The Lathe of Heaven (1980 film)
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The Lathe of Heaven (1980 film) is a science fiction television movie based on Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel, depicting a man whose dreams can alter reality and the ethical dilemmas surrounding the attempts to control his power.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Lathe of Heaven (1980 film) canonical | 1 |
| The Lathe of Heaven (2002 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16035728 — 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 Lathe of Heaven (1980 film) Context triple: [The Lathe of Heaven, adaptation, The Lathe of Heaven (1980 film)]
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The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores the power of dreams to alter reality and the ethical dilemmas that arise from such control.
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B.
Space Seed
Space Seed is a classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode that introduces the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh, later central to the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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C.
Solaris (1972 film)
Solaris (1972 film) is a 1972 Soviet science fiction drama directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, renowned for its philosophical exploration of memory, grief, and human consciousness aboard a space station orbiting a mysterious planet.
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D.
The Terminal Man
The Terminal Man is a 1972 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a man implanted with a brain-control device that malfunctions with violent consequences.
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E.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg that follows ordinary people drawn to a mysterious encounter with extraterrestrial life.
- 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 Lathe of Heaven (1980 film) Target entity description: The Lathe of Heaven (1980 film) is a science fiction television movie based on Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel, depicting a man whose dreams can alter reality and the ethical dilemmas surrounding the attempts to control his power.
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A.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores the power of dreams to alter reality and the ethical dilemmas that arise from such control.
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B.
Space Seed
Space Seed is a classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode that introduces the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh, later central to the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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C.
Solaris (1972 film)
Solaris (1972 film) is a 1972 Soviet science fiction drama directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, renowned for its philosophical exploration of memory, grief, and human consciousness aboard a space station orbiting a mysterious planet.
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D.
The Terminal Man
The Terminal Man is a 1972 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a man implanted with a brain-control device that malfunctions with violent consequences.
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E.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg that follows ordinary people drawn to a mysterious encounter with extraterrestrial life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Lathe of Heaven (2002 film)