A Ghost Story
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A Ghost Story is a 2017 independent supernatural drama film directed by David Lowery, known for its meditative exploration of grief, time, and legacy, and featuring Casey Affleck as a lingering spirit.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Ghost Story canonical | 11 |
| M in A Ghost Story | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2802245 — 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: A Ghost Story Context triple: [Casey Affleck, notableWork, A Ghost Story]
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A.
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories is a 2014 Coldplay studio album characterized by its atmospheric, introspective sound and themes of heartbreak and emotional healing.
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B.
It Comes at Night
It Comes at Night is a 2017 psychological horror film about a family struggling to survive a mysterious, deadly contagion in an isolated house.
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C.
The Babadook
The Babadook is a 2014 Australian psychological horror film about a grieving mother and her troubled son who are terrorized by a sinister entity emerging from a mysterious children's pop-up book.
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D.
Ghosts
"Ghosts" is a song featured on the album "Carry On," known for its evocative themes and atmospheric sound.
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E.
The Fog
The Fog is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, centered on a coastal town haunted by vengeful ghosts who return shrouded in an eerie, glowing mist.
- 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: A Ghost Story Target entity description: A Ghost Story is a 2017 independent supernatural drama film directed by David Lowery, known for its meditative exploration of grief, time, and legacy, and featuring Casey Affleck as a lingering spirit.
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A.
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories is a 2014 Coldplay studio album characterized by its atmospheric, introspective sound and themes of heartbreak and emotional healing.
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B.
It Comes at Night
It Comes at Night is a 2017 psychological horror film about a family struggling to survive a mysterious, deadly contagion in an isolated house.
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C.
The Babadook
The Babadook is a 2014 Australian psychological horror film about a grieving mother and her troubled son who are terrorized by a sinister entity emerging from a mysterious children's pop-up book.
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D.
Ghosts
"Ghosts" is a song featured on the album "Carry On," known for its evocative themes and atmospheric sound.
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E.
The Fog
The Fog is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, centered on a coastal town haunted by vengeful ghosts who return shrouded in an eerie, glowing mist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
independent film ⓘ supernatural drama film ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 1.33:1 ⓘ |
| associatedWithStudio |
Sailor Bear
ⓘ
Zero Trans Fat Productions ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Andrew Droz Palermo ⓘ |
| costumeDesignElement | ghost depicted as figure under a white sheet with eye holes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| director | David Lowery ⓘ |
| distributor | A24 ⓘ |
| editedBy | David Lowery ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
C
ⓘ
M ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Texas ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ supernatural film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
afterlife
ⓘ
grief ⓘ haunting ⓘ legacy ⓘ loss ⓘ time ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Casey Affleck portrays the deceased husband who becomes a ghost ⓘ |
| leadActressRole |
Rooney Mara
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surface form:
Rooney Mara portrays the grieving wife
|
| musicBy | Daniel Hart ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long static takes
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minimalist storytelling ⓘ use of 1.33:1 aspect ratio ⓘ |
| plotSummary | After a man dies in a car accident, his spirit returns as a ghost to his suburban home to watch over his grieving wife and observe the passage of time. ⓘ |
| premieredAt | Sundance Film Festival ⓘ |
| producer |
Adam Donaghey
ⓘ
James M. Johnston NERFINISHED ⓘ Toby Halbrooks ⓘ |
| productionCompany | A24 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2017-01-22 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| reviewAggregatorRating |
generally favorable score on Metacritic
ⓘ
high approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 92 ⓘ |
| screenedInSection | Next section at Sundance Film Festival ⓘ |
| setting | suburban Texas house ⓘ |
| starring |
Casey Affleck
ⓘ
Rooney Mara ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseDate | 2017-07-07 ⓘ |
| writer | David Lowery ⓘ |
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: A Ghost Story Description of subject: A Ghost Story is a 2017 independent supernatural drama film directed by David Lowery, known for its meditative exploration of grief, time, and legacy, and featuring Casey Affleck as a lingering spirit.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Casey Affleck
this entity surface form:
M in A Ghost Story
subject surface form:
Rooney Mara