Dead Heat
E1016367
Dead Heat is a 1988 action-comedy horror film about two cops who become entangled in a bizarre resurrection scheme, blending buddy-cop antics with zombie and sci-fi elements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dead Heat canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12996597 — 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: Dead Heat Context triple: [Treat Williams, film, Dead Heat]
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A.
The Longshot
The Longshot is a punk rock side project fronted by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, known for its raw, garage-influenced sound.
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B.
Hastière
Hastière is a municipality in the Walloon region of southern Belgium, known for its scenic Meuse River setting and historic religious architecture.
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C.
Second to None
Second to None is the proud nickname of the U.S. 2nd Marine Division, reflecting its reputation for exceptional combat effectiveness and esprit de corps.
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D.
The Blow
The Blow is an American indie pop band known for its minimalist electronic sound and introspective, narrative-driven lyrics.
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E.
Off to the Races
Off to the Races is a 1959 hard bop jazz album by trumpeter Donald Byrd, noted for its energetic performances and classic Blue Note sound.
- 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: Dead Heat Target entity description: Dead Heat is a 1988 action-comedy horror film about two cops who become entangled in a bizarre resurrection scheme, blending buddy-cop antics with zombie and sci-fi elements.
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A.
The Longshot
The Longshot is a punk rock side project fronted by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, known for its raw, garage-influenced sound.
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B.
Hastière
Hastière is a municipality in the Walloon region of southern Belgium, known for its scenic Meuse River setting and historic religious architecture.
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C.
Second to None
Second to None is the proud nickname of the U.S. 2nd Marine Division, reflecting its reputation for exceptional combat effectiveness and esprit de corps.
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D.
The Blow
The Blow is an American indie pop band known for its minimalist electronic sound and introspective, narrative-driven lyrics.
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E.
Off to the Races
Off to the Races is a 1959 hard bop jazz album by trumpeter Donald Byrd, noted for its energetic performances and classic Blue Note sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
action film
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buddy cop film ⓘ comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ horror film ⓘ zombie film ⓘ |
| character |
Arthur P. Loudermilk
NERFINISHED
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Doug Bigelow NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Ernest McNab NERFINISHED ⓘ Randi James NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Mortis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robert Yeoman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Mark Goldblatt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | New World Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Harvey Rosenstock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
action
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comedy ⓘ horror ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corruption
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crime ⓘ life and death ⓘ police investigation ⓘ resurrection ⓘ |
| musicBy | Ernest Troost NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | mixing buddy-cop comedy with zombie and sci-fi elements ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two Los Angeles police detectives uncover a criminal operation that uses a resurrection machine to reanimate dead criminals. ⓘ |
| producer |
David Helpern Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael L. Meltzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | New World Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ratingMPAA | R ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1988-05-06 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 84 ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| starring |
Darren McGavin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joe Piscopo NERFINISHED ⓘ Keye Luke NERFINISHED ⓘ Lindsay Frost NERFINISHED ⓘ Mel Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor Toru Tanaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Picardo NERFINISHED ⓘ Treat Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Terry Black 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: Dead Heat Description of subject: Dead Heat is a 1988 action-comedy horror film about two cops who become entangled in a bizarre resurrection scheme, blending buddy-cop antics with zombie and sci-fi elements.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.