the Bane
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The Bane are a malevolent alien species from the Doctor Who universe, best known as the primary antagonists in the spin-off series "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the Bane canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5925693 — 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 Bane Context triple: [Clyde Langer, enemyOf, the Bane]
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A.
Menace
Menace is a British hip-hop producer best known for crafting the beat behind Desiigner’s hit single “Panda,” which was prominently sampled in Kanye West’s “Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 2.”
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B.
Menace
Menace is a supervillain in Marvel Comics, primarily an enemy of Spider-Man and a successor to the Green Goblin legacy.
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C.
Frenzy
Frenzy is a 1972 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, known for its dark humor and disturbing portrayal of a serial killer in London.
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D.
The Rage
The Rage is a 2007 American horror film directed by special effects artist Robert Kurtzman, known for its gruesome practical effects and over-the-top gore.
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E.
Carnage
Carnage is a 2011 dark comedy film directed by Roman Polanski, adapted from Yasmina Reza’s play "God of Carnage," in which Christoph Waltz stars as one of four parents whose polite meeting spirals into chaos.
- 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 Bane Target entity description: The Bane are a malevolent alien species from the Doctor Who universe, best known as the primary antagonists in the spin-off series "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
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A.
Menace
Menace is a British hip-hop producer best known for crafting the beat behind Desiigner’s hit single “Panda,” which was prominently sampled in Kanye West’s “Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 2.”
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B.
Menace
Menace is a supervillain in Marvel Comics, primarily an enemy of Spider-Man and a successor to the Green Goblin legacy.
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C.
Frenzy
Frenzy is a 1972 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, known for its dark humor and disturbing portrayal of a serial killer in London.
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D.
The Rage
The Rage is a 2007 American horror film directed by special effects artist Robert Kurtzman, known for its gruesome practical effects and over-the-top gore.
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E.
Carnage
Carnage is a 2011 dark comedy film directed by Roman Polanski, adapted from Yasmina Reza’s play "God of Carnage," in which Christoph Waltz stars as one of four parents whose polite meeting spirals into chaos.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist group
ⓘ
fictional alien species ⓘ |
| alignment | malevolent ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Doctor Who expanded universe
ⓘ
The Sarah Jane Adventures ⓘ |
| appearsInSeason |
The Sarah Jane Adventures pilot special
ⓘ
linked to:
The Sarah Jane Adventures
|
| appearsInSpinOff |
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
ⓘ
linked to:
The Sarah Jane Adventures
|
| canPossess | human hosts ⓘ |
| communicationStyle | telepathic link within species ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom (production context) ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Gareth Roberts
ⓘ
Phil Ford ⓘ Russell T Davies ⓘ |
| createdLukeFrom | human DNA patterns ⓘ |
| creates | Luke Smith ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Luke Smith
ⓘ
Maria Jackson ⓘ Mr Smith (super-computer) ⓘ
linked to:
Mr Smith supercomputer
Sarah Jane Smith ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Clyde Langer
ⓘ
Luke Smith ⓘ Maria Jackson ⓘ Mr Smith (super-computer) ⓘ
linked to:
Mr Smith supercomputer
Sarah Jane Smith ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Invasion of the Bane ⓘ |
| franchise | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| goal |
conquer Earth
ⓘ
enslave humanity ⓘ |
| homeworld | Bane homeworld ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English (production language) ⓘ |
| leader | Mrs Wormwood ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| methodOfControl | chemical mind control ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | primary antagonists of The Sarah Jane Adventures pilot ⓘ |
| notableMember | Mrs Wormwood ⓘ |
| notableStoryEvent | attempted mass mind control via Bubble Shock! ⓘ |
| originatesFromWork |
The Sarah Jane Adventures television series
ⓘ
linked to:
The Sarah Jane Adventures
|
| physicalForm | tentacled creature ⓘ |
| speciesType | parasitic alien species ⓘ |
| targetSpecies | humans ⓘ |
| technologyLevel | advanced spacefaring civilization ⓘ |
| threatLevelInSeries | global ⓘ |
| usesFrontOrganization | Bubble Shock! factory ⓘ |
| usesFrontProduct | Bubble Shock! soft drink ⓘ |
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 Bane Description of subject: The Bane are a malevolent alien species from the Doctor Who universe, best known as the primary antagonists in the spin-off series "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.