Insomnia (1997 film)
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Insomnia (1997 film) is a Norwegian psychological thriller directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg about a detective investigating a murder in the Arctic summer, later remade as the 2002 American film of the same name.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Insomnia (1997 film) canonical | 5 |
| 1997 Norwegian film Insomnia | 1 |
| Insomnia (1997 Norwegian film) | 1 |
| Insomnia (film universe) | 1 |
| Insomnia (screenplay) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2350512 — 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: Insomnia (1997 film) Context triple: [Insomnia (2002 film), basedOn, Insomnia (1997 film)]
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A.
Insomniac
Insomniac is a 1995 punk rock album by Green Day, known for its heavier, darker sound and fast-paced, aggressive songs.
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B.
Lost Highway
Lost Highway is a 2007 country rock-influenced studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi that explores themes of love, loss, and redemption.
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C.
Sleeper
Sleeper is a 1973 science-fiction comedy film by Woody Allen that satirizes futuristic society through the misadventures of a man who wakes up 200 years after being cryogenically frozen.
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D.
All Night
"All Night" is a soulful, uplifting track by Beyoncé from her critically acclaimed visual album "Lemonade," noted for its themes of forgiveness and healing in a relationship.
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E.
Nightmare
Nightmare is a powerful Marvel Comics supervillain and ruler of the Dream Dimension who frequently battles Doctor Strange by invading and manipulating the dreams of mortals.
- 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: Insomnia (1997 film) Target entity description: Insomnia (1997 film) is a Norwegian psychological thriller directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg about a detective investigating a murder in the Arctic summer, later remade as the 2002 American film of the same name.
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A.
Insomniac
Insomniac is a 1995 punk rock album by Green Day, known for its heavier, darker sound and fast-paced, aggressive songs.
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B.
Lost Highway
Lost Highway is a 2007 country rock-influenced studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi that explores themes of love, loss, and redemption.
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C.
Sleeper
Sleeper is a 1973 science-fiction comedy film by Woody Allen that satirizes futuristic society through the misadventures of a man who wakes up 200 years after being cryogenically frozen.
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D.
All Night
"All Night" is a soulful, uplifting track by Beyoncé from her critically acclaimed visual album "Lemonade," noted for its themes of forgiveness and healing in a relationship.
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E.
Nightmare
Nightmare is a powerful Marvel Comics supervillain and ruler of the Dream Dimension who frequently battles Doctor Strange by invading and manipulating the dreams of mortals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norwegian film
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film ⓘ psychological thriller film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Norway ⓘ |
| director | Erik Skjoldbjærg ⓘ |
| directorNationality | Norwegian ⓘ |
| filmFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguageTitle | Insomnia ⓘ |
| hasRemake | Insomnia (2002 film) ⓘ |
| inspiredRemakeCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| language | Norwegian ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | detective ⓘ |
| narrativeElement | perpetual daylight ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
guilt
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moral ambiguity ⓘ psychological deterioration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being remade as a Hollywood film directed by Christopher Nolan
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depiction of insomnia caused by constant daylight ⓘ |
| partOfFilmGenreMovement | Nordic noir ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A detective investigates the murder of a teenage girl in the Arctic summer and struggles with guilt and insomnia. ⓘ |
| productionCountry | Norway ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| remadeAs | Insomnia (2002 film) ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Erik Skjoldbjærg ⓘ |
| settingFeature | Arctic summer ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Northern Norway ⓘ |
| title | Insomnia ⓘ |
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: Insomnia (1997 film) Description of subject: Insomnia (1997 film) is a Norwegian psychological thriller directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg about a detective investigating a murder in the Arctic summer, later remade as the 2002 American film of the same name.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Insomnia (1997 film)
linked to: Insomnia (1997 film)
linked to: Insomnia (1997 film)
linked to: Insomnia (1997 film)