The Terminal Man
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The Terminal Man is a 1972 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a man implanted with a brain-control device that malfunctions with violent consequences.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Terminal Man canonical | 7 |
| The Terminal Man (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6135165 — 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: The Terminal Man Context triple: [The Andromeda Strain, followedBy, The Terminal Man]
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A.
Silent Running
Silent Running is a 1972 science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull, known for its environmental themes and Bruce Dern’s portrayal of a botanist protecting Earth’s last surviving plant life in space.
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B.
The Lawnmower Man
"The Lawnmower Man" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a bizarre, supernatural lawn care service that reveals a gruesome and otherworldly secret.
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C.
Slan
Slan is a classic 1940 science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt about a persecuted race of telepathic mutants, often cited as a landmark of the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
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D.
Soylent Green
Soylent Green is a 1973 dystopian science fiction film set in an overpopulated future where a detective uncovers the horrifying secret behind a popular synthetic food product.
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E.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1976 British science fiction film, directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring David Bowie as an alien visitor whose experiences critique human society and capitalism.
- 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 Terminal Man Target entity description: The Terminal Man is a 1972 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a man implanted with a brain-control device that malfunctions with violent consequences.
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A.
Silent Running
Silent Running is a 1972 science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull, known for its environmental themes and Bruce Dern’s portrayal of a botanist protecting Earth’s last surviving plant life in space.
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B.
The Lawnmower Man
"The Lawnmower Man" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a bizarre, supernatural lawn care service that reveals a gruesome and otherworldly secret.
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C.
Slan
Slan is a classic 1940 science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt about a persecuted race of telepathic mutants, often cited as a landmark of the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
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D.
Soylent Green
Soylent Green is a 1973 dystopian science fiction film set in an overpopulated future where a detective uncovers the horrifying secret behind a popular synthetic food product.
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E.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1976 British science fiction film, directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring David Bowie as an alien visitor whose experiences critique human society and capitalism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
The Terminal Man (film)
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linked to:
The Terminal Man
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| author | Michael Crichton ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
artificial brain stimulation
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brain–computer interface ⓘ ethics of medical experimentation ⓘ mind control ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| coverArtist | Paul Bacon ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Mike Hodges ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Great Train Robbery ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
ⓘ
techno-thriller ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Dr. Janet Ross
ⓘ
Dr. John Ellis ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Harry Benson ⓘ |
| ISBN | 978-0-394-47111-1 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of the dangers of technological intervention in the human brain
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early exploration of computer–brain interfaces in popular fiction ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man with a history of violent seizures receives an experimental brain implant that malfunctions and drives him to increasing violence. ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Andromeda Strain ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
computer science
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neurosurgery ⓘ psychiatry ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | near future of the early 1970s ⓘ |
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: The Terminal Man Description of subject: The Terminal Man is a 1972 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a man implanted with a brain-control device that malfunctions with violent consequences.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.