The Tesseract
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The Tesseract is a 1998 nonlinear psychological thriller novel by Alex Garland that intertwines the lives of several characters in Manila to explore fate, violence, and moral ambiguity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Tesseract canonical | 2 |
| The Tesseract (film adaptation) | 1 |
| The Tesseract (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3653528 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tesseract Context triple: [Alex Garland, notableWork, The Tesseract]
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A.
Eye of Agamotto
The Eye of Agamotto is a powerful mystical amulet in the Marvel universe, most famously associated with Doctor Strange and often depicted as a conduit for immense magical and time-manipulating abilities.
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Infinity Stones
The Infinity Stones are six immensely powerful cosmic artifacts in the Marvel universe that control fundamental aspects of existence and, when united, grant their wielder near-omnipotent power.
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Infinity Gauntlet
The Infinity Gauntlet is a powerful cosmic artifact in the Marvel universe that allows its wielder to control fundamental aspects of reality when equipped with all six Infinity Stones.
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D.
The Toclafane
The Toclafane are a mysterious and terrifying race of spherical, cybernetic beings who serve as the Master’s deadly enforcers in the Doctor Who universe.
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Arc Reactor
The Arc Reactor is a fictional, compact clean-energy power source in the Marvel universe that Tony Stark designs to sustain his life and fuel his Iron Man armor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tesseract Target entity description: The Tesseract is a 1998 nonlinear psychological thriller novel by Alex Garland that intertwines the lives of several characters in Manila to explore fate, violence, and moral ambiguity.
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A.
Eye of Agamotto
The Eye of Agamotto is a powerful mystical amulet in the Marvel universe, most famously associated with Doctor Strange and often depicted as a conduit for immense magical and time-manipulating abilities.
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B.
Infinity Stones
The Infinity Stones are six immensely powerful cosmic artifacts in the Marvel universe that control fundamental aspects of existence and, when united, grant their wielder near-omnipotent power.
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C.
Infinity Gauntlet
The Infinity Gauntlet is a powerful cosmic artifact in the Marvel universe that allows its wielder to control fundamental aspects of reality when equipped with all six Infinity Stones.
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D.
The Toclafane
The Toclafane are a mysterious and terrifying race of spherical, cybernetic beings who serve as the Master’s deadly enforcers in the Doctor Who universe.
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E.
Arc Reactor
The Arc Reactor is a fictional, compact clean-energy power source in the Marvel universe that Tony Stark designs to sustain his life and fuel his Iron Man armor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
nonlinear narrative work
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novel ⓘ psychological thriller novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| author | Alex Garland ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| authorOfWork | Alex Garland ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Oxide Pang ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| followsWork | The Beach ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasFilmAdaptation |
The Tesseract
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Tesseract (film)
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| literaryPeriod | late 20th century literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
consequences of choices
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fate ⓘ interconnected lives ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | nonlinear ⓘ |
| notableElement |
exploration of urban poverty in Manila
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multiple intersecting storylines ⓘ shifting points of view ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | ex-seaman ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| publisher | Penguin Books ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Philippines ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Manila ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Tesseract Description of subject: The Tesseract is a 1998 nonlinear psychological thriller novel by Alex Garland that intertwines the lives of several characters in Manila to explore fate, violence, and moral ambiguity.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Tesseract (film adaptation)
this entity surface form:
The Tesseract (film)