Westworld (1973 film)
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Westworld (1973 film) is a 1973 science fiction Western thriller written and directed by Michael Crichton about a futuristic theme park where lifelike androids malfunction and turn violently against the guests.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Westworld (1973 film) canonical | 17 |
| 1973 film Westworld | 2 |
| Westworld (1973 film universe) | 1 |
| Westworld (1973 film) characters and setting | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2995168 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Westworld (1973 film) Context triple: [Westworld, basedOn, Westworld (1973 film)]
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A.
High Plains Drifter
High Plains Drifter is a 1973 Western film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, known for its dark, supernatural-tinged take on frontier justice.
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B.
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West is a 1968 epic Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone, renowned for its operatic style, Ennio Morricone’s iconic score, and Henry Fonda’s rare turn as a chilling villain.
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C.
Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point is a famous viewpoint in Death Valley National Park known for its striking eroded badlands and panoramic desert landscapes.
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D.
Man in Black in Westworld
The Man in Black in Westworld is a mysterious, morally ambiguous park guest whose violent obsessions and search for deeper meaning drive much of the series’ central mystery.
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E.
Solaris (1972 film)
Solaris (1972 film) is a 1972 Soviet science fiction drama directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, renowned for its philosophical exploration of memory, grief, and human consciousness aboard a space station orbiting a mysterious planet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Westworld (1973 film) Target entity description: Westworld (1973 film) is a 1973 science fiction Western thriller written and directed by Michael Crichton about a futuristic theme park where lifelike androids malfunction and turn violently against the guests.
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A.
High Plains Drifter
High Plains Drifter is a 1973 Western film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, known for its dark, supernatural-tinged take on frontier justice.
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B.
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West is a 1968 epic Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone, renowned for its operatic style, Ennio Morricone’s iconic score, and Henry Fonda’s rare turn as a chilling villain.
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C.
Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point is a famous viewpoint in Death Valley National Park known for its striking eroded badlands and panoramic desert landscapes.
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D.
Man in Black in Westworld
The Man in Black in Westworld is a mysterious, morally ambiguous park guest whose violent obsessions and search for deeper meaning drive much of the series’ central mystery.
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E.
Solaris (1972 film)
Solaris (1972 film) is a 1972 Soviet science fiction drama directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, renowned for its philosophical exploration of memory, grief, and human consciousness aboard a space station orbiting a mysterious planet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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Western film ⓘ film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay by Michael Crichton ⓘ |
| character |
John Blane
ⓘ
Peter Martin ⓘ The Gunslinger ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gene Polito ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Michael Crichton ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | United States theatrical release ⓘ |
| editedBy | David Bretherton ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
MGM Studios
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linked to:
MGM
various locations in California ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Futureworld
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linked to:
Futureworld (1976 film)
|
| genre |
Western
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dystopian film ⓘ science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Futureworld
ⓘ
linked to:
Futureworld (1976 film)
|
| hasSetting |
Medieval World
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Roman World ⓘ Western World ⓘ amusement park ⓘ |
| inspired |
Westworld (TV series)
ⓘ
linked to:
Westworld
|
| mainSubject |
androids
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artificial intelligence ⓘ technology gone wrong ⓘ theme parks ⓘ |
| musicBy | Fred Karlin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early depiction of a computer virus in popular culture
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use of digital image processing for pixelated android point-of-view shots ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | In a futuristic theme park, lifelike androids malfunction and turn violently against the guests. ⓘ |
| producer | Paul N. Lazarus III ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| rating | PG ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1973-11-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 88 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Michael Crichton ⓘ |
| setIn |
Delos
ⓘ
futuristic theme park ⓘ |
| stars |
James Brolin
ⓘ
Richard Benjamin ⓘ Yul Brynner ⓘ |
| writer | Michael Crichton ⓘ |
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: Westworld (1973 film) Description of subject: Westworld (1973 film) is a 1973 science fiction Western thriller written and directed by Michael Crichton about a futuristic theme park where lifelike androids malfunction and turn violently against the guests.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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“Contrapasso”
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