Christine (novel by Stephen King)
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"Christine" is a 1983 horror novel by Stephen King about a sinister, seemingly sentient 1958 Plymouth Fury that exerts a deadly influence over its obsessed teenage owner.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Christine (novel by Stephen King) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7819127 — 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: Christine (novel by Stephen King) Context triple: [Christine, appearsInWork, Christine (novel by Stephen King)]
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A.
Carrie
Carrie is the charming and enigmatic American woman who becomes the central love interest in the British romantic comedy film "Four Weddings and a Funeral."
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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.
Carrie
Carrie is a feminine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often as a diminutive of Caroline or Carol.
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D.
Misery
Misery is the first major section of the Heidelberg Catechism, focusing on humanity’s sinfulness and need for redemption.
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E.
Misery
"Misery" is a song by the Beatles, written primarily by John Lennon with contributions from Paul McCartney, and released on their 1963 debut album "Please Please Me."
- 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: Christine (novel by Stephen King) Target entity description: "Christine" is a 1983 horror novel by Stephen King about a sinister, seemingly sentient 1958 Plymouth Fury that exerts a deadly influence over its obsessed teenage owner.
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A.
Carrie
Carrie is the charming and enigmatic American woman who becomes the central love interest in the British romantic comedy film "Four Weddings and a Funeral."
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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.
Carrie
Carrie is a feminine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often as a diminutive of Caroline or Carol.
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D.
Misery
Misery is the first major section of the Heidelberg Catechism, focusing on humanity’s sinfulness and need for redemption.
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E.
Misery
"Misery" is a song by the Beatles, written primarily by John Lennon with contributions from Paul McCartney, and released on their 1963 debut album "Please Please Me."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
bullying and revenge
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obsession ⓘ possessiveness ⓘ supernatural possession ⓘ teenage alienation ⓘ |
| containsElement |
graphic violence
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supernatural events ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist |
Diane Dillon
NERFINISHED
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Leo Dillon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalObject | Christine (1958 Plymouth Fury) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresVehicleModel | 1958 Plymouth Fury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Pet Sematary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
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psychological horror ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Christine (1983 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
1950s rock and roll
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cursed car ⓘ malevolent technology ⓘ |
| isbnFirstEdition | 0-670-22026-4 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Arnie Cunningham
NERFINISHED
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Dennis Guilder NERFINISHED ⓘ Leigh Cabot NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland D. LeBay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narratorCharacter | Dennis Guilder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | personification of an evil car ⓘ |
| pageCountFirstEdition | 526 ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King bibliography ⓘ |
| precededBy | Different Seasons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Viking Press
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surface form:
Viking Press
|
| setInCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| setInPeriod | late 1970s ⓘ |
| setInState | Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfStoryBeginning | September 1978 ⓘ |
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: Christine (novel by Stephen King) Description of subject: "Christine" is a 1983 horror novel by Stephen King about a sinister, seemingly sentient 1958 Plymouth Fury that exerts a deadly influence over its obsessed teenage owner.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.