The Fly
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The Fly is a 1986 science fiction horror film directed by David Cronenberg about a scientist whose teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong, leading to his gradual transformation into a human-fly hybrid.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Fly canonical | 6 |
| The Fly (1986 film) | 5 |
| The Fly franchise | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3585355 — 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.
Target entity: The Fly Context triple: [Geena Davis, notableWork, The Fly]
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The Fly
"The Fly" is a U2 song, released as a lead single from their album Achtung Baby, that marked a bold shift toward a darker, more experimental rock and electronic sound.
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The Fly
The Fly is a comic book superhero, later known as Fly-Man, who debuted in the early 1960s from Archie Comics as an insect-powered crimefighter.
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C.
Jar of Flies
Jar of Flies is a critically acclaimed 1994 EP by American rock band Alice in Chains, known for its dark, acoustic sound and introspective themes.
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V’Ger
V’Ger is the immensely powerful, evolved space probe that serves as the central enigmatic antagonist in the film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture."
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The Alien
The Alien is the ring nickname of Bernard Hopkins, the legendary American boxer known for his exceptional longevity and defensive mastery in the sport.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Fly Target entity description: The Fly is a 1986 science fiction horror film directed by David Cronenberg about a scientist whose teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong, leading to his gradual transformation into a human-fly hybrid.
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A.
The Fly
"The Fly" is a U2 song, released as a lead single from their album Achtung Baby, that marked a bold shift toward a darker, more experimental rock and electronic sound.
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B.
The Fly
The Fly is a comic book superhero, later known as Fly-Man, who debuted in the early 1960s from Archie Comics as an insect-powered crimefighter.
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C.
Jar of Flies
Jar of Flies is a critically acclaimed 1994 EP by American rock band Alice in Chains, known for its dark, acoustic sound and introspective themes.
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D.
V’Ger
V’Ger is the immensely powerful, evolved space probe that serves as the central enigmatic antagonist in the film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture."
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E.
The Alien
The Alien is the ring nickname of Bernard Hopkins, the legendary American boxer known for his exceptional longevity and defensive mastery in the sport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
science fiction horror film ⓘ |
| award |
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
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surface form:
Academy Award for Best Makeup
|
| awardYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Fly
ⓘ
surface form:
The Fly (1957 short story)
The Fly (1958 film) ⓘ |
| character |
Seth Brundle
ⓘ
Stathis Borans ⓘ Veronica Quaife ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Mark Irwin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed for performances, direction, and makeup effects ⓘ |
| director | David Cronenberg ⓘ |
| distributedBy | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ronald Sanders ⓘ |
| editorialDesignation | remake of the 1958 film The Fly ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Fly II ⓘ |
| genre |
horror film
ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ |
| homeMedia | released on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, and digital formats ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActress | Geena Davis ⓘ |
| leadCharacterOccupation | scientist ⓘ |
| makeupBy |
Chris Walas
ⓘ
Stephan Dupuis ⓘ |
| musicBy | Howard Shore ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of David Cronenberg's most commercially successful films
ⓘ
graphic depiction of physical transformation ⓘ |
| partOf | The Fly franchise ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A scientist tests a teleportation device on himself and gradually transforms into a human-fly hybrid after a fly contaminates the experiment. ⓘ |
| producer | Stuart Cornfeld ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Brooksfilms ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1986-08-15 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Charles Edward Pogue
ⓘ
David Cronenberg ⓘ |
| setting |
Toronto
ⓘ
surface form:
Toronto (fictionalized as an unnamed North American city)
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| starring |
Geena Davis
ⓘ
Jeff Goldblum ⓘ John Getz ⓘ |
| subgenre | body horror film ⓘ |
| theme |
body horror
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disease and decay ⓘ scientific experimentation gone wrong ⓘ |
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.
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.
Subject: The Fly Description of subject: The Fly is a 1986 science fiction horror film directed by David Cronenberg about a scientist whose teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong, leading to his gradual transformation into a human-fly hybrid.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.