Coma
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Coma is a 1978 medical thriller film, based on Robin Cook’s novel, that explores a sinister conspiracy involving patients mysteriously falling into comas in a Boston hospital.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coma canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9341260 — 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: Coma Context triple: [Michael Crichton, directorOf, Coma]
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A.
Coma
"Coma" is a lengthy, hard rock track by Guns N' Roses known for its complex structure, dark themes, and climactic intensity.
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B.
Cooma
Cooma is a town in New South Wales, Australia, known as a gateway to the Snowy Mountains and the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
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C.
Comas
Comas is a populous urban district in northern Lima, Peru, known for its residential neighborhoods and commercial activity within the Greater Lima metropolitan area.
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D.
Coma Pedrosa
Coma Pedrosa is the tallest mountain in Andorra, known for its rugged alpine terrain and popular hiking routes.
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E.
Biathanatos
Biathanatos is a controversial prose work by John Donne that offers an unusual and paradoxical theological defense of suicide.
- 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: Coma Target entity description: Coma is a 1978 medical thriller film, based on Robin Cook’s novel, that explores a sinister conspiracy involving patients mysteriously falling into comas in a Boston hospital.
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A.
Coma
"Coma" is a lengthy, hard rock track by Guns N' Roses known for its complex structure, dark themes, and climactic intensity.
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B.
Cooma
Cooma is a town in New South Wales, Australia, known as a gateway to the Snowy Mountains and the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
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C.
Comas
Comas is a populous urban district in northern Lima, Peru, known for its residential neighborhoods and commercial activity within the Greater Lima metropolitan area.
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D.
Coma Pedrosa
Coma Pedrosa is the tallest mountain in Andorra, known for its rugged alpine terrain and popular hiking routes.
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E.
Biathanatos
Biathanatos is a controversial prose work by John Donne that offers an unusual and paradoxical theological defense of suicide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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medical thriller film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceMaterial | Robin Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Coma (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Ed Harris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elizabeth Ashley NERFINISHED ⓘ Geneviève Bujold NERFINISHED ⓘ Lois Chiles NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Widmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Rip Torn NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Selleck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Victor J. Kemper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Michael Crichton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Artists ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | North America ⓘ |
| editedBy | David Bretherton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Boston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
medical drama film
ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Coma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. Mark Bellows
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dr. Susan Wheeler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| MPAARating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
conspiracy
ⓘ
institutional corruption ⓘ medical ethics ⓘ |
| notableElement |
depiction of organ-harvesting conspiracy
ⓘ
suspenseful hospital setting ⓘ |
| notableFor | early film directed by Michael Crichton ⓘ |
| novelPublicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young doctor uncovers a conspiracy after patients undergoing routine surgery mysteriously fall into comas. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Geneviève Bujold
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Martin Erlichman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1978-01-06 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 113 ⓘ |
| screenplayAdaptationOf | Coma (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Michael Crichton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInEnvironment | hospital ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Coma Description of subject: Coma is a 1978 medical thriller film, based on Robin Cook’s novel, that explores a sinister conspiracy involving patients mysteriously falling into comas in a Boston hospital.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.