They Live (1988 film)
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They Live (1988 film) is a satirical science fiction horror movie about a drifter who discovers that the ruling class are disguised aliens manipulating humanity through subliminal messages.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| They Live | 10 |
| They Live (1988 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5019342 — 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: They Live (1988 film) Context triple: [John Carpenter films, hasWork, They Live (1988 film)]
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A.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film) is a critically acclaimed science-fiction horror remake about an alien pod invasion that subtly replaces humans with emotionless duplicates, noted for its paranoid atmosphere and enduring cultural impact.
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B.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film) is a classic American science fiction horror movie about a small-town doctor who discovers that alien plant pods are replicating and replacing human beings.
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C.
RoboCop
"RoboCop" is a song by Kanye West from his 2008 album *808s & Heartbreak*, blending electronic production with themes of emotional turmoil and relationship conflict.
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D.
Aliens
Aliens is a 1986 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron that follows Ellen Ripley’s return to confront the deadly xenomorphs on a human colony.
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E.
Gremlins
Gremlins is a 1984 horror-comedy film about mischievous creatures wreaking havoc in a small town, blending dark humor with creature-feature thrills and becoming a cult classic.
- 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: They Live (1988 film) Target entity description: They Live (1988 film) is a satirical science fiction horror movie about a drifter who discovers that the ruling class are disguised aliens manipulating humanity through subliminal messages.
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A.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film) is a critically acclaimed science-fiction horror remake about an alien pod invasion that subtly replaces humans with emotionless duplicates, noted for its paranoid atmosphere and enduring cultural impact.
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B.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film) is a classic American science fiction horror movie about a small-town doctor who discovers that alien plant pods are replicating and replacing human beings.
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C.
RoboCop
"RoboCop" is a song by Kanye West from his 2008 album *808s & Heartbreak*, blending electronic production with themes of emotional turmoil and relationship conflict.
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D.
Aliens
Aliens is a 1986 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron that follows Ellen Ripley’s return to confront the deadly xenomorphs on a human colony.
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E.
Gremlins
Gremlins is a 1984 horror-comedy film about mischievous creatures wreaking havoc in a small town, blending dark humor with creature-feature thrills and becoming a cult classic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: They Live (1988 film) Description of subject: They Live (1988 film) is a satirical science fiction horror movie about a drifter who discovers that the ruling class are disguised aliens manipulating humanity through subliminal messages.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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They Live (1988 film)
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Keith David Williams
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