Wicker Man
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Wicker Man is a wooden roller coaster at Alton Towers Resort themed around a fiery pagan effigy ritual.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wicker Man canonical | 1 |
| wicker man effigy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11894277 — 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: Wicker Man Context triple: [Alton Towers Resort, hasAttraction, Wicker Man]
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A.
The Wicker Man (1973 film)
The Wicker Man (1973 film) is a 1973 British folk horror cult classic about a devout police sergeant investigating a pagan island community, widely acclaimed for its unsettling atmosphere and Christopher Lee’s iconic performance.
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B.
The Wicker Man (2006 film)
The Wicker Man (2006 film) is a horror thriller starring Nicolas Cage, widely criticized for its unintentionally campy tone and considered an inferior remake of the 1973 British cult classic.
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C.
Witchfinder General
Witchfinder General is a 1968 British horror film, starring Vincent Price and set during the English Civil War, that follows a ruthless witch hunter exploiting mass hysteria for personal gain.
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D.
Hour of the Wolf
Hour of the Wolf is a 1968 Swedish psychological horror film directed by Ingmar Bergman, renowned for its surreal exploration of fear, madness, and artistic torment.
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E.
Night of Hunters
Night of Hunters is a 2011 concept album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos that reimagines classical compositions into a song cycle exploring themes of love, loss, and transformation.
- 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: Wicker Man Target entity description: Wicker Man is a wooden roller coaster at Alton Towers Resort themed around a fiery pagan effigy ritual.
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A.
The Wicker Man (1973 film)
The Wicker Man (1973 film) is a 1973 British folk horror cult classic about a devout police sergeant investigating a pagan island community, widely acclaimed for its unsettling atmosphere and Christopher Lee’s iconic performance.
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B.
The Wicker Man (2006 film)
The Wicker Man (2006 film) is a horror thriller starring Nicolas Cage, widely criticized for its unintentionally campy tone and considered an inferior remake of the 1973 British cult classic.
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C.
Witchfinder General
Witchfinder General is a 1968 British horror film, starring Vincent Price and set during the English Civil War, that follows a ruthless witch hunter exploiting mass hysteria for personal gain.
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D.
Hour of the Wolf
Hour of the Wolf is a 1968 Swedish psychological horror film directed by Ingmar Bergman, renowned for its surreal exploration of fear, madness, and artistic torment.
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E.
Night of Hunters
Night of Hunters is a 2011 concept album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos that reimagines classical compositions into a song cycle exploring themes of love, loss, and transformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
amusement ride
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roller coaster ⓘ wooden roller coaster ⓘ |
| category |
Roller coasters at Alton Towers
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Wooden roller coasters in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designer | Great Coasters International ⓘ |
| features |
fire effects
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large wooden effigy structure ⓘ projection effects ⓘ smoke effects ⓘ |
| hasOnrideExperience |
airtime moments
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interaction with themed structures ⓘ multiple direction changes ⓘ |
| hasQueueFeature |
indoor queue sections
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themed pre-show ⓘ |
| hasRestraintType | lap bar restraints ⓘ |
| hasStationType | indoor station ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fire
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pagan ritual ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| hasTrainType | wooden coaster trains ⓘ |
| involvesElement |
interaction with effigy structure
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tunnel section ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage | English ⓘ |
| liftType | chain lift hill ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alton Towers Resort
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England ⓘ Staffordshire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedInArea |
Dark Forest area of Alton Towers
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linked to:
Alton Towers Resort
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| manufacturer | Great Coasters International ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being Alton Towers’ first wooden roller coaster
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heavy narrative theming ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2018 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Merlin Entertainments ⓘ |
| parkSection | Dark Forest ⓘ |
| partOf | Alton Towers ride lineup ⓘ |
| replaced | The Flume ⓘ |
| safetyRestriction | minimum height requirement for riders ⓘ |
| status | operating ⓘ |
| themedAround |
fiery wicker effigy
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pagan effigy ritual ⓘ |
| uses | special effects ⓘ |
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
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: Wicker Man Description of subject: Wicker Man is a wooden roller coaster at Alton Towers Resort themed around a fiery pagan effigy ritual.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wicker Man