The Double
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The Double is a 2013 dark comedy film directed by Richard Ayoade, loosely based on Dostoevsky’s novella, about a timid office worker whose life unravels when he encounters his confident doppelgänger.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Double canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8515365 — 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 Double Context triple: [Sally Hawkins, notableWork, The Double]
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A.
The Double
The Double is a psychoanalytic study by Otto Rank that explores the concept of the doppelgänger as a manifestation of the human psyche, particularly in relation to identity, narcissism, and the fear of death.
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B.
The Double
The Double is a novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores themes of identity, madness, and the uncanny through the story of a government clerk who is tormented by his own doppelgänger.
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C.
The Double
The Double is Edgar Martinez’s iconic 1995 American League Division Series walk-off double that became one of the most famous moments in Seattle Mariners history.
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D.
De Dubbelen
De Dubbelen is an industrial estate in Veghel, Netherlands, known for hosting a range of manufacturing, logistics, and commercial businesses.
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E.
Seeing Double
"Seeing Double" is the third and final studio album by British pop group S Club 7, showcasing a more mature sound as the band approached the end of their career.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: The Double Target entity description: The Double is a 2013 dark comedy film directed by Richard Ayoade, loosely based on Dostoevsky’s novella, about a timid office worker whose life unravels when he encounters his confident doppelgänger.
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A.
The Double
The Double is a psychoanalytic study by Otto Rank that explores the concept of the doppelgänger as a manifestation of the human psyche, particularly in relation to identity, narcissism, and the fear of death.
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B.
The Double
The Double is a novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores themes of identity, madness, and the uncanny through the story of a government clerk who is tormented by his own doppelgänger.
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C.
The Double
The Double is Edgar Martinez’s iconic 1995 American League Division Series walk-off double that became one of the most famous moments in Seattle Mariners history.
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D.
De Dubbelen
De Dubbelen is an industrial estate in Veghel, Netherlands, known for hosting a range of manufacturing, logistics, and commercial businesses.
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E.
Seeing Double
"Seeing Double" is the third and final studio album by British pop group S Club 7, showcasing a more mature sound as the band approached the end of their career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationType | loose adaptation ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Double (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character | James Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Erik Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Richard Ayoade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | StudioCanal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Chris Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasDoppelgangerMotif | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacterJamesSimon | Jesse Eisenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacterSimonJames | Jesse Eisenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Simon James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Andrew Hewitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStyle |
deadpan humor
ⓘ
surreal visual design ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A timid office worker's life unravels when he encounters his confident doppelgänger. ⓘ |
| producer |
Amina Dasmal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robin C. Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Alcove Entertainment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
BFI Film Fund NERFINISHED ⓘ Film4 Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 93 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Avi Korine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Ayoade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | unnamed dystopian city ⓘ |
| starring |
Chris O'Dowd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Craig Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ James Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesse Eisenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Mia Wasikowska NERFINISHED ⓘ Noah Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sally Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Shawn NERFINISHED ⓘ Yasmin Paige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
bureaucracy ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| worldPremiereEvent | Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereYear | 2013 ⓘ |
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 Double Description of subject: The Double is a 2013 dark comedy film directed by Richard Ayoade, loosely based on Dostoevsky’s novella, about a timid office worker whose life unravels when he encounters his confident doppelgänger.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.