Cypher (2002 film)
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Cypher (2002 film) is a science fiction thriller directed by Vincenzo Natali that follows a corporate spy entangled in a complex web of identity, memory manipulation, and industrial espionage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cypher (2002 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13038690 — 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)
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Target entity: Cypher (2002 film) Context triple: [Jeremy Northam, notableWork, Cypher (2002 film)]
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A.
Cage
Cage is an American underground rapper known for his dark, introspective lyrics and influential role in alternative hip hop.
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B.
Cage
Cage is a surname most famously associated with avant-garde American composer John Cage, a pioneer of experimental and minimalist music.
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C.
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant is a 2023 war action-thriller film following a U.S. Army sergeant and his Afghan interpreter on a perilous mission during the war in Afghanistan.
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D.
Three Coins in the Fountain
Three Coins in the Fountain is a 1954 romantic drama film set in Rome that follows three American women searching for love, famed for its picturesque Italian locations and its Oscar-winning title song.
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E.
Dark Knight
Dark Knight is a themed indoor roller coaster attraction located at Six Flags México.
- 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: Cypher (2002 film) Target entity description: Cypher (2002 film) is a science fiction thriller directed by Vincenzo Natali that follows a corporate spy entangled in a complex web of identity, memory manipulation, and industrial espionage.
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A.
Cage
Cage is an American underground rapper known for his dark, introspective lyrics and influential role in alternative hip hop.
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B.
Cage
Cage is a surname most famously associated with avant-garde American composer John Cage, a pioneer of experimental and minimalist music.
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C.
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant is a 2023 war action-thriller film following a U.S. Army sergeant and his Afghan interpreter on a perilous mission during the war in Afghanistan.
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D.
Three Coins in the Fountain
Three Coins in the Fountain is a 1954 romantic drama film set in Rome that follows three American women searching for love, famed for its picturesque Italian locations and its Oscar-winning title song.
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E.
Dark Knight
Dark Knight is a themed indoor roller coaster attraction located at Six Flags México.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian film
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feature film ⓘ film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Brainstorm
NERFINISHED
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Company Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
David Hewlett
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeremy Northam NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Liu NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Post NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Derek Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| director | Vincenzo Natali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorFilmographyItemOf | Vincenzo Natali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Lions Gate Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Brett Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | live action ⓘ |
| genre |
mystery
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Morgan Sullivan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rita Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPoster | Cypher (2002 film) poster ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corporate conspiracy
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double identity ⓘ mind control ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
corporate espionage
ⓘ
identity ⓘ memory manipulation ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| musicBy | Michael Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | corporate environment ⓘ |
| partOf | early 2000s science fiction cinema ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Pandora Cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Morgan Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 2000s films ⓘ |
| releaseType | theatrical release ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| star |
Jeremy Northam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lucy Liu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Cypher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Brian King 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: Cypher (2002 film) Description of subject: Cypher (2002 film) is a science fiction thriller directed by Vincenzo Natali that follows a corporate spy entangled in a complex web of identity, memory manipulation, and industrial espionage.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.