Klaatu
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Klaatu is the humanoid alien visitor in the classic 1951 science fiction film "The Day the Earth Stood Still," who comes to Earth with a warning about humanity's violent tendencies.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Klaatu canonical | 13 |
| Klaatu (character names in other works) | 1 |
| Klaatu (character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5224488 — 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: Klaatu Context triple: [The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film), mainCharacter, Klaatu]
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A.
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Day the Earth Stood Still is a classic 1951 science fiction film about an alien visitor and his powerful robot who come to Earth with an urgent warning for humanity.
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B.
V’Ger
V’Ger is the immensely powerful, evolved space probe that serves as the central enigmatic antagonist in the film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture."
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C.
Forbidden Planet
Forbidden Planet is a landmark 1956 science fiction film, loosely inspired by Shakespeare’s "The Tempest," renowned for its groundbreaking visual effects, electronic score, and the iconic robot character Robby.
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D.
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1959 low-budget science fiction horror film directed by Ed Wood, widely regarded as one of the most infamous "so-bad-it's-good" cult movies in cinema history.
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E.
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers is a 1956 American science fiction film known for its iconic stop-motion alien spacecraft effects and classic Cold War-era invasion storyline.
- 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: Klaatu Target entity description: Klaatu is the humanoid alien visitor in the classic 1951 science fiction film "The Day the Earth Stood Still," who comes to Earth with a warning about humanity's violent tendencies.
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A.
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Day the Earth Stood Still is a classic 1951 science fiction film about an alien visitor and his powerful robot who come to Earth with an urgent warning for humanity.
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B.
V’Ger
V’Ger is the immensely powerful, evolved space probe that serves as the central enigmatic antagonist in the film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture."
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C.
Forbidden Planet
Forbidden Planet is a landmark 1956 science fiction film, loosely inspired by Shakespeare’s "The Tempest," renowned for its groundbreaking visual effects, electronic score, and the iconic robot character Robby.
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D.
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1959 low-budget science fiction horror film directed by Ed Wood, widely regarded as one of the most infamous "so-bad-it's-good" cult movies in cinema history.
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E.
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers is a 1956 American science fiction film known for its iconic stop-motion alien spacecraft effects and classic Cold War-era invasion storyline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extraterrestrial being
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ humanoid alien ⓘ |
| alias | Mr. Carpenter ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Day the Earth Stood Still
ⓘ
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Day the Earth Stood Still
|
| arrivesAt | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Gort ⓘ |
| basedOn | character in the short story "Farewell to the Master" ⓘ |
| commands | Gort ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Edmund H. North
ⓘ
Harry Bates ⓘ |
| disguisesAs | Carpenter ⓘ |
| filmEraContext | Cold War science fiction ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext | science fiction ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| formsRelationshipWith |
Bobby Benson
ⓘ
Helen Benson ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| goal |
to deliver an ultimatum to humanity
ⓘ
to prevent human aggression from threatening other planets ⓘ to warn humanity about its violent tendencies ⓘ |
| hasTechnologyLevel | far more advanced than human technology ⓘ |
| homePlanet | unnamed advanced alien world ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | benevolent ⓘ |
| mottoOrKeyPhrase | Klaatu barada nikto ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
messenger
ⓘ
moral conscience of the story ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
I am fearful when I see people substituting fear for reason.
ⓘ
I came here to give you these facts. ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
emissary ⓘ |
| originatesFromWork | Farewell to the Master ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Michael Rennie ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist ⓘ |
| species |
alien
ⓘ
extraterrestrial ⓘ |
| storyThemeConnection |
critique of militarism
ⓘ
warning about self-destruction ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
international cooperation
ⓘ
peace ⓘ rationality ⓘ |
| threatensConsequence | Earth will be reduced to a burned-out cinder if it threatens other planets ⓘ |
| threatLevelToHumans | non-hostile ⓘ |
| vehicle | flying saucer ⓘ |
| warns | humanity ⓘ |
| warnsAbout |
interplanetary war
ⓘ
nuclear weapons ⓘ |
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: Klaatu Description of subject: Klaatu is the humanoid alien visitor in the classic 1951 science fiction film "The Day the Earth Stood Still," who comes to Earth with a warning about humanity's violent tendencies.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Day the Earth Stood Still
linked to: Klaatu
subject linked to:
Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still
subject linked to:
Harry Bates short story "Farewell to the Master"
subject linked to:
"Klaatu barada nikto"
subject linked to:
"Klaatu barada nikto"
linked to: Klaatu
subject linked to:
Professor Jacob Barnhardt in "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
subject linked to:
Bobby Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still
subject linked to:
Bobby Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still