Bates Motel
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Bates Motel is a contemporary psychological horror–drama television series that serves as a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho, exploring the twisted relationship between Norman Bates and his mother, Norma.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bates Motel canonical | 44 |
| Bates Motel Season 1 | 3 |
| Bates Motel television series | 3 |
| Bates Motel (TV series) | 2 |
| Bates Motel Season 4 | 1 |
| Bates Motel Theme | 1 |
| Bates Motel season 1 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T695015 — 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)
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Target entity: Bates Motel Context triple: [Rihanna, notableTelevisionAppearance, Bates Motel]
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American Horror Story: Murder House
American Horror Story: Murder House is the first season of the anthology horror television series American Horror Story, centered on a haunted Los Angeles mansion and the dark secrets of its past and present inhabitants.
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Riverdale
Riverdale is a leafy, affluent residential neighborhood in the northwest corner of New York City known for its suburban feel, parks, and views of the Hudson River.
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C.
Penny Dreadful
Penny Dreadful is a gothic horror drama television series that intertwines classic literary characters like Dracula, Frankenstein, and Dorian Gray in a dark, Victorian-era narrative.
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D.
The Haunting
The Haunting is a 1963 British supernatural horror film directed by Robert Wise, widely regarded as one of the most influential and psychologically driven haunted house movies ever made.
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Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley is a 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro, adapted from William Lindsay Gresham’s novel about a manipulative carnival worker who becomes a corrupt mentalist.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bates Motel Target entity description: Bates Motel is a contemporary psychological horror–drama television series that serves as a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho, exploring the twisted relationship between Norman Bates and his mother, Norma.
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A.
American Horror Story: Murder House
American Horror Story: Murder House is the first season of the anthology horror television series American Horror Story, centered on a haunted Los Angeles mansion and the dark secrets of its past and present inhabitants.
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B.
Riverdale
Riverdale is a leafy, affluent residential neighborhood in the northwest corner of New York City known for its suburban feel, parks, and views of the Hudson River.
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C.
Penny Dreadful
Penny Dreadful is a gothic horror drama television series that intertwines classic literary characters like Dracula, Frankenstein, and Dorian Gray in a dark, Victorian-era narrative.
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D.
The Haunting
The Haunting is a 1963 British supernatural horror film directed by Robert Wise, widely regarded as one of the most influential and psychologically driven haunted house movies ever made.
-
E.
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley is a 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro, adapted from William Lindsay Gresham’s novel about a manipulative carnival worker who becomes a corrupt mentalist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bates Motel Description of subject: Bates Motel is a contemporary psychological horror–drama television series that serves as a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho, exploring the twisted relationship between Norman Bates and his mother, Norma.
Referenced by (55)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Bates Motel Theme
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Bates Motel season 1
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Bates Motel (TV series)
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Bates Motel television series
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Bates Motel Season 1
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Bates Motel television series
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Bates Motel Season 1
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Bates Motel television series
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Bates Motel Season 4
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Bates Motel Season 1
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Bates Motel (TV series)