Brainscan
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Brainscan is a 1994 science fiction horror film about a teenager who becomes entangled in a deadly virtual reality game that blurs the line between fantasy and real-life murder.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brainscan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9217876 — 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: Brainscan Context triple: [Edward Furlong, notableWork, Brainscan]
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A.
Brain's Base
Brain's Base is a Japanese animation studio known for producing stylish, character-driven series such as Durarara!! and Baccano!.
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B.
Mind Maze
"Mind Maze" is a track by the American progressive metal band Fates Warning, featured on their 1994 album "Inside Out."
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C.
Mother Brain
Mother Brain is a recurring biomechanical antagonist and central boss in Nintendo's Metroid series, often depicted as a sinister organic supercomputer controlling the Space Pirates.
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D.
A New Brain
A New Brain is a semi-autobiographical musical by William Finn that explores creativity, illness, and personal transformation through the story of a songwriter facing a life-threatening brain condition.
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E.
Another Mind
Another Mind is a jazz fusion album by Japanese pianist and composer Hiromi Uehara, showcasing her virtuosic playing and inventive compositions.
- 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: Brainscan Target entity description: Brainscan is a 1994 science fiction horror film about a teenager who becomes entangled in a deadly virtual reality game that blurs the line between fantasy and real-life murder.
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A.
Brain's Base
Brain's Base is a Japanese animation studio known for producing stylish, character-driven series such as Durarara!! and Baccano!.
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B.
Mind Maze
"Mind Maze" is a track by the American progressive metal band Fates Warning, featured on their 1994 album "Inside Out."
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C.
Mother Brain
Mother Brain is a recurring biomechanical antagonist and central boss in Nintendo's Metroid series, often depicted as a sinister organic supercomputer controlling the Space Pirates.
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D.
A New Brain
A New Brain is a semi-autobiographical musical by William Finn that explores creativity, illness, and personal transformation through the story of a songwriter facing a life-threatening brain condition.
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E.
Another Mind
Another Mind is a jazz fusion album by Japanese pianist and composer Hiromi Uehara, showcasing her virtuosic playing and inventive compositions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
science fiction horror film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| castMember |
Amy Hargreaves
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Hemblen NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Furlong NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Langella NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamie Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ T. Ryder Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Detective Hayden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Brower NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trickster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | François Protat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
serial-style murders
ⓘ
video game within the film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | John Flynn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | TriStar Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Geraldine Peroni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAntagonist | The Trickster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Michael Brower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | George S. Clinton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A teenager becomes involved in a virtual reality horror game that appears to cause real-life murders. ⓘ |
| producer | Michel Roy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Transfilm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistPortrayedBy | Edward Furlong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| setting | suburban United States ⓘ |
| targetAudience | fans of horror and science fiction ⓘ |
| theme |
blurred reality and fantasy
ⓘ
teen horror ⓘ virtual reality ⓘ |
| title | Brainscan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Andrew Kevin Walker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brian Owens 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: Brainscan Description of subject: Brainscan is a 1994 science fiction horror film about a teenager who becomes entangled in a deadly virtual reality game that blurs the line between fantasy and real-life murder.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.