The Illustrated Man (1969 film)
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The Illustrated Man (1969 film) is a science fiction anthology movie based on Ray Bradbury’s short story collection, following a heavily tattooed drifter whose animated body art reveals a series of dark, futuristic tales.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Illustrated Man | 1 |
| The Illustrated Man (1969 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4915585 — 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 Illustrated Man (1969 film) Context triple: [The Illustrated Man, hasAdaptation, The Illustrated Man (1969 film)]
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The Illustrated Man
The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of interconnected science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury, framed by the eerie premise of a man whose living tattoos foretell the future.
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B.
The Other Wind
The Other Wind is a fantasy novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that serves as the final installment in her Earthsea series, exploring themes of death, change, and the boundaries between worlds.
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C.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles is a classic science fiction collection of interconnected stories depicting human colonization of Mars and its consequences, written by Ray Bradbury.
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D.
Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky is Isaac Asimov’s first published novel, a science fiction story set in his Galactic Empire universe that explores themes of prejudice, time displacement, and a future Earth’s struggle for survival.
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E.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf is a Canadian-American rock band best known for their late-1960s hits like "Born to Be Wild" and "Magic Carpet Ride," which became iconic anthems of counterculture and motorcycle culture.
- 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 Illustrated Man (1969 film) Target entity description: The Illustrated Man (1969 film) is a science fiction anthology movie based on Ray Bradbury’s short story collection, following a heavily tattooed drifter whose animated body art reveals a series of dark, futuristic tales.
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A.
The Illustrated Man
The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of interconnected science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury, framed by the eerie premise of a man whose living tattoos foretell the future.
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B.
The Other Wind
The Other Wind is a fantasy novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that serves as the final installment in her Earthsea series, exploring themes of death, change, and the boundaries between worlds.
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C.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles is a classic science fiction collection of interconnected stories depicting human colonization of Mars and its consequences, written by Ray Bradbury.
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D.
Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky is Isaac Asimov’s first published novel, a science fiction story set in his Galactic Empire universe that explores themes of prejudice, time displacement, and a future Earth’s struggle for survival.
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E.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf is a powerful New God warlord from Apokolips who serves as a primary antagonist in DC Comics and its film adaptations, notably battling the Justice League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthology film
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film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Illustrated Man (short story collection) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Philip H. Lathrop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts | dystopian future ⓘ |
| director | Jack Smight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | William H. Ziegler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
anthology
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drama ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasSegmentBasedOn |
"The Last Night of the World"
NERFINISHED
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"The Long Rain" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Veldt" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
dystopia
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fate ⓘ free will versus predestination ⓘ technology and humanity ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacterCarl | Rod Steiger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Carl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | heavily tattooed drifter ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotDevice | animated body art ⓘ |
| producer | Howard B. Kreitsek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1969-03-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Howard B. Kreitsek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | near future ⓘ |
| starring |
Claire Bloom
NERFINISHED
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Robert Drivas NERFINISHED ⓘ Rod Steiger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| title | The Illustrated Man 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: The Illustrated Man (1969 film) Description of subject: The Illustrated Man (1969 film) is a science fiction anthology movie based on Ray Bradbury’s short story collection, following a heavily tattooed drifter whose animated body art reveals a series of dark, futuristic tales.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rod Steiger
this entity surface form:
The Illustrated Man