Thesis
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Thesis is a 1996 Spanish psychological thriller film by Alejandro Amenábar that explores the dark allure of violence and snuff films within academia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thesis canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8824620 — 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: Thesis Context triple: [Alejandro Amenábar, directed, Thesis]
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the Ekthesis
The Ekthesis was a 7th-century Byzantine imperial decree promoting the Christological doctrine of Monothelitism, which attempted to resolve theological disputes by asserting that Christ had a single will.
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ETD
ETD is the ICAO airline designator used to identify Etihad Airways in international aviation operations and communications.
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Extended Essay
The Extended Essay is a core IB Diploma Programme requirement in which students independently research and write a formal, university-style paper of up to 4,000 words on a topic of their choice.
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Thesis Parade
Thesis Parade is a celebratory Reed College tradition in which seniors parade across campus after submitting their theses, often accompanied by costumes, music, and communal festivities.
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étude
An étude is a short musical composition designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular technical skill, often elevated to concert pieces by composers like Frédéric Chopin.
- 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: Thesis Target entity description: Thesis is a 1996 Spanish psychological thriller film by Alejandro Amenábar that explores the dark allure of violence and snuff films within academia.
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A.
the Ekthesis
The Ekthesis was a 7th-century Byzantine imperial decree promoting the Christological doctrine of Monothelitism, which attempted to resolve theological disputes by asserting that Christ had a single will.
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B.
ETD
ETD is the ICAO airline designator used to identify Etihad Airways in international aviation operations and communications.
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C.
Extended Essay
The Extended Essay is a core IB Diploma Programme requirement in which students independently research and write a formal, university-style paper of up to 4,000 words on a topic of their choice.
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D.
Thesis Parade
Thesis Parade is a celebratory Reed College tradition in which seniors parade across campus after submitting their theses, often accompanied by costumes, music, and communal festivities.
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E.
étude
An étude is a short musical composition designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular technical skill, often elevated to concert pieces by composers like Frédéric Chopin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Goya Award for Best Editing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Goya Award for Best Film NERFINISHED ⓘ Goya Award for Best New Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ Goya Award for Best New Director NERFINISHED ⓘ Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterInWork |
Bosco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chema NERFINISHED ⓘ Ángela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Hans Burmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| director | Alejandro Amenábar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Sogepaq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | María Elena Sainz de Rozas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
ethics of representation
ⓘ
media sensationalism ⓘ voyeurism ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Complutense University of Madrid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror film
ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Ana Torrent
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eduardo Noriega NERFINISHED ⓘ Fele Martínez NERFINISHED ⓘ Miguel Picazo NERFINISHED ⓘ Xabier Elorriaga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTagline | “They were looking for the ultimate horror... and they found it.” ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
academia
ⓘ
snuff films ⓘ violence in media ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alejandro Amenábar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Goya Award for Best Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| producer | Fernando Bovaira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Las Producciones del Escorpión
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sogetel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1996-04-12 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 125 ⓘ |
| setIn |
Madrid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
university ⓘ |
| title | Tesis ⓘ |
| writer | Alejandro Amenábar 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: Thesis Description of subject: Thesis is a 1996 Spanish psychological thriller film by Alejandro Amenábar that explores the dark allure of violence and snuff films within academia.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.