To the Last Man
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"To the Last Man" is an episode of the British science fiction series Torchwood that centers on time displacement, moral dilemmas, and the emotional cost of saving the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| To the Last Man canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4572341 — 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: To the Last Man Context triple: [Toshiko Sato, appearsInEpisode, To the Last Man]
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Y: The Last Man
Y: The Last Man is a post-apocalyptic science fiction comic book series (and later TV adaptation) about the lone surviving man and his monkey after a mysterious event wipes out every other male mammal on Earth.
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B.
the last man
The last man is a symbolic figure in Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" representing a complacent, comfort-seeking, and spiritually stagnant human type that contrasts with the striving, self-overcoming ideal of the Übermensch.
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C.
The Man Who Finally Died
The Man Who Finally Died is a 1963 British thriller film, based on a television serial, about a man investigating his supposedly dead father's mysterious past in a small Bavarian town.
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The Last Man
The Last Man is a pioneering 1826 science fiction novel by Mary Shelley that portrays a future world devastated by plague and explores themes of isolation, loss, and the end of humanity.
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E.
Skirmishes of an Untimely Man
Skirmishes of an Untimely Man is a section of Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophical work *Twilight of the Idols* in which he presents a series of brief, polemical reflections critiquing contemporary culture, morality, and philosophy.
- 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: To the Last Man Target entity description: "To the Last Man" is an episode of the British science fiction series Torchwood that centers on time displacement, moral dilemmas, and the emotional cost of saving the world.
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A.
Y: The Last Man
Y: The Last Man is a post-apocalyptic science fiction comic book series (and later TV adaptation) about the lone surviving man and his monkey after a mysterious event wipes out every other male mammal on Earth.
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B.
the last man
The last man is a symbolic figure in Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" representing a complacent, comfort-seeking, and spiritually stagnant human type that contrasts with the striving, self-overcoming ideal of the Übermensch.
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C.
The Man Who Finally Died
The Man Who Finally Died is a 1963 British thriller film, based on a television serial, about a man investigating his supposedly dead father's mysterious past in a small Bavarian town.
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D.
The Last Man
The Last Man is a pioneering 1826 science fiction novel by Mary Shelley that portrays a future world devastated by plague and explores themes of isolation, loss, and the end of humanity.
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E.
Skirmishes of an Untimely Man
Skirmishes of an Untimely Man is a section of Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophical work *Twilight of the Idols* in which he presents a series of brief, polemical reflections critiquing contemporary culture, morality, and philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Torchwood episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| basedOn | concepts from Doctor Who universe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
memory and loss
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responsibility of those who protect the world ⓘ temporal paradoxes ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Gwen Cooper
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Ianto Jones ⓘ Jack Harkness ⓘ
linked to:
Captain Jack Harkness
Owen Harper ⓘ Toshiko Sato ⓘ |
| franchise |
Torchwood franchise
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linked to:
Torchwood
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| genre |
drama
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science fiction television ⓘ time travel fiction ⓘ |
| hasMoralQuestion | whether it is right to sacrifice an individual to save many others ⓘ |
| hasPlotElement |
ethical decision about one person versus many
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time displacement of a World War I soldier ⓘ time rift ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
emotional cost of saving the world
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moral dilemmas ⓘ time displacement ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
duty versus personal feelings
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romantic attachment across time ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Torchwood ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Cardiff ⓘ |
| settingUniverse |
Doctor Who universe
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linked to:
Doctor Who expanded universe
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| tone |
emotional
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melancholic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: To the Last Man Description of subject: "To the Last Man" is an episode of the British science fiction series Torchwood that centers on time displacement, moral dilemmas, and the emotional cost of saving the world.
Referenced by (1)
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