Spider in The Return of the Living Dead
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Spider in The Return of the Living Dead is a streetwise, quick-thinking punk who becomes one of the central survivors battling the unleashed zombies in the 1985 horror-comedy film.
All labels observed (1)
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| Spider in The Return of the Living Dead canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10586213 — 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: Spider in The Return of the Living Dead Context triple: [Miguel A. Núñez Jr., portrayedCharacterInWork, Spider in The Return of the Living Dead]
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A.
The Evil Dead
The Evil Dead is a 1981 low-budget cult horror film directed by Sam Raimi, renowned for its inventive camerawork, extreme gore, and darkly comic tone that helped redefine modern horror cinema.
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B.
Tarantula
Tarantula is a 1955 American science-fiction horror film featuring a giant mutant spider terrorizing a desert town.
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C.
Tarantula
"Tarantula" is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Ride, marking their return with a more guitar-driven, alternative rock sound.
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D.
Tarantula
Tarantula is an experimental, stream-of-consciousness prose poetry book by Bob Dylan, reflecting his surreal and avant-garde literary style of the 1960s.
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E.
Screamers
Screamers is a 1995 science fiction horror film, based on a Philip K. Dick story, in which Peter Weller stars as a soldier on a war-torn planet threatened by self-replicating killer machines.
- 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: Spider in The Return of the Living Dead Target entity description: Spider in The Return of the Living Dead is a streetwise, quick-thinking punk who becomes one of the central survivors battling the unleashed zombies in the 1985 horror-comedy film.
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A.
The Evil Dead
The Evil Dead is a 1981 low-budget cult horror film directed by Sam Raimi, renowned for its inventive camerawork, extreme gore, and darkly comic tone that helped redefine modern horror cinema.
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B.
Tarantula
Tarantula is a 1955 American science-fiction horror film featuring a giant mutant spider terrorizing a desert town.
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C.
Tarantula
"Tarantula" is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Ride, marking their return with a more guitar-driven, alternative rock sound.
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D.
Tarantula
Tarantula is an experimental, stream-of-consciousness prose poetry book by Bob Dylan, reflecting his surreal and avant-garde literary style of the 1960s.
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E.
Screamers
Screamers is a 1995 science fiction horror film, based on a Philip K. Dick story, in which Peter Weller stars as a soldier on a war-torn planet threatened by self-replicating killer machines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| ageRange | young adult ⓘ |
| alignment | heroic ⓘ |
| alliesWith |
Burt Wilson
ⓘ
Ernie Kaltenbrunner ⓘ Tina (The Return of the Living Dead) ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Return of the Living Dead
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The Return of the Living Dead (1985 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Return of the Living Dead
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| appearsInGenre | zombie film ⓘ |
| associatedWithSubculture | punk ⓘ |
| costumeStyle | punk fashion ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy |
Dan O’Bannon
ⓘ
linked to:
Dan O'Bannon
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| fightsAgainst | zombies ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| friendOf |
Casey (The Return of the Living Dead)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Return of the Living Dead
Chuck (The Return of the Living Dead) ⓘ
linked to:
The Return of the Living Dead
Freddy (The Return of the Living Dead) ⓘ Scuz (The Return of the Living Dead) ⓘ
linked to:
The Return of the Living Dead
Suicide (The Return of the Living Dead) ⓘ
linked to:
The Return of the Living Dead
Tina (The Return of the Living Dead) ⓘ Trash (The Return of the Living Dead) ⓘ
linked to:
The Return of the Living Dead
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreContext | horror-comedy ⓘ |
| hairColor | black ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| memberOfGroup | punk friends of Freddy ⓘ |
| nationalityInUniverse | American ⓘ |
| notableAction |
drives the car during escape attempts
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helps barricade against zombies in the mortuary ⓘ |
| notableFor | resourcefulness during zombie attacks ⓘ |
| notableScene |
arguing for practical survival decisions
ⓘ
defending the mortuary from attacking zombies ⓘ |
| occupationInUniverse | punk drifter (implied) ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Return of the Living Dead franchise
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linked to:
The Return of the Living Dead
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| personalityTrait |
quick-thinking
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streetwise ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Miguel A. Núñez Jr. ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWork | Orion Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseContext | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| roleInStory | central survivor ⓘ |
| screenTimeContext | supporting protagonist ⓘ |
| settingOfActions |
Louisville, Kentucky (fictionalized)
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linked to:
Louisville, Kentucky
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| survivesEvent | initial zombie outbreak in Louisville warehouse ⓘ |
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