The Circle
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The Circle is a 2017 techno-thriller film, based on Dave Eggers' novel, that explores the dangers of pervasive surveillance and corporate control in a powerful social media company.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Circle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9058759 — 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: The Circle Context triple: [Lost Highway, followedBy, The Circle]
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A.
The Circle
The Circle is a 2009 rock album by Bon Jovi that marked the band’s return to a more guitar-driven arena rock sound after their country-influenced work.
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B.
The Circle
The Circle is a dystopian novel by Dave Eggers that critiques surveillance, social media culture, and the erosion of privacy within a powerful tech corporation.
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C.
The Circle
The Circle is the popular nickname for Monument Circle, the iconic central traffic circle and civic plaza in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana.
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D.
The Circle
The Circle is a critically acclaimed Iranian drama film by Jafar Panahi that portrays the harsh social restrictions faced by women in contemporary Iran.
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E.
The Circle NGO
The Circle NGO is a global feminist organization that campaigns for women's rights and gender equality, co-founded by musician and activist Annie Lennox.
- 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 Circle Target entity description: The Circle is a 2017 techno-thriller film, based on Dave Eggers' novel, that explores the dangers of pervasive surveillance and corporate control in a powerful social media company.
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A.
The Circle
The Circle is a 2009 rock album by Bon Jovi that marked the band’s return to a more guitar-driven arena rock sound after their country-influenced work.
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B.
The Circle
The Circle is a dystopian novel by Dave Eggers that critiques surveillance, social media culture, and the erosion of privacy within a powerful tech corporation.
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C.
The Circle
The Circle is a critically acclaimed Iranian drama film by Jafar Panahi that portrays the harsh social restrictions faced by women in contemporary Iran.
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D.
The Circle
The Circle is the popular nickname for Monument Circle, the iconic central traffic circle and civic plaza in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana.
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E.
The Circle NGO
The Circle NGO is a global feminist organization that campaigns for women's rights and gender equality, co-founded by musician and activist Annie Lennox.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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techno-thriller film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Dave Eggers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Circle (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Annie Allerton
NERFINISHED
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Eamon Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ Mae Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ Ty Lafitte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Matthew Libatique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | James Ponsoldt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | STXfilms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Lisa Lassek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
ethical implications of total transparency
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impact of social media on personal freedom ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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science fiction film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasSourceWorkPublicationYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
corporate control
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privacy ⓘ social media ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| MPAARating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Danny Elfman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotFocus |
implementation of ubiquitous surveillance technology
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powerful technology company called The Circle ⓘ |
| producer |
Anthony Bregman
NERFINISHED
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Gary Goetzman NERFINISHED ⓘ James Ponsoldt NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Hanks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Image Nation Abu Dhabi
NERFINISHED
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Likely Story NERFINISHED ⓘ Playtone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2017-04-28 ⓘ |
| runtime | 110 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Dave Eggers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Ponsoldt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Bill Paxton
NERFINISHED
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Ellar Coltrane NERFINISHED ⓘ Emma Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ Glenne Headly NERFINISHED ⓘ John Boyega NERFINISHED ⓘ Karen Gillan NERFINISHED ⓘ Patton Oswalt NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Hanks 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 Circle Description of subject: The Circle is a 2017 techno-thriller film, based on Dave Eggers' novel, that explores the dangers of pervasive surveillance and corporate control in a powerful social media company.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.