the insights it provides into ancient ritual practices and everyday life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime thriller film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer
NERFINISHED
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interviews with Richard Kuklinski ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Anthony Bruno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boxOfficeWorldwideUSD | approximately 4,000,000 ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Benoît Debie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Ariel Vromen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Lionsgate UK
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Millennium Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Danny Rafic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Shreveport, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical
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crime ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
double life
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family and violence ⓘ organized crime ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Haim Mazar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Michael Shannon as Richard Kuklinski
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
life of contract killer Richard Kuklinski ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Bleiberg Entertainment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Millennium Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 106 ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ |
| starring |
Chris Evans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Schwimmer NERFINISHED ⓘ James Franco NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Liotta NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Davi NERFINISHED ⓘ Winona Ryder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | Richard Kuklinski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeframeOfCrimesDepicted | 1964–1986 ⓘ |
| title | The Iceman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereAt | Venice Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| writer |
Ariel Vromen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morgan Land 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: The Iceman Description of subject: The Iceman is a 2012 crime thriller film in which Michael Shannon portrays real-life contract killer Richard Kuklinski.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.