The Crate
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The Crate is a segment from the 1982 horror anthology film "Creepshow," featuring a monstrous creature unleashed from a mysterious wooden box discovered under a university staircase.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Crate canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6135609 — 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 Crate Context triple: [Creepshow, hasPart, The Crate]
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A.
The Box
"The Box" is a 2019 trap/hip-hop single by Roddy Ricch that became a viral hit and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for multiple weeks.
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B.
The Box
The Box is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s iconic time-traveling spaceship and time machine from the British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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C.
The Box
The Box is a 2009 psychological thriller film directed by Richard Kelly, based on Richard Matheson’s short story “Button, Button,” in which a couple is offered a mysterious box that grants wealth at the cost of a stranger’s life.
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D.
The Peg
The Peg is a colloquial nickname for Winnipeg, the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
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E.
The Cradle
The Cradle is an 1872 Impressionist painting by Berthe Morisot depicting a tender scene of a mother watching over her sleeping child, and is considered one of her most celebrated works.
- 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 Crate Target entity description: The Crate is a segment from the 1982 horror anthology film "Creepshow," featuring a monstrous creature unleashed from a mysterious wooden box discovered under a university staircase.
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A.
The Box
"The Box" is a 2019 trap/hip-hop single by Roddy Ricch that became a viral hit and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for multiple weeks.
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B.
The Box
The Box is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s iconic time-traveling spaceship and time machine from the British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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C.
The Box
The Box is a 2009 psychological thriller film directed by Richard Kelly, based on Richard Matheson’s short story “Button, Button,” in which a couple is offered a mysterious box that grants wealth at the cost of a stranger’s life.
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D.
The Peg
The Peg is a colloquial nickname for Winnipeg, the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
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E.
The Cradle
The Cradle is an 1872 Impressionist painting by Berthe Morisot depicting a tender scene of a mother watching over her sleeping child, and is considered one of her most celebrated works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film segment
ⓘ
horror anthology segment ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Stephen King adaptations ⓘ |
| associatedWithDirector | George A. Romero filmography ⓘ |
| basedOn | short story by Stephen King ⓘ |
| contains | carnivorous creature ⓘ |
| containsElement |
graphic violence
ⓘ
suspense ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crateMarking | Arctic Expedition – June 19, 1834 ⓘ |
| director | George A. Romero ⓘ |
| discoveredByCharacter | janitor at the university ⓘ |
| distributedAsPartOf | theatrical feature Creepshow ⓘ |
| featuresCreature | monstrous ape-like being ⓘ |
| featuresLocationType | academic institution ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Creepshow (1982 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Creepshow
|
| followedBySegmentInFilm |
They’re Creeping Up on You
ⓘ
linked to:
They're Creeping Up on You!
|
| genre |
anthology horror
ⓘ
horror ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasFandom | horror film fans ⓘ |
| influencedBy | EC horror comics style ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dexter Stanley
ⓘ
Professor Henry Northrup ⓘ Wilma "Billie" Northrup ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Harrison ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | explores how characters use a monster to solve personal problems ⓘ |
| notableDeathMethod | victims devoured by creature from crate ⓘ |
| notableProp | bloodstained wooden crate ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Creepshow ⓘ |
| partOfAnthologyStructure | one of five main segments in Creepshow ⓘ |
| portrays | a creature being unleashed from a long-hidden box ⓘ |
| precededBySegmentInFilm | Something to Tide You Over ⓘ |
| productionType | segment produced as part of a feature film ⓘ |
| prop | mysterious wooden crate ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | George A. Romero ⓘ |
| setting | university ⓘ |
| settingDetail | under a university staircase ⓘ |
| theme |
domestic abuse
ⓘ
revenge ⓘ unleashed monstrosity ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | contemporary to early 1980s ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| visualStyle | comic-book inspired aesthetics ⓘ |
| writer | Stephen King ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Crate Description of subject: The Crate is a segment from the 1982 horror anthology film "Creepshow," featuring a monstrous creature unleashed from a mysterious wooden box discovered under a university staircase.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.