The Changeling
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The Changeling is a 1980 Canadian supernatural horror film in which George C. Scott plays a grieving composer who uncovers a terrifying secret in a haunted mansion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Changeling canonical | 4 |
| The Changeling (1980 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3433470 — 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 Changeling Context triple: [George C. Scott, notableWork, The Changeling]
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A.
"The Changeling"
"The Changeling" is a classic episode of the original Star Trek series in which the starship Enterprise encounters a powerful, malfunctioning Earth probe named Nomad that threatens all life it deems imperfect.
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B.
Changeling
Changeling is a 2008 mystery crime drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie, centered on a mother's search for her missing son in 1920s Los Angeles and the corruption she uncovers.
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C.
Vigil of the Princes
Vigil of the Princes is a ceremonial tradition in which members of the royal family stand guard in silent watch over the coffin of a deceased monarch during their lying-in-state.
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D.
The Spectre Bridegroom
The Spectre Bridegroom is a short Gothic-humor tale by Washington Irving about a mysterious, seemingly supernatural bridegroom whose true identity is revealed in a comic twist.
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E.
The Constant Maid
The Constant Maid is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty dialogue and exploration of love and social manners.
- 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 Changeling Target entity description: The Changeling is a 1980 Canadian supernatural horror film in which George C. Scott plays a grieving composer who uncovers a terrifying secret in a haunted mansion.
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A.
"The Changeling"
"The Changeling" is a classic episode of the original Star Trek series in which the starship Enterprise encounters a powerful, malfunctioning Earth probe named Nomad that threatens all life it deems imperfect.
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B.
Changeling
Changeling is a 2008 mystery crime drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie, centered on a mother's search for her missing son in 1920s Los Angeles and the corruption she uncovers.
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C.
Vigil of the Princes
Vigil of the Princes is a ceremonial tradition in which members of the royal family stand guard in silent watch over the coffin of a deceased monarch during their lying-in-state.
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D.
The Spectre Bridegroom
The Spectre Bridegroom is a short Gothic-humor tale by Washington Irving about a mysterious, seemingly supernatural bridegroom whose true identity is revealed in a comic twist.
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E.
The Constant Maid
The Constant Maid is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty dialogue and exploration of love and social manners.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian film
ⓘ
film ⓘ supernatural horror film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
ⓘ
linked to:
Genie Award
Genie Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ Genie Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ Genie Award for Best Foreign Actor ⓘ
linked to:
Genie Award
Genie Award for Best Motion Picture ⓘ
linked to:
Genie Award
Genie Award for Best Original Music Score ⓘ Genie Award for Best Sound ⓘ Genie Award for Best Sound Editing ⓘ
linked to:
Genie Award for Best Sound
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| basedOn | story by Russell Hunter ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | John Coquillon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| director | Peter Medak ⓘ |
| distributor | Pan-Canadian Film Distributors ⓘ |
| editedBy | Lorenzo Marinelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ |
| genre |
ghost story
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horror film ⓘ supernatural horror ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
grief
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revenge from beyond the grave ⓘ uncovering buried secrets ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | John Russell ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | composer ⓘ |
| musicBy | Rick Wilkins ⓘ |
| notableElement |
antique wheelchair
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haunted mansion ⓘ seance scene ⓘ |
| notableFor | use of atmosphere and sound design over graphic violence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A grieving composer moves into a historic mansion and uncovers a haunting linked to a decades-old secret. ⓘ |
| producer |
Garth H. Drabinsky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joel B. Michaels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Chessman Park Productions ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1980-03-28 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 107 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Diana Maddox
ⓘ
William Gray ⓘ |
| setIn | Seattle ⓘ |
| starring |
George C. Scott
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Melvyn Douglas ⓘ Trish Van Devere ⓘ |
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 Changeling Description of subject: The Changeling is a 1980 Canadian supernatural horror film in which George C. Scott plays a grieving composer who uncovers a terrifying secret in a haunted mansion.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Changeling