12 Monkeys
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12 Monkeys is a 1995 science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam that follows a time traveler attempting to prevent a devastating plague in a dystopian future.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 12 Monkeys canonical | 16 |
| 12 Monkeys (TV series) | 6 |
| Twelve Monkeys | 5 |
| 12 Monkeys franchise | 4 |
| Army of the Twelve Monkeys | 2 |
| film 12 Monkeys (1995) | 2 |
| 12 Monkeys (1995 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T619774 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 12 Monkeys Context triple: [Terry Gilliam, notableWork, 12 Monkeys]
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A.
The Matrix
The Matrix is a groundbreaking 1999 science fiction film that blends cyberpunk action with philosophical themes about reality, featuring innovative visual effects like "bullet time" and a dystopian story of humans trapped in a simulated world.
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B.
Children of Men
Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian science fiction film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, acclaimed for its immersive long-take cinematography and bleak vision of a near-future global infertility crisis.
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C.
Memento
Memento is a 2000 neo-noir psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, renowned for its non-linear narrative structure that explores memory, identity, and perception.
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D.
Alien: Resurrection
Alien: Resurrection is a 1997 science fiction horror film in the Alien franchise, set 200 years after Alien 3 and centered on the cloning and return of Ellen Ripley aboard a military research vessel.
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E.
The 25th Hour
The 25th Hour is a novel by David Benioff that follows a convicted drug dealer’s final day of freedom in New York City before beginning a seven-year prison sentence.
- 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: 12 Monkeys Target entity description: 12 Monkeys is a 1995 science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam that follows a time traveler attempting to prevent a devastating plague in a dystopian future.
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A.
The Matrix
The Matrix is a groundbreaking 1999 science fiction film that blends cyberpunk action with philosophical themes about reality, featuring innovative visual effects like "bullet time" and a dystopian story of humans trapped in a simulated world.
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B.
Children of Men
Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian science fiction film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, acclaimed for its immersive long-take cinematography and bleak vision of a near-future global infertility crisis.
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C.
Memento
Memento is a 2000 neo-noir psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, renowned for its non-linear narrative structure that explores memory, identity, and perception.
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D.
Alien: Resurrection
Alien: Resurrection is a 1997 science fiction horror film in the Alien franchise, set 200 years after Alien 3 and centered on the cloning and return of Ellen Ripley aboard a military research vessel.
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E.
The 25th Hour
The 25th Hour is a novel by David Benioff that follows a convicted drug dealer’s final day of freedom in New York City before beginning a seven-year prison sentence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dystopian film
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film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| academyAwardNomination | Brad Pitt nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ |
| award | Brad Pitt won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture ⓘ |
| basedOn | La Jetée ⓘ |
| basedOnCreator | Chris Marker ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkType | short film ⓘ |
| character |
Dr. Goines
ⓘ
Dr. Kathryn Railly ⓘ James Cole ⓘ Jeffrey Goines ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Roger Pratt ⓘ |
| composer | Paul Buckmaster ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Terry Gilliam ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Mick Audsley ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian
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science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasTelevisionAdaptation |
12 Monkeys
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
12 Monkeys (TV series)
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| language | English ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex narrative structure involving multiple timelines
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influential depiction of time travel paradoxes ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A time traveler from a post-apocalyptic future is sent back in time to gather information about a deadly virus that has wiped out most of humanity. ⓘ |
| producer | Charles Roven ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Atlas Entertainment
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Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 129 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
David Peoples
ⓘ
Janet Peoples ⓘ |
| setting |
1990s Baltimore
ⓘ
1990s Philadelphia ⓘ future dystopian Earth ⓘ |
| starring |
Brad Pitt
ⓘ
Bruce Willis ⓘ Christopher Plummer ⓘ David Morse ⓘ Madeleine Stowe ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationNetwork | Syfy ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationPremiereYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| theme |
fate and predestination
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memory and perception ⓘ plague ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
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: 12 Monkeys Description of subject: 12 Monkeys is a 1995 science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam that follows a time traveler attempting to prevent a devastating plague in a dystopian future.
Referenced by (36)
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12 Monkeys (TV series)
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12 Monkeys franchise
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Army of the Twelve Monkeys
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film 12 Monkeys (1995)
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Dr. Peters
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Dr. Peters
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film 12 Monkeys (1995)