Poison
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"Poison" is a 1991 independent drama film by Todd Haynes, noted for its experimental narrative structure and its role as a landmark work in the New Queer Cinema movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Poison canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3248159 — 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: Poison Context triple: [Todd Haynes, notableWork, Poison]
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A.
Poison
Poison is a 2018 hip hop album by producer Swizz Beatz featuring a range of high-profile guest artists and a dark, hard-hitting sound.
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B.
Poison Heart
"Poison Heart" is a punk rock song by Dee Dee Ramone, best known through its recording by the Ramones and noted for its darker, more introspective lyrics.
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C.
Antidote
"Antidote" is a breakout hit single by American rapper Travis Scott, known for its moody production, catchy hook, and major role in elevating his mainstream popularity.
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D.
Dopium
Dopium is the debut solo studio album by Wu-Tang Clan member U-God, showcasing his gritty lyrical style over dark, hard-hitting production.
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E.
Poison Arrow
"Poison Arrow" is a hit 1982 new wave pop single by English band ABC, known for its catchy melody, sophisticated production, and prominent role in defining the band's early sound.
- 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: Poison Target entity description: "Poison" is a 1991 independent drama film by Todd Haynes, noted for its experimental narrative structure and its role as a landmark work in the New Queer Cinema movement.
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A.
Poison
Poison is a 2018 hip hop album by producer Swizz Beatz featuring a range of high-profile guest artists and a dark, hard-hitting sound.
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B.
Poison Heart
"Poison Heart" is a punk rock song by Dee Dee Ramone, best known through its recording by the Ramones and noted for its darker, more introspective lyrics.
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C.
Antidote
"Antidote" is a breakout hit single by American rapper Travis Scott, known for its moody production, catchy hook, and major role in elevating his mainstream popularity.
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D.
Dopium
Dopium is the debut solo studio album by Wu-Tang Clan member U-God, showcasing his gritty lyrical style over dark, hard-hitting production.
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E.
Poison Arrow
"Poison Arrow" is a hit 1982 new wave pop single by English band ABC, known for its catchy melody, sophisticated production, and prominent role in defining the band's early sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama film
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film ⓘ independent film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize
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Teddy Award ⓘ |
| basedOn | works by Jean Genet ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Maryse Alberti ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception |
critical acclaim in independent film circles
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cult status ⓘ |
| director | Todd Haynes ⓘ |
| distributor | Zeitgeist Films ⓘ |
| editedBy | James Lyons ⓘ |
| filmFestivalScreening | Sundance Film Festival ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT-related film
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drama ⓘ experimental film ⓘ |
| hasBlackAndWhiteFootage | true ⓘ |
| hasColorFootage | true ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStructure | triptych ⓘ |
| hasSegment |
Hero
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Homo ⓘ Horror ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
intercut stories
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
AIDS-era queer experience
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sexuality ⓘ social marginalization ⓘ |
| movement | New Queer Cinema ⓘ |
| musicBy | James Bennett ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a landmark work in the New Queer Cinema movement
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experimental narrative structure ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | New Queer Cinema ⓘ |
| producer | Christine Vachon ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Apparatus Productions ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1991 ⓘ |
| releaseType | theatrical release ⓘ |
| runtime | 85 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Todd Haynes ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
crime
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mutation and disease ⓘ queer identity ⓘ |
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: Poison Description of subject: "Poison" is a 1991 independent drama film by Todd Haynes, noted for its experimental narrative structure and its role as a landmark work in the New Queer Cinema movement.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.