The Bye Bye Man
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The Bye Bye Man is a 2017 American supernatural horror film about a malevolent entity whose power grows when people speak or even think his name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bye Bye Man canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3289967 — 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: The Bye Bye Man Context triple: [Doug Jones, appearedIn, The Bye Bye Man]
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A.
The Man That Got Away
"The Man That Got Away" is a torch song from the 1954 film *A Star Is Born*, widely regarded as one of Judy Garland’s most iconic and emotionally powerful performances.
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B.
The Man from Elysian Fields
The Man from Elysian Fields is a 2001 drama film in which Andy García plays a struggling writer who becomes a high-end escort, leading to complex moral and personal entanglements.
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C.
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Kiss the Boys Goodbye is a 1938 satirical stage comedy by Clare Boothe Luce that parodies the search for a Southern actress to star in a Broadway musical, loosely inspired by the casting of Gone with the Wind.
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D.
The Best a Man Can Get
"The Best a Man Can Get" is a famous Gillette advertising slogan associated with its razor and men's grooming products campaigns worldwide.
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E.
Cautious Man
Cautious Man is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his album "Tunnel of Love," known for its introspective storytelling about love, fear, and commitment.
- 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: The Bye Bye Man Target entity description: The Bye Bye Man is a 2017 American supernatural horror film about a malevolent entity whose power grows when people speak or even think his name.
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A.
The Man That Got Away
"The Man That Got Away" is a torch song from the 1954 film *A Star Is Born*, widely regarded as one of Judy Garland’s most iconic and emotionally powerful performances.
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B.
The Man from Elysian Fields
The Man from Elysian Fields is a 2001 drama film in which Andy García plays a struggling writer who becomes a high-end escort, leading to complex moral and personal entanglements.
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C.
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Kiss the Boys Goodbye is a 1938 satirical stage comedy by Clare Boothe Luce that parodies the search for a Southern actress to star in a Broadway musical, loosely inspired by the casting of Gone with the Wind.
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D.
The Best a Man Can Get
"The Best a Man Can Get" is a famous Gillette advertising slogan associated with its razor and men's grooming products campaigns worldwide.
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E.
Cautious Man
Cautious Man is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his album "Tunnel of Love," known for its introspective storytelling about love, fear, and commitment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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supernatural horror film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Robert Damon Schneck
GENERATED
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The Bridge to Body Island GENERATED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Carrie-Anne Moss
GENERATED
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Cleo King GENERATED ⓘ Cressida Bonas GENERATED ⓘ Doug Jones GENERATED ⓘ Douglas Smith GENERATED ⓘ Erica Tremblay GENERATED ⓘ Faye Dunaway GENERATED ⓘ Jenna Kanell GENERATED ⓘ Leigh Whannell GENERATED ⓘ Lucien Laviscount GENERATED ⓘ Marisa Echeverria GENERATED ⓘ Michael Trucco GENERATED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | James Kniest GENERATED ⓘ |
| countryOfFilming | United States GENERATED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Stacy Title GENERATED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | STX Entertainment GENERATED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editedBy | Ken Blackwell GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror film
GENERATED
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supernatural horror film GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasEvilEntity | The Bye Bye Man (character) GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cursed name
GENERATED
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psychological terror GENERATED ⓘ urban legend GENERATED ⓘ |
| isInLanguage | English GENERATED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Elliot
GENERATED
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John GENERATED ⓘ Sasha GENERATED ⓘ The Bye Bye Man (entity) GENERATED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film GENERATED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 GENERATED ⓘ |
| musicBy | The Newton Brothers GENERATED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Wisconsin GENERATED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | College students are haunted by a malevolent entity whose power grows when people speak or think his name. GENERATED ⓘ |
| producer | Trevor Macy GENERATED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Intrepid Pictures
GENERATED
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Los Angeles Media Fund GENERATED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2017-01-13 GENERATED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2017 GENERATED ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 GENERATED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jonathan Penner GENERATED ⓘ |
| tagline | Don’t think it. Don’t say it. GENERATED ⓘ |
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: The Bye Bye Man Description of subject: The Bye Bye Man is a 2017 American supernatural horror film about a malevolent entity whose power grows when people speak or even think his name.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.