Dead Man on Campus
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Dead Man on Campus is a 1998 dark comedy film about two struggling college students who try to exploit a morbid campus legend to improve their grades.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dead Man on Campus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9780605 — 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: Dead Man on Campus Context triple: [Lochlyn Munro, notableWork, Dead Man on Campus]
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A.
Dead Man
Dead Man is a 1995 black-and-white revisionist Western film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, known for its surreal, existential tone and a score by Neil Young.
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B.
Death Around the Corner
"Death Around the Corner" is a track by Tupac Shakur from his critically acclaimed 1995 album *Me Against the World*, reflecting his paranoia, mortality, and struggles with violence and fame.
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C.
Dead Man's Party
"Dead Man's Party" is a 1985 new wave rock song and album by Oingo Boingo, known for its darkly humorous lyrics and enduring popularity, especially around Halloween.
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D.
Dead Men’s Shoes
"Dead Men’s Shoes" is a short story by Kate Chopin, included in her 1897 collection *A Night in Acadie*, that explores themes of identity, social expectation, and personal transformation in a Southern setting.
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E.
Dead Man’s Footsteps
Dead Man’s Footsteps is a crime thriller novel by British author Peter James, featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace as he investigates a mystery linked to the 9/11 attacks and a long-buried secret.
- 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: Dead Man on Campus Target entity description: Dead Man on Campus is a 1998 dark comedy film about two struggling college students who try to exploit a morbid campus legend to improve their grades.
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A.
Dead Man
Dead Man is a 1995 black-and-white revisionist Western film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, known for its surreal, existential tone and a score by Neil Young.
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B.
Death Around the Corner
"Death Around the Corner" is a track by Tupac Shakur from his critically acclaimed 1995 album *Me Against the World*, reflecting his paranoia, mortality, and struggles with violence and fame.
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C.
Dead Man's Party
"Dead Man's Party" is a 1985 new wave rock song and album by Oingo Boingo, known for its darkly humorous lyrics and enduring popularity, especially around Halloween.
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D.
Dead Men’s Shoes
"Dead Men’s Shoes" is a short story by Kate Chopin, included in her 1897 collection *A Night in Acadie*, that explores themes of identity, social expectation, and personal transformation in a Southern setting.
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E.
Dead Man’s Footsteps
Dead Man’s Footsteps is a crime thriller novel by British author Peter James, featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace as he investigates a mystery linked to the 9/11 attacks and a long-buried secret.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | urban legend ⓘ |
| castMember |
Alyson Hannigan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Corey Page NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter NERFINISHED ⓘ Lochlyn Munro NERFINISHED ⓘ Mari Morrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark-Paul Gosselaar NERFINISHED ⓘ Poppy Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ Randy Pearlstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Everett Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | John Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Alan Cohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editingBy | Debra Chiate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ |
| hasTagline | A crash course in pass or fail. ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Cooper Frederickson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Josh Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Mark Mothersbaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two struggling college students attempt to take advantage of a campus legend that a student receives straight A's if their roommate commits suicide. ⓘ |
| producer | Gil Netter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
MTV Films
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1998 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1998-08-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Deborah Kaplan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry Elfont NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Traeger NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | college campus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dead Man on Campus Description of subject: Dead Man on Campus is a 1998 dark comedy film about two struggling college students who try to exploit a morbid campus legend to improve their grades.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.