The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a bestselling novel by Mitch Albom that explores the afterlife through the life review of an amusement park maintenance man who encounters five people who profoundly shaped his existence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Five People You Meet in Heaven canonical | 3 |
| The Five People You Meet in Heaven (television film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3836297 — 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 Five People You Meet in Heaven Context triple: [Hyperion Books, notableWork, The Five People You Meet in Heaven]
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A.
A Life
A Life is the autobiographical memoir of influential film and theatre director Elia Kazan, in which he reflects on his career, personal life, and controversial political choices.
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B.
The Day I Tried to Live
"The Day I Tried to Live" is a 1994 grunge/alternative rock song by Soundgarden, known for its dark, introspective lyrics and dynamic, heavy sound.
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C.
Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy-drama film about a New York gangster who helps transform a street peddler into a high-society lady to impress her visiting daughter.
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D.
Any Human Heart
Any Human Heart is a novel by William Boyd that chronicles the tumultuous life of fictional writer Logan Mountstuart across the major events of the 20th century, later adapted into a television miniseries.
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E.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones is a 2009 supernatural drama film, directed by Peter Jackson and based on Alice Sebold’s novel, that follows a murdered girl watching over her family and killer from the afterlife.
- 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 Five People You Meet in Heaven Target entity description: The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a bestselling novel by Mitch Albom that explores the afterlife through the life review of an amusement park maintenance man who encounters five people who profoundly shaped his existence.
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A.
A Life
A Life is the autobiographical memoir of influential film and theatre director Elia Kazan, in which he reflects on his career, personal life, and controversial political choices.
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B.
The Day I Tried to Live
"The Day I Tried to Live" is a 1994 grunge/alternative rock song by Soundgarden, known for its dark, introspective lyrics and dynamic, heavy sound.
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C.
Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy-drama film about a New York gangster who helps transform a street peddler into a high-society lady to impress her visiting daughter.
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D.
Any Human Heart
Any Human Heart is a novel by William Boyd that chronicles the tumultuous life of fictional writer Logan Mountstuart across the major events of the 20th century, later adapted into a television miniseries.
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E.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones is a 2009 supernatural drama film, directed by Peter Jackson and based on Alice Sebold’s novel, that follows a murdered girl watching over her family and killer from the afterlife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bestselling book
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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surface form:
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (television film)
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| adaptationType | television film ⓘ |
| author | Mitch Albom ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
forgiveness
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interconnectedness of human lives ⓘ life review after death ⓘ meaning of sacrifice ⓘ redemption ⓘ unseen impact of ordinary lives ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresConcept |
how small actions can have large effects on others
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personal salvation through service to others ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Marguerite
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Ruby ⓘ Tala ⓘ The Blue Man ⓘ The Captain ⓘ |
| genre |
afterlife fiction
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fantasy ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ spiritual fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Next Person You Meet in Heaven ⓘ |
| includesElement |
flashbacks to childhood and war experiences
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nonlinear timeline ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Eddie ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| motif |
amusement park as a metaphor for life
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war trauma and its consequences ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | life review through meetings with five people in the afterlife ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commercial success as a bestselling novel
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popularizing a narrative exploration of the afterlife in mainstream fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | After his death in an amusement park accident, Eddie meets five people in heaven who reveal how their lives were connected to his and what his life meant. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | amusement park maintenance man ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hyperion ⓘ |
| sequelAuthor | Mitch Albom ⓘ |
| setting | Ruby Pier amusement park ⓘ |
| structure | divided between scenes from Eddie's earthly life and his encounters in heaven ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| televisionFilmNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| televisionFilmReleaseYear | 2004 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Five People You Meet in Heaven Description of subject: The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a bestselling novel by Mitch Albom that explores the afterlife through the life review of an amusement park maintenance man who encounters five people who profoundly shaped his existence.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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adaptation
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (television film)