Maniac
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"Maniac" is a 1983 pop song by Michael Sembello, best known for its high-energy sound and association with the dance film Flashdance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maniac canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16229536 — 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: Maniac Context triple: [Flashdance, featuresSong, Maniac]
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A.
Maniac
Maniac is a dark comedy-drama miniseries that blends psychological sci-fi and surreal storytelling, in which Emma Stone stars as a troubled woman participating in a mysterious pharmaceutical trial.
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B.
Maniac
Maniac is a 2012 psychological slasher film, presented largely from the killer’s point of view, in which Elijah Wood portrays a disturbed serial murderer in a brutal, stylized remake of the 1980 cult classic.
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C.
Il Malo
Il Malo is the Italian nickname meaning "the Bad" given to William I of Sicily, a 12th-century Norman king known for his unpopular rule and internal strife in the kingdom.
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D.
Natural Born Killers
Natural Born Killers is a 1994 satirical crime film directed by Oliver Stone that follows a murderous couple turned media sensations, known for its controversial violence and critique of mass media.
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E.
Stark Raving Mad
Stark Raving Mad is a late-1990s American sitcom starring Tony Shalhoub and Neil Patrick Harris, centered on the odd-couple relationship between an eccentric horror novelist and his neurotic editor.
- 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: Maniac Target entity description: "Maniac" is a 1983 pop song by Michael Sembello, best known for its high-energy sound and association with the dance film Flashdance.
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A.
Maniac
Maniac is a dark comedy-drama miniseries that blends psychological sci-fi and surreal storytelling, in which Emma Stone stars as a troubled woman participating in a mysterious pharmaceutical trial.
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B.
Maniac
Maniac is a 2012 psychological slasher film, presented largely from the killer’s point of view, in which Elijah Wood portrays a disturbed serial murderer in a brutal, stylized remake of the 1980 cult classic.
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C.
Il Malo
Il Malo is the Italian nickname meaning "the Bad" given to William I of Sicily, a 12th-century Norman king known for his unpopular rule and internal strife in the kingdom.
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D.
Natural Born Killers
Natural Born Killers is a 1994 satirical crime film directed by Oliver Stone that follows a murderous couple turned media sensations, known for its controversial violence and critique of mass media.
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E.
Stark Raving Mad
Stark Raving Mad is a late-1990s American sitcom starring Tony Shalhoub and Neil Patrick Harris, centered on the odd-couple relationship between an eccentric horror novelist and his neurotic editor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.