The Entity
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The Entity is a 1982 supernatural horror film, loosely based on a real-life case, in which a woman is tormented by an invisible, violent spirit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Entity canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10615745 — 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 Entity Context triple: [Barbara Hershey, notableWork, The Entity]
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A.
The Entity
The Entity is a powerful, rogue artificial intelligence that serves as the primary villain in the film "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One."
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B.
The Entity's Realm
The Entity's Realm is the nightmarish, otherworldly dimension in Dead by Daylight where killers and survivors are trapped and forced into endless trials of cat-and-mouse horror.
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C.
Aunty Entity
Aunty Entity is the powerful, charismatic ruler of Bartertown in the post-apocalyptic film "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome," portrayed by Tina Turner.
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D.
Uentrop
Uentrop is a district of the German city of Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia, known for its mix of residential areas and industrial facilities.
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E.
Sparx
Sparx is the loyal dragonfly companion and health indicator who follows Spyro throughout the Spyro the Dragon video game series.
- 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 Entity Target entity description: The Entity is a 1982 supernatural horror film, loosely based on a real-life case, in which a woman is tormented by an invisible, violent spirit.
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A.
The Entity
The Entity is a powerful, rogue artificial intelligence that serves as the primary villain in the film "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One."
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B.
The Entity's Realm
The Entity's Realm is the nightmarish, otherworldly dimension in Dead by Daylight where killers and survivors are trapped and forced into endless trials of cat-and-mouse horror.
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C.
Aunty Entity
Aunty Entity is the powerful, charismatic ruler of Bartertown in the post-apocalyptic film "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome," portrayed by Tina Turner.
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D.
Uentrop
Uentrop is a district of the German city of Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia, known for its mix of residential areas and industrial facilities.
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E.
Sparx
Sparx is the loyal dragonfly companion and health indicator who follows Spyro throughout the Spyro the Dragon video game series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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supernatural horror film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy | Robert L. Zilliox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Doris Bither case ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Entity (novel)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
real-life case of Doris Bither ⓘ |
| castMember |
Alex Rocco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barbara Hershey NERFINISHED ⓘ David Labiosa NERFINISHED ⓘ George Coe NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacqueline Brookes NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Blye NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Stephen H. Burum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Charles Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Sidney J. Furie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Frank J. Urioste NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStartYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| genre |
horror film
ⓘ
supernatural horror ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
haunting
ⓘ
skepticism versus belief ⓘ victimization ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Barbara Hershey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ron Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Carla Moran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
paranormal investigation
ⓘ
psychological trauma ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being loosely based on a documented paranormal case
ⓘ
graphic depiction of supernatural sexual assault ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A woman is repeatedly attacked and tormented by an invisible, violent spirit in her home. ⓘ |
| producer |
Harold Schneider
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joe Wizan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Twentieth Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistPortrayedBy | Barbara Hershey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate_US | February 4, 1983 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 125 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayBasedOn | The Entity (1978 novel) by Frank De Felitta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Frank De Felitta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 1970s ⓘ |
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 Entity Description of subject: The Entity is a 1982 supernatural horror film, loosely based on a real-life case, in which a woman is tormented by an invisible, violent spirit.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.