Them!
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Them! is a 1954 science fiction horror film about giant, irradiated ants that became a classic of the atomic-age monster movie genre.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Them! canonical | 6 |
| Them | 1 |
| Them! (1954 film) | 1 |
| Them! (1954) | 1 |
| film Them! (1954) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8388147 — 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: Them! Context triple: [James Whitmore, notableWork, Them!]
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A.
The Thing
"The Thing" is a philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that explores the nature of objects and their relation to human existence and world-disclosure.
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B.
Slan
Slan is a classic 1940 science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt about a persecuted race of telepathic mutants, often cited as a landmark of the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
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C.
Planet Terror
Planet Terror is a 2007 grindhouse-style zombie action-horror film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, known for its over-the-top gore, dark humor, and retro exploitation aesthetic.
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D.
Them
Them was a 1960s Northern Irish rock band fronted by Van Morrison, best known for pioneering garage rock with songs like "Gloria."
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E.
Das Ungeheuer
Das Ungeheuer is a contemporary German-language novel by Terézia Mora that explores themes of grief, identity, and communication through the fragmented inner world of its protagonist.
- 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: Them! Target entity description: Them! is a 1954 science fiction horror film about giant, irradiated ants that became a classic of the atomic-age monster movie genre.
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A.
The Thing
"The Thing" is a philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that explores the nature of objects and their relation to human existence and world-disclosure.
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B.
Slan
Slan is a classic 1940 science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt about a persecuted race of telepathic mutants, often cited as a landmark of the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
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C.
Planet Terror
Planet Terror is a 2007 grindhouse-style zombie action-horror film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, known for its over-the-top gore, dark humor, and retro exploitation aesthetic.
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D.
Them
Them was a 1960s Northern Irish rock band fronted by Van Morrison, best known for pioneering garage rock with songs like "Gloria."
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E.
Das Ungeheuer
Das Ungeheuer is a contemporary German-language novel by Terézia Mora that explores themes of grief, identity, and communication through the fragmented inner world of its protagonist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction film ⓘ |
| basedOn | an original story by George Worthing Yates ⓘ |
| castMember |
Edmund Gwenn
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Fess Parker ⓘ James Arness ⓘ James Whitmore ⓘ Joan Weldon ⓘ Leonard Nimoy ⓘ Onslow Stevens ⓘ Sean McClory ⓘ |
| certificateRating | Approved (Production Code era) ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Sidney Hickox ⓘ |
| composer | Bronislau Kaper ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| director | Gordon Douglas ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros.
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linked to:
Warner Bros. Pictures
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| distributorRegion | theatrical release in the United States ⓘ |
| editor | Thomas Reilly ⓘ |
| filmLocation |
Los Angeles storm drains
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New Mexico desert ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
atomic-age science fiction
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monster movie ⓘ science fiction horror ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fear of nuclear technology and radiation
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military and scientific cooperation against a common threat ⓘ |
| influenced | later giant insect and atomic-age monster films ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. Harold Medford
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Dr. Patricia Medford ⓘ Robert Graham ⓘ Sergeant Ben Peterson ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first films to depict giant insects as monsters
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its status as a classic of the atomic-age monster movie genre ⓘ its use of large-scale ant animatronics and sound design ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The film depicts giant, irradiated ants created by atomic testing that threaten humanity. ⓘ |
| producer | David Weisbart ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Warner Bros.
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linked to:
Warner Bros. Entertainment
|
| releaseDate | June 16, 1954 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 94 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Russell Hughes
ⓘ
Ted Sherdeman ⓘ |
| setting |
Los Angeles
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New Mexico ⓘ |
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: Them! Description of subject: Them! is a 1954 science fiction horror film about giant, irradiated ants that became a classic of the atomic-age monster movie genre.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Them!
subject linked to:
Police Sergeant Edward Brody in Them!
subject linked to:
Police Sergeant Edward Brody in Them!
linked to: Them!
subject linked to:
Police Sergeant Edward Brody in Them!
linked to: Them!
subject linked to:
Police Sergeant Edward Brody in Them!
linked to: Them!
subject linked to:
Fess