Weird Science (film)

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Weird Science is a 1985 sci-fi comedy film directed by John Hughes about two teenage boys who use a computer to create their ideal woman, leading to a series of chaotic and fantastical events.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Weird Science	9
Weird Science (film) canonical	2
Lord General in Weird Science	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16796376 — 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: Weird Science (film)
Context triple: [Weird Science, partOfSoundtrack, Weird Science (film)]

A. Weird Science
Weird Science is a 1985 new wave song by American band Oingo Boingo, best known as the theme for the John Hughes film of the same name.
B. Weird Science (TV series)
Weird Science is a 1990s American sci-fi comedy television series, loosely based on the 1985 film of the same name, about two teenage boys who create a magical, computer-generated woman.
C. Weird Science – film score
Weird Science – film score is the synthesizer-driven, pop-infused soundtrack composed by Ira Newborn for the 1985 sci-fi comedy film "Weird Science."
D. Ferris Bueller
Ferris Bueller is a charming, quick-witted high school student known for cleverly skipping school and breaking the fourth wall in the film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
E. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is a 1989 family science-fiction comedy film about an inventor who accidentally shrinks his children and their neighbors, forcing them to survive perilous adventures in their own backyard.
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: Weird Science (film)
Target entity description: Weird Science is a 1985 sci-fi comedy film directed by John Hughes about two teenage boys who use a computer to create their ideal woman, leading to a series of chaotic and fantastical events.

A. Weird Science
Weird Science is a 1985 new wave song by American band Oingo Boingo, best known as the theme for the John Hughes film of the same name.
B. Weird Science (TV series)
Weird Science is a 1990s American sci-fi comedy television series, loosely based on the 1985 film of the same name, about two teenage boys who create a magical, computer-generated woman.
C. Weird Science – film score
Weird Science – film score is the synthesizer-driven, pop-infused soundtrack composed by Ira Newborn for the 1985 sci-fi comedy film "Weird Science."
D. Ferris Bueller
Ferris Bueller is a charming, quick-witted high school student known for cleverly skipping school and breaking the fourth wall in the film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
E. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is a 1989 family science-fiction comedy film about an inventor who accidentally shrinks his children and their neighbors, forcing them to survive perilous adventures in their own backyard.
F. None of above. chosen

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Weird Science → partOfSoundtrack → Weird Science (film) ⓘ

Weird Science → themeFor → Weird Science (film) ⓘ

Vernon Wells → portrayed → Lord General in Weird Science ⓘ