The Number 23
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The Number 23 is a 2007 psychological thriller film starring Jim Carrey as a man obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to mirror his own life and revolves around the number 23.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Number 23 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6296630 — 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 Number 23 Context triple: [Beau Flynn, notableWork, The Number 23]
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A.
The Black Swan
The Black Swan is a 1942 swashbuckling Technicolor adventure film starring Tyrone Power as a reformed pirate caught in a tale of romance and high-seas intrigue.
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B.
الركن الأسود
الركن الأسود هو أحد أركان الكعبة المشرفة الذي يضم الحجر الأسود ويُعد موضعًا ذا قدسية خاصة في الشعائر الإسلامية.
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C.
Murder by Numbers
Murder by Numbers is a 2002 psychological crime thriller film about two high school students who commit a carefully planned murder, starring Sandra Bullock and Ben Chaplin.
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D.
The Chain
The Chain is a segment of the 1953 Italian anthology film "The Human Condition," contributing one of its interconnected stories exploring postwar moral and social issues.
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E.
The Chain
The Chain is a British film featuring Billie Whitelaw, known for its interlinked stories about people moving house in London.
- 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 Number 23 Target entity description: The Number 23 is a 2007 psychological thriller film starring Jim Carrey as a man obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to mirror his own life and revolves around the number 23.
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A.
The Black Swan
The Black Swan is a 1942 swashbuckling Technicolor adventure film starring Tyrone Power as a reformed pirate caught in a tale of romance and high-seas intrigue.
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B.
الركن الأسود
الركن الأسود هو أحد أركان الكعبة المشرفة الذي يضم الحجر الأسود ويُعد موضعًا ذا قدسية خاصة في الشعائر الإسلامية.
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C.
Murder by Numbers
Murder by Numbers is a 2002 psychological crime thriller film about two high school students who commit a carefully planned murder, starring Sandra Bullock and Ben Chaplin.
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D.
The Chain
The Chain is a segment of the 1953 Italian anthology film "The Human Condition," contributing one of its interconnected stories exploring postwar moral and social issues.
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E.
The Chain
The Chain is a British film featuring Billie Whitelaw, known for its interlinked stories about people moving house in London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay by Fernley Phillips ⓘ |
| boxOfficeWorldwideUSD | approximately 77 million ⓘ |
| budgetUSD | approximately 30 million ⓘ |
| cinematography | Matthew Libatique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Joel Schumacher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | New Line Cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Mark Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingFormat | live-action ⓘ |
| genre |
mystery film
ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasMotif | the number 23 ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | neo-noir elements ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
identity
ⓘ
numerology ⓘ obsession ⓘ paranoia ⓘ |
| homeMedia |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Jim Carrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Virginia Madsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Walter Sparrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Harry Gregson-Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | book-within-a-film ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man becomes obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to mirror his own life and centers on the number 23. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jim Carrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| posterTagline | First it takes hold of your mind... then it takes hold of your life. ⓘ |
| producer |
Beau Flynn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tripp Vinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | New Line Cinema ⓘ |
| ratingMPAA | R ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2007-02-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 98 ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| starring |
Danny Huston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jim Carrey NERFINISHED ⓘ Logan Lerman NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynn Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Madsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Number 23 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Fernley Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Number 23 Description of subject: The Number 23 is a 2007 psychological thriller film starring Jim Carrey as a man obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to mirror his own life and revolves around the number 23.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.