Cube
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Cube is a 1997 Canadian science-fiction horror film, directed by Vincenzo Natali, about strangers trapped in a deadly maze of interconnected cubic rooms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cube canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11320139 — 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: Cube Context triple: [Vincenzo Natali, knownFor, Cube]
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A.
Cubik
"Cubik" is a seminal 1990 techno track by British electronic music group 808 State, known for its distinctive synth riff and influence on the early rave scene.
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B.
The Cube
The Cube is the powerful, ancient artifact in the Transformers universe capable of creating and granting life to Cybertronian robots.
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C.
The Shape
The Shape is the silent, masked embodiment of pure evil and the primary antagonist in John Carpenter’s Halloween horror film franchise.
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D.
Gleaming the Cube
Gleaming the Cube is a 1989 cult skateboarding-themed thriller film starring Christian Slater as a rebellious teen who investigates his adopted brother’s mysterious death.
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E.
Spheriks
Spheriks are a group of animated, spherical characters created as the official mascots for the UEFA European Football Championship.
- 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: Cube Target entity description: Cube is a 1997 Canadian science-fiction horror film, directed by Vincenzo Natali, about strangers trapped in a deadly maze of interconnected cubic rooms.
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A.
Cubik
"Cubik" is a seminal 1990 techno track by British electronic music group 808 State, known for its distinctive synth riff and influence on the early rave scene.
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B.
The Cube
The Cube is the powerful, ancient artifact in the Transformers universe capable of creating and granting life to Cybertronian robots.
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C.
The Shape
The Shape is the silent, masked embodiment of pure evil and the primary antagonist in John Carpenter’s Halloween horror film franchise.
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D.
Gleaming the Cube
Gleaming the Cube is a 1989 cult skateboarding-themed thriller film starring Christian Slater as a rebellious teen who investigates his adopted brother’s mysterious death.
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E.
Spheriks
Spheriks are a group of animated, spherical characters created as the official mascots for the UEFA European Football Championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
science fiction horror film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Best Canadian First Feature Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFrom | Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Derek Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFilming | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| director | Vincenzo Natali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | Trimark Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Brett Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | practical effects ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Cube 2: Hypercube
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cube Zero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Saw (film series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
David Worth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dr. Helen Holloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Leaven NERFINISHED ⓘ Kazan NERFINISHED ⓘ Quentin NERFINISHED ⓘ Rennes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Mark Korven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
mathematical puzzles and trap mechanisms
ⓘ
minimalist single-set production design ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of strangers awaken in a maze of deadly interconnected cubic rooms and must work together to survive. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Andrew Miller
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Hewlett NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice Dean Wint NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicky Guadagni NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicole de Boer NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Robson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Betty Orr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mehra Meh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Cube Libre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Feature Film Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1997-09-09 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| setting | maze of interconnected cubic rooms ⓘ |
| title | Cube NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
André Bijelic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Graeme Manson NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincenzo Natali 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: Cube Description of subject: Cube is a 1997 Canadian science-fiction horror film, directed by Vincenzo Natali, about strangers trapped in a deadly maze of interconnected cubic rooms.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.