Spider-Man (2002 film)
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Spider-Man (2002 film) is a 2002 superhero movie directed by Sam Raimi that launched the modern Spider-Man film franchise, starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spider-Man (2002 film) canonical | 21 |
| Spider-Man (2002 film screenplay) | 1 |
| Spider-Man (2002) as Bonesaw McGraw | 1 |
| Spider-Man (Raimi trilogy) | 1 |
| Spider-Man (film, 2002) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2143002 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Spider-Man (2002 film) Context triple: [J.K. Simmons, notableWork, Spider-Man (2002 film)]
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A.
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a Marvel Comics superhero alter ego of Peter Parker, known for his spider-like abilities, red-and-blue costume, and role as one of the most iconic characters in popular culture.
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B.
Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 superhero film directed by Sam Raimi that continues the story of Peter Parker as he battles multiple villains while struggling with the dark influence of the alien symbiote.
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C.
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man is a 2012 superhero film reboot of the Spider-Man franchise, starring Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy.
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D.
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man is a groundbreaking 3D dark ride at Universal theme parks that combines motion simulation, elaborate sets, and stereoscopic projection to immerse guests in a comic book-style Spider-Man adventure.
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E.
Spider-Man film series
The Spider-Man film series is a blockbuster superhero franchise centered on Marvel Comics' web-slinging hero, spanning multiple reboots and adaptations that have significantly shaped modern comic book cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Spider-Man (2002 film) Target entity description: Spider-Man (2002 film) is a 2002 superhero movie directed by Sam Raimi that launched the modern Spider-Man film franchise, starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker.
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A.
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a Marvel Comics superhero alter ego of Peter Parker, known for his spider-like abilities, red-and-blue costume, and role as one of the most iconic characters in popular culture.
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B.
Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 superhero film directed by Sam Raimi that continues the story of Peter Parker as he battles multiple villains while struggling with the dark influence of the alien symbiote.
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C.
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man is a 2012 superhero film reboot of the Spider-Man franchise, starring Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy.
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D.
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man is a groundbreaking 3D dark ride at Universal theme parks that combines motion simulation, elaborate sets, and stereoscopic projection to immerse guests in a comic book-style Spider-Man adventure.
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E.
Spider-Man film series
The Spider-Man film series is a blockbuster superhero franchise centered on Marvel Comics' web-slinging hero, spanning multiple reboots and adaptations that have significantly shaped modern comic book cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
ⓘ
action film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ film ⓘ superhero film ⓘ |
| award |
Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film
ⓘ
surface form:
Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film (nominated/won category-level recognition)
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| basedOn |
Spider-Man
ⓘ
surface form:
Spider-Man (Marvel Comics character)
|
| boxOfficeWorldwideUSD | approximately 825,000,000 ⓘ |
| budgetUSD | approximately 139,000,000 ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Don Burgess ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Sam Raimi ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Arthur Coburn
ⓘ
Bob Murawski ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Spider-Man 2
ⓘ
surface form:
Spider-Man 2 (2004 film)
|
| franchise |
Spider-Man film series
ⓘ
surface form:
Spider-Man film franchise
|
| genre |
action film
ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ superhero film ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Spider-Man 2
ⓘ
surface form:
Spider-Man 2 (2004 film)
|
| mainCharacter |
Harry Osborn
ⓘ
Mary Jane Watson ⓘ Green Goblin ⓘ
surface form:
Norman Osborn
Peter Parker ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Danny Elfman ⓘ |
| notableSong | "Hero" by Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Spider-Man film series
ⓘ
surface form:
Spider-Man film series (Sam Raimi)
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| portrays |
Ben Parker (Marvel Comics)
ⓘ
surface form:
Cliff Robertson as Ben Parker
J. K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson ⓘ Harry Osborn ⓘ
surface form:
James Franco as Harry Osborn
Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson ⓘ Rosemary Harris as May Parker ⓘ Tobey Maguire ⓘ
surface form:
Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
Green Goblin ⓘ
surface form:
Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
|
| precededBy | none (first in Raimi Spider-Man trilogy) ⓘ |
| producer |
Avi Arad
ⓘ
Ian Bryce ⓘ Laura Ziskin ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Columbia Pictures
ⓘ
Laura Ziskin Productions ⓘ Marvel Entertainment ⓘ
surface form:
Marvel Enterprises
|
| ratingSystem |
MPAA film rating system
ⓘ
surface form:
MPAA
|
| releaseDate | 2002-05-03 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 121 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | David Koepp ⓘ |
| setIn | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Cliff Robertson
ⓘ
J.K. Simmons ⓘ
surface form:
J. K. Simmons
James Franco ⓘ Kirsten Dunst ⓘ Rosemary Harris ⓘ Tobey Maguire ⓘ Willem Dafoe ⓘ |
| tagline | "With great power comes great responsibility." ⓘ |
| visualEffectsCompany | Sony Pictures Imageworks ⓘ |
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: Spider-Man (2002 film) Description of subject: Spider-Man (2002 film) is a 2002 superhero movie directed by Sam Raimi that launched the modern Spider-Man film franchise, starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Spider-Man (Raimi trilogy)
subject surface form:
David Koepp
this entity surface form:
Spider-Man (2002 film screenplay)
this entity surface form:
Spider-Man (2002) as Bonesaw McGraw
this entity surface form:
Spider-Man (film, 2002)