Dr. Iris Hineman in "Minority Report"
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Dr. Iris Hineman is a reclusive former government scientist in "Minority Report" who helped create the precognition program and holds crucial knowledge about its dark secrets.
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| Dr. Iris Hineman in "Minority Report" canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Dr. Iris Hineman in "Minority Report" Context triple: [Lois Smith, notableRole, Dr. Iris Hineman in "Minority Report"]
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Dr. Peters in 12 Monkeys
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Professor Jacob Barnhardt in "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Dr. Iris Hineman in "Minority Report" Target entity description: Dr. Iris Hineman is a reclusive former government scientist in "Minority Report" who helped create the precognition program and holds crucial knowledge about its dark secrets.
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A.
Dr. Lin in The Sinner
Dr. Lin in *The Sinner* is a supporting character who serves as a medical professional involved in the psychological and investigative aspects of the crime drama’s central cases.
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B.
Dr. Madolyn Madden in The Departed
Dr. Madolyn Madden in *The Departed* is a police psychiatrist who becomes romantically involved with both an undercover cop and a mob mole, serving as a key emotional and moral pivot in the film’s tense crime drama.
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C.
Pris Stratton in Blade Runner
Pris Stratton in *Blade Runner* is a "basic pleasure model" replicant who becomes a key member of Roy Batty’s renegade group, embodying both vulnerability and lethal agility in the film’s dystopian world.
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D.
Dr. Peters in 12 Monkeys
Dr. Peters in *12 Monkeys* is the quietly fanatical virologist who ultimately releases the deadly virus that devastates humanity in the film.
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E.
Professor Jacob Barnhardt in "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
Professor Jacob Barnhardt is the brilliant, Einstein-like physicist in the 1951 science fiction film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" who becomes a key human ally to the alien visitor Klaatu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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geneticist ⓘ scientist ⓘ supporting character ⓘ |
| alignment | ultimately benevolent ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
2002 film Minority Report
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linked to:
Minority Report
Minority Report ⓘ
linked to:
Minority Report (short story)
film Minority Report ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | science fiction film ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Agatha
ⓘ
Precrime ⓘ
linked to:
Precrime Temple
precogs ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from Philip K. Dick’s story Minority Report ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
cynical
ⓘ
intelligent ⓘ morally conflicted ⓘ reclusive ⓘ |
| coCreatorOf |
Precrime precog system
ⓘ
linked to:
Pre-Cogs
|
| createdBy | Steven Spielberg ⓘ |
| createdFor | film Minority Report ⓘ |
| creatorOf | precognition program ⓘ |
| employer |
Precrime division
ⓘ
linked to:
Precrime police unit
United States government ⓘ |
| explainsConcept | minority report ⓘ |
| explainsTo | John Anderton the existence of alternate future outcomes ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
genetic engineering
ⓘ
neuroscience ⓘ precognition research ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Minority Report (2002 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Minority Report
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasKnowledge |
existence of minority reports
ⓘ
limitations of Precrime ⓘ origins of the precogs ⓘ |
| inUniverseStatus |
former Precrime collaborator
ⓘ
retired scientist ⓘ |
| motivation |
to atone for her role in creating the system
ⓘ
to expose the flaws of Precrime ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
exposition character
ⓘ
whistleblower figure ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of precogs ⓘ |
| occupation | government scientist ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Lois Smith ⓘ |
| residence | greenhouse outside Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| revealsTo | John Anderton ⓘ |
| setting | near-future Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| speaksLanguage | English ⓘ |
| warnsAbout |
fallibility of Precrime
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possibility of manipulated visions ⓘ |
| workLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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Subject: Dr. Iris Hineman in "Minority Report" Description of subject: Dr. Iris Hineman is a reclusive former government scientist in "Minority Report" who helped create the precognition program and holds crucial knowledge about its dark secrets.
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