Dragonslayer
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Dragonslayer is a 1981 dark fantasy film renowned for its groundbreaking dragon visual effects and creature design.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dragonslayer canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4235168 — 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: Dragonslayer Context triple: [Phil Tippett, notableWork, Dragonslayer]
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A.
Spear of Destiny
Spear of Destiny is a World War II-themed first-person shooter video game by id Software that serves as a prequel to Wolfenstein 3D, following B.J. Blazkowicz on a mission to recover a stolen holy relic from the Nazis.
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B.
Dragonheart
Dragonheart is a 1996 fantasy adventure film renowned for its groundbreaking CGI dragon and the voice performance of Sean Connery.
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C.
Kiss of the Dragon
Kiss of the Dragon is a 2001 action film starring Jet Li as a Chinese intelligence agent embroiled in a violent conspiracy in Paris.
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D.
Excalibur
Excalibur is the legendary sword of King Arthur, often depicted as a symbol of divine kingship and magical power in Arthurian mythology.
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E.
Belegaer
Belegaer is the vast western ocean of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, separating its lands from the distant continent of Aman.
- 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: Dragonslayer Target entity description: Dragonslayer is a 1981 dark fantasy film renowned for its groundbreaking dragon visual effects and creature design.
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A.
Spear of Destiny
Spear of Destiny is a World War II-themed first-person shooter video game by id Software that serves as a prequel to Wolfenstein 3D, following B.J. Blazkowicz on a mission to recover a stolen holy relic from the Nazis.
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B.
Dragonheart
Dragonheart is a 1996 fantasy adventure film renowned for its groundbreaking CGI dragon and the voice performance of Sean Connery.
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C.
Kiss of the Dragon
Kiss of the Dragon is a 2001 action film starring Jet Li as a Chinese intelligence agent embroiled in a violent conspiracy in Paris.
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D.
Excalibur
Excalibur is the legendary sword of King Arthur, often depicted as a symbol of divine kingship and magical power in Arthurian mythology.
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E.
Belegaer
Belegaer is the vast western ocean of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, separating its lands from the distant continent of Aman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dark fantasy film
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film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy | Elliot Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedInPartOn | European dragon mythology ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Derek Vanlint NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coProducer | Walt Disney Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Bob Ringwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| cultStatus | cult classic ⓘ |
| director | Matthew Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Tony Lawson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Vermithrax Pejorative NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Scotland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
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dark fantasy ⓘ sword and sorcery film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conflict between magic and organized religion
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heroic quest to slay a dragon ⓘ |
| homeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
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DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Galen Bradwarden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | dragon Vermithrax Pejorative ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alex North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Original Score
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Academy Award for Best Visual Effects NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
groundbreaking dragon visual effects
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innovative creature design ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | apprentice sorcerer confronting a dragon ⓘ |
| producer | Hal Barwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Paramount Pictures
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walt Disney Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 109 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Hal Barwood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Matthew Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | pseudo-medieval era ⓘ |
| specialEffectsCompany | Industrial Light & Magic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Caitlin Clarke
NERFINISHED
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John Hallam NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter MacNicol NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | go motion animation ⓘ |
| visualEffectsSupervisor | Dennis Muren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Dragonslayer Description of subject: Dragonslayer is a 1981 dark fantasy film renowned for its groundbreaking dragon visual effects and creature design.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.