The Dead Zone
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The Dead Zone is a 1979 supernatural thriller novel by Stephen King about a man who awakens from a coma with psychic abilities that force him into a moral confrontation over a dangerous political figure.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Dead Zone canonical | 16 |
| The Dead Zone (TV series) | 5 |
| The Dead Zone (1983 film) | 4 |
| The Dead Zone (novel) | 4 |
| "The Dead Zone" | 1 |
| "The Dead Zone" (1979 novel) | 1 |
| The Dead Zone (film) | 1 |
| novel "The Dead Zone" | 1 |
| novel The Dead Zone | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T288596 — 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 Dead Zone Context triple: [Stephen King, notableWork, The Dead Zone]
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A.
The Stand
The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror novel by Stephen King that follows survivors of a devastating plague as they become embroiled in an epic battle between good and evil.
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B.
Carrie
"Carrie" is Stephen King's debut horror novel, centered on a bullied teenage girl with telekinetic powers who exacts a devastating revenge on her tormentors.
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C.
Terminus
Terminus was the original 19th-century name for the settlement that later became the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
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D.
Backdraft
Backdraft is a 1991 action-thriller film about Chicago firefighters, directed by Ron Howard and known for its intense fire sequences and exploration of arson investigations.
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E.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday was a catastrophic 1935 dust storm during the Dust Bowl that turned daytime skies black and became one of the era’s most infamous environmental disasters.
- 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 Dead Zone Target entity description: The Dead Zone is a 1979 supernatural thriller novel by Stephen King about a man who awakens from a coma with psychic abilities that force him into a moral confrontation over a dangerous political figure.
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A.
The Stand
The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror novel by Stephen King that follows survivors of a devastating plague as they become embroiled in an epic battle between good and evil.
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B.
Carrie
"Carrie" is Stephen King's debut horror novel, centered on a bullied teenage girl with telekinetic powers who exacts a devastating revenge on her tormentors.
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C.
Terminus
Terminus was the original 19th-century name for the settlement that later became the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
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D.
Backdraft
Backdraft is a 1991 action-thriller film about Chicago firefighters, directed by Ron Howard and known for its intense fire sequences and exploration of arson investigations.
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E.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday was a catastrophic 1935 dust storm during the Dust Bowl that turned daytime skies black and became one of the era’s most infamous environmental disasters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror novel
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novel ⓘ supernatural thriller novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Dead Zone
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Dead Zone (1983 film)
The Dead Zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Dead Zone (TV series)
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| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| containsElement |
political assassination plot
ⓘ
serial killer investigation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Morrissey (Viking first edition cover designer) ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | David Cronenberg ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar |
Christopher Walken
ⓘ
Martin Sheen ⓘ |
| followedBy | Firestarter ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
supernatural fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Greg Stillson
ⓘ
Sarah Bracknell ⓘ Sheriff George Bannerman ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Johnny Smith ⓘ |
| hasMoralDilemma | whether to kill a politician to prevent a future catastrophe ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | early exploration of political themes in Stephen King’s work ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King bibliography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man awakens from a coma with psychic abilities that lead him into a moral confrontation with a dangerous political figure. ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Stand ⓘ |
| protagonistAbility | psychic visions ⓘ |
| protagonistCondition | coma survivor ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | schoolteacher ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Viking Press
ⓘ
surface form:
Viking Press
|
| setting | New Hampshire ⓘ |
| theme |
fate and free will
ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ political corruption ⓘ the burden of precognition ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1970s ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | damaged area of the protagonist’s brain ⓘ |
| tvSeriesAdaptationNetwork | USA Network ⓘ |
| tvSeriesAdaptationStar | Anthony Michael Hall ⓘ |
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 Dead Zone Description of subject: The Dead Zone is a 1979 supernatural thriller novel by Stephen King about a man who awakens from a coma with psychic abilities that force him into a moral confrontation over a dangerous political figure.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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The Dead Zone (1983 film)
this entity surface form:
The Dead Zone (TV series)
this entity surface form:
The Dead Zone (TV series)
this entity surface form:
The Dead Zone (novel)
this entity surface form:
The Dead Zone (novel)
this entity surface form:
The Dead Zone (1983 film)
this entity surface form:
The Dead Zone (TV series)
this entity surface form:
The Dead Zone (novel)
subject surface form:
George Bannerman
subject surface form:
George Bannerman
this entity surface form:
novel The Dead Zone
subject surface form:
George Bannerman
this entity surface form:
The Dead Zone (novel)
this entity surface form:
"The Dead Zone"
this entity surface form:
The Dead Zone (film)
this entity surface form:
The Dead Zone (1983 film)
this entity surface form:
The Dead Zone (TV series)
this entity surface form:
The Dead Zone (TV series)
this entity surface form:
The Dead Zone (1983 film)
this entity surface form:
novel "The Dead Zone"
this entity surface form:
"The Dead Zone" (1979 novel)