Cell
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"Cell" is a horror novel by Stephen King that follows a group of survivors navigating a post-apocalyptic world after a mysterious signal transmitted through cell phones turns people into violent killers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cell canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5292574 — 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: Cell Context triple: [Stephen King bibliography, containsWork, Cell]
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A.
Cell
Cell is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes high-impact research across the life sciences, particularly in molecular and cellular biology.
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B.
The Cell
The Cell is a nickname for the Chicago White Sox’s home ballpark, officially known for much of its history as U.S. Cellular Field.
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C.
Cell Biology Division
The Cell Biology Division is a research unit at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology focused on understanding the fundamental mechanisms governing cellular structure, function, and organization.
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D.
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Molecular Biology of the Cell is a widely used, authoritative textbook that provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental concepts and mechanisms of modern cell biology.
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E.
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Molecular Biology of the Cell is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes research and reviews in cell biology and related molecular life sciences.
- 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: Cell Target entity description: "Cell" is a horror novel by Stephen King that follows a group of survivors navigating a post-apocalyptic world after a mysterious signal transmitted through cell phones turns people into violent killers.
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A.
Cell
Cell is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes high-impact research across the life sciences, particularly in molecular and cellular biology.
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B.
The Cell
The Cell is a nickname for the Chicago White Sox’s home ballpark, officially known for much of its history as U.S. Cellular Field.
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C.
Cell Biology Division
The Cell Biology Division is a research unit at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology focused on understanding the fundamental mechanisms governing cellular structure, function, and organization.
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D.
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Molecular Biology of the Cell is a widely used, authoritative textbook that provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental concepts and mechanisms of modern cell biology.
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E.
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Molecular Biology of the Cell is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes research and reviews in cell biology and related molecular life sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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horror novel ⓘ novel ⓘ post-apocalyptic fiction ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Mark Stutzman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Lisey's Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
post-apocalyptic ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Cell (2016 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
cell phones
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signals and transmissions ⓘ zombie-like behavior ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
group mentality and hive mind
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loss of communication ⓘ survival in a post-apocalyptic world ⓘ technology gone wrong ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-0-7432-9233-3 ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alice Maxwell
NERFINISHED
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Clayton Riddell NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Riddell NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom McCourt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | depicting a global catastrophe triggered by cell phone signals ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 355 ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
A group of survivors travels through New England after the Pulse.
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The survivors seek to find Clay Riddell's son after the catastrophe. ⓘ Victims of the Pulse become hive-minded beings known as phoners. ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A mysterious signal transmitted through cell phones, called the Pulse, turns most people into violent killers. ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Colorado Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2006-01-24 ⓘ |
| publisher | Scribner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| setIn |
Boston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
John Cusack
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samuel L. Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | early 21st century ⓘ |
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: Cell Description of subject: "Cell" is a horror novel by Stephen King that follows a group of survivors navigating a post-apocalyptic world after a mysterious signal transmitted through cell phones turns people into violent killers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.