Percepto
E1565766
UNEXPLORED
Percepto was a theatrical gimmick devised by filmmaker William Castle that used vibrating devices in cinema seats to startle audiences during screenings of his 1959 horror film "The Tingler."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Percepto canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22981487 — 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: Percepto Context triple: [William Castle, usedPromotionalGimmick, Percepto]
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A.
Perceptor
Perceptor is a brilliant Autobot scientist and sniper in the Transformers franchise, known for his microscope alternate mode and analytical, methodical approach to problem-solving.
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B.
Kismet
Kismet is a 1955 MGM musical fantasy film directed by Vincente Minnelli, adapted from the Broadway musical set in a stylized, exoticized Baghdad.
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C.
Kismet
Kismet is a small, laid-back beach community on Fire Island, New York, known for its vacation homes, bars, and easygoing summer atmosphere.
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D.
Kismet
Kismet is an open-source wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system widely used for Wi-Fi security auditing and monitoring.
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E.
Autonoë
Autonoë is a figure in Greek mythology, a daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia and sister of Semele, known primarily as the mother of the hunter Actaeon.
- 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: Percepto Target entity description: Percepto was a theatrical gimmick devised by filmmaker William Castle that used vibrating devices in cinema seats to startle audiences during screenings of his 1959 horror film "The Tingler."
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A.
Perceptor
Perceptor is a brilliant Autobot scientist and sniper in the Transformers franchise, known for his microscope alternate mode and analytical, methodical approach to problem-solving.
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B.
Kismet
Kismet is a 1955 MGM musical fantasy film directed by Vincente Minnelli, adapted from the Broadway musical set in a stylized, exoticized Baghdad.
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C.
Kismet
Kismet is a small, laid-back beach community on Fire Island, New York, known for its vacation homes, bars, and easygoing summer atmosphere.
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D.
Kismet
Kismet is an open-source wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system widely used for Wi-Fi security auditing and monitoring.
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E.
Autonoë
Autonoë is a figure in Greek mythology, a daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia and sister of Semele, known primarily as the mother of the hunter Actaeon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.