Predestination
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Predestination is a 2014 science fiction thriller film involving time travel and identity paradoxes, starring Ethan Hawke and based on Robert A. Heinlein’s short story “—All You Zombies—.”
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Predestination canonical | 3 |
| Predestination (2014 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9835849 — 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: Predestination Context triple: [Ethan Hawke, notableWork, Predestination]
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A.
Story of Your Life
"Story of Your Life" is a science fiction novella by Ted Chiang that explores language, determinism, and human emotion through a linguist’s encounters with alien visitors.
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B.
Kid Blue in Looper
Kid Blue in *Looper* is a hot-headed, insecure young enforcer for the crime syndicate who idolizes his boss Abe and repeatedly bungles his attempts to prove himself.
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C.
The Adjustment Bureau
The Adjustment Bureau is a 2011 science-fiction romantic thriller film about a politician who discovers a mysterious organization that controls fate, co-starring Emily Blunt and Matt Damon.
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D.
Edge of Tomorrow
Edge of Tomorrow is a 2014 science fiction action film starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, featuring a time-looping soldier reliving a deadly alien invasion battle to change humanity’s fate.
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E.
L’énigme Denis Villeneuve
L’énigme Denis Villeneuve is a documentary by Tanya Lapointe that explores the life, creative process, and cinematic universe of acclaimed filmmaker Denis Villeneuve.
- 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: Predestination Target entity description: Predestination is a 2014 science fiction thriller film involving time travel and identity paradoxes, starring Ethan Hawke and based on Robert A. Heinlein’s short story “—All You Zombies—.”
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A.
Story of Your Life
"Story of Your Life" is a science fiction novella by Ted Chiang that explores language, determinism, and human emotion through a linguist’s encounters with alien visitors.
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B.
Kid Blue in Looper
Kid Blue in *Looper* is a hot-headed, insecure young enforcer for the crime syndicate who idolizes his boss Abe and repeatedly bungles his attempts to prove himself.
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C.
The Adjustment Bureau
The Adjustment Bureau is a 2011 science-fiction romantic thriller film about a politician who discovers a mysterious organization that controls fate, co-starring Emily Blunt and Matt Damon.
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D.
Edge of Tomorrow
Edge of Tomorrow is a 2014 science fiction action film starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, featuring a time-looping soldier reliving a deadly alien invasion battle to change humanity’s fate.
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E.
L’énigme Denis Villeneuve
L’énigme Denis Villeneuve is a documentary by Tanya Lapointe that explores the life, creative process, and cinematic universe of acclaimed filmmaker Denis Villeneuve.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction film ⓘ |
| basedOn | "—All You Zombies—" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnGenre | science fiction short story ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Robert A. Heinlein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ben Nott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| director |
Michael Spierig
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Spierig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Stage 6 Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Matt Villa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
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thriller ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
causal loop
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identity paradox ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Temporal Agent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActressRole | Jane / John ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jane
NERFINISHED
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John NERFINISHED ⓘ Temporal Agent ⓘ |
| musicBy | Peter Spierig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | time travel bureau ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex time-travel narrative
ⓘ
identity twist ending ⓘ |
| producer |
Michael Spierig
NERFINISHED
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Peter Spierig NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim McGahan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Blacklab Entertainment
NERFINISHED
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Screen Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Michael Spierig
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Spierig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
1970s
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New York City ⓘ future ⓘ |
| shortStoryFirstPublishedIn | 1959 ⓘ |
| starring |
Ethan Hawke
NERFINISHED
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Noah Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Snook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseCountry | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseDateInAustralia | 2014-08-28 ⓘ |
| worldPremiereDate | 2014-03-08 ⓘ |
| worldPremiereEvent | South by Southwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Predestination Description of subject: Predestination is a 2014 science fiction thriller film involving time travel and identity paradoxes, starring Ethan Hawke and based on Robert A. Heinlein’s short story “—All You Zombies—.”
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Predestination (2014 film)