The Zero Theorem
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The Zero Theorem is a 2013 dystopian science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam, featuring Christoph Waltz as a reclusive computer genius tasked with solving a mysterious mathematical formula that could reveal the meaning—or meaninglessness—of existence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Zero Theorem canonical | 17 |
| Terry Gilliam’s film "The Zero Theorem" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1197748 — 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 Zero Theorem Context triple: [Christoph Waltz, notableWork, The Zero Theorem]
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A.
Zero K
Zero K is a 2016 novel by Don DeLillo that explores themes of mortality, technology, and cryonics through a meditative, dystopian narrative.
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B.
The Nine Billion Names of God
"The Nine Billion Names of God" is a classic science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of religion, technology, and the end of the universe through a Tibetan monastery's quest to list all possible names of God.
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C.
The Machine of the World
The Machine of the World is a famous allegorical vision in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, in which the cosmos and its secrets are revealed to the Portuguese explorers.
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D.
The Machine
The Machine is the nickname of Albert Pujols, a Dominican-American former Major League Baseball first baseman renowned for his remarkably consistent and powerful hitting.
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E.
Point Omega
Point Omega is a short, meditative novel by Don DeLillo that explores themes of time, war, and consciousness through the encounter between a reclusive war theorist and a young filmmaker in the desert.
- 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 Zero Theorem Target entity description: The Zero Theorem is a 2013 dystopian science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam, featuring Christoph Waltz as a reclusive computer genius tasked with solving a mysterious mathematical formula that could reveal the meaning—or meaninglessness—of existence.
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A.
Zero K
Zero K is a 2016 novel by Don DeLillo that explores themes of mortality, technology, and cryonics through a meditative, dystopian narrative.
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B.
The Nine Billion Names of God
"The Nine Billion Names of God" is a classic science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of religion, technology, and the end of the universe through a Tibetan monastery's quest to list all possible names of God.
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C.
The Machine of the World
The Machine of the World is a famous allegorical vision in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, in which the cosmos and its secrets are revealed to the Portuguese explorers.
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D.
The Machine
The Machine is the nickname of Albert Pujols, a Dominican-American former Major League Baseball first baseman renowned for his remarkably consistent and powerful hitting.
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E.
Point Omega
Point Omega is a short, meditative novel by Don DeLillo that explores themes of time, war, and consciousness through the encounter between a reclusive war theorist and a young filmmaker in the desert.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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: The Zero Theorem Description of subject: The Zero Theorem is a 2013 dystopian science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam, featuring Christoph Waltz as a reclusive computer genius tasked with solving a mysterious mathematical formula that could reveal the meaning—or meaninglessness—of existence.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.