Thief
E278906
Thief is a 1981 neo-noir crime film written and directed by Michael Mann, following a professional safecracker trying to escape his criminal life.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thief canonical | 12 |
| Thief (1981 film) | 3 |
| Thief (film universe) | 1 |
| Thief (soundtrack) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2576273 — 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: Thief Context triple: [Michael Mann, notableWork, Thief]
-
A.
Thief series
The Thief series is a pioneering stealth video game franchise, begun in the late 1990s, known for its first-person sneaking, immersive sim design, and atmospheric, steampunk-inspired world.
-
B.
Thief (TV series)
Thief is a short-lived 2006 FX drama miniseries starring Andre Braugher as the leader of a professional heist crew whose criminal life collides with his family responsibilities.
-
C.
Snatcher
Snatcher is a cyberpunk-themed graphic adventure game created by Hideo Kojima, known for its cinematic storytelling, Blade Runner-inspired setting, and cult classic status.
-
D.
Once a Thief
Once a Thief is a 1965 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Nelson, centered on an ex-convict struggling to go straight while being pulled back into the criminal underworld.
-
E.
The Syndicate
The Syndicate is a British television drama series that follows different groups of lottery winners whose sudden wealth dramatically alters their lives and relationships.
- 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: Thief Target entity description: Thief is a 1981 neo-noir crime film written and directed by Michael Mann, following a professional safecracker trying to escape his criminal life.
-
A.
Thief series
The Thief series is a pioneering stealth video game franchise, begun in the late 1990s, known for its first-person sneaking, immersive sim design, and atmospheric, steampunk-inspired world.
-
B.
Thief (TV series)
Thief is a short-lived 2006 FX drama miniseries starring Andre Braugher as the leader of a professional heist crew whose criminal life collides with his family responsibilities.
-
C.
Snatcher
Snatcher is a cyberpunk-themed graphic adventure game created by Hideo Kojima, known for its cinematic storytelling, Blade Runner-inspired setting, and cult classic status.
-
D.
Once a Thief
Once a Thief is a 1965 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Nelson, centered on an ex-convict struggling to go straight while being pulled back into the criminal underworld.
-
E.
The Syndicate
The Syndicate is a British television drama series that follows different groups of lottery winners whose sudden wealth dramatically alters their lives and relationships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Thief Description of subject: Thief is a 1981 neo-noir crime film written and directed by Michael Mann, following a professional safecracker trying to escape his criminal life.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Thief
linked to: Thief
subject linked to:
Caan
subject linked to:
Arthur Caan
subject linked to:
Dorothy in Thief
linked to: Thief
subject linked to:
Dorothy in Thief
linked to: Thief
subject linked to:
Dorothy in Thief
linked to: Thief
subject linked to:
Tuesday
subject linked to:
Weld