The Thaw
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The Thaw is a 2009 Canadian-American science fiction horror film about a research team in the Arctic that discovers a deadly prehistoric parasite released by global warming.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Thaw canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10288437 — 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 Thaw Context triple: [Martha MacIsaac, notableWork, The Thaw]
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A.
Coming in from the Cold
"Coming in from the Cold" is a roots reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers, featured on their 1980 album *Uprising* and known for its reflective, socially conscious lyrics.
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B.
Thaw
Thaw is a surname most notably associated with English actor John Thaw, famed for his role as Inspector Morse.
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C.
Kolyma Tales
Kolyma Tales is a renowned collection of short stories by Varlam Shalamov that depicts the brutal realities of life and survival in the Soviet Gulag system.
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D.
A Mind of Winter
A Mind of Winter is a contemporary classical composition by British composer George Benjamin, noted for its atmospheric, finely detailed orchestral writing.
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E.
Fatelessness
Fatelessness is a semi-autobiographical novel by Nobel laureate Imre Kertész that portrays a Hungarian Jewish boy’s harrowing experiences in Nazi concentration camps and his struggle to comprehend them afterward.
- 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 Thaw Target entity description: The Thaw is a 2009 Canadian-American science fiction horror film about a research team in the Arctic that discovers a deadly prehistoric parasite released by global warming.
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A.
Coming in from the Cold
"Coming in from the Cold" is a roots reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers, featured on their 1980 album *Uprising* and known for its reflective, socially conscious lyrics.
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B.
Thaw
Thaw is a surname most notably associated with English actor John Thaw, famed for his role as Inspector Morse.
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C.
Kolyma Tales
Kolyma Tales is a renowned collection of short stories by Varlam Shalamov that depicts the brutal realities of life and survival in the Soviet Gulag system.
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D.
A Mind of Winter
A Mind of Winter is a contemporary classical composition by British composer George Benjamin, noted for its atmospheric, finely detailed orchestral writing.
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E.
Fatelessness
Fatelessness is a semi-autobiographical novel by Nobel laureate Imre Kertész that portrays a Hungarian Jewish boy’s harrowing experiences in Nazi concentration camps and his struggle to comprehend them afterward.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction horror film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Mark A. Lewis ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Dr. David Kruipen ⓘ |
| genre |
eco-horror film
ⓘ
horror film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| hasPrehistoricParasite | yes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A research team in the Arctic discovers a deadly prehistoric parasite released by global warming. ⓘ |
| portrays | outbreak of a deadly parasite ⓘ |
| producer | Mark A. Lewis ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| runtimeApproxMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| setting |
Arctic
ⓘ
linked to:
Arctic region
|
| starring |
Aaron Ashmore
ⓘ
Anne Marie DeLuise ⓘ Kyle Schmid ⓘ Martha MacIsaac ⓘ Steph Song ⓘ Val Kilmer ⓘ Viv Leacock ⓘ |
| theme |
climate change
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environmentalism ⓘ global warming ⓘ parasitic infection ⓘ |
| writer |
Mark A. Lewis
ⓘ
Michael Lewis ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: The Thaw Description of subject: The Thaw is a 2009 Canadian-American science fiction horror film about a research team in the Arctic that discovers a deadly prehistoric parasite released by global warming.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.