Moontrap
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Moontrap is a 1989 science fiction horror film starring Walter Koenig and Bruce Campbell, featuring astronauts who encounter ancient alien technology on the Moon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moontrap canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5214710 — 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: Moontrap Context triple: [Walter Koenig, notableWork, Moontrap]
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A.
The Trap
"The Trap" is a horror novel by Tabitha King that delves into psychological terror and the darker sides of human relationships in a small-town setting.
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B.
The Criminals
The Criminals is a punk rock band known for featuring guitarist Jason White, who later gained prominence with Green Day.
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C.
Night Trap
Night Trap is a controversial 1992 interactive movie horror video game known for its full-motion video gameplay and its central role in early 1990s debates over video game violence and content regulation.
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D.
Dead Ringer
Dead Ringer is a 1964 film noir–style thriller starring Bette Davis in dual roles as estranged twin sisters entangled in murder and identity theft.
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E.
Midnight Madness
Midnight Madness is a popular late-night program at the Toronto International Film Festival that showcases genre films such as horror, action, and cult cinema.
- 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: Moontrap Target entity description: Moontrap is a 1989 science fiction horror film starring Walter Koenig and Bruce Campbell, featuring astronauts who encounter ancient alien technology on the Moon.
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A.
The Trap
"The Trap" is a horror novel by Tabitha King that delves into psychological terror and the darker sides of human relationships in a small-town setting.
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B.
The Criminals
The Criminals is a punk rock band known for featuring guitarist Jason White, who later gained prominence with Green Day.
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C.
Night Trap
Night Trap is a controversial 1992 interactive movie horror video game known for its full-motion video gameplay and its central role in early 1990s debates over video game violence and content regulation.
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D.
Dead Ringer
Dead Ringer is a 1964 film noir–style thriller starring Bette Davis in dual roles as estranged twin sisters entangled in murder and identity theft.
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E.
Midnight Madness
Midnight Madness is a popular late-night program at the Toronto International Film Festival that showcases genre films such as horror, action, and cult cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Peter Klein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Joseph LoDuca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Robert Dyke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Triumph Releasing Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Christopher Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1980s American cinema ⓘ |
| featuresCreatureType | robotic alien ⓘ |
| featuresLocation |
ancient lunar temple
ⓘ
spacecraft in lunar orbit ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | live action ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Moontrap: Target Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
alien technology
ⓘ
ancient astronauts ⓘ space exploration ⓘ |
| hasTagline | For fourteen thousand years... it waited. ⓘ |
| homeMediaFormat |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Colonel Jason Grant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ray Tanner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | R ⓘ |
| notableCastMember |
Bruce Campbell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walter Koenig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | astronauts encountering ancient alien technology on the Moon ⓘ |
| producer | Robert Dyke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Magic Lantern Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1989-04-28 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 92 ⓘ |
| sequelReleaseYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| setIn | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| specialEffectsType |
miniature effects
ⓘ
practical effects ⓘ |
| starring |
Bruce Campbell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leigh Lombardi NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Kurcz NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Koenig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Tex Ragsdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Moontrap Description of subject: Moontrap is a 1989 science fiction horror film starring Walter Koenig and Bruce Campbell, featuring astronauts who encounter ancient alien technology on the Moon.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.