Stephen King short story The Ledge
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"The Ledge" is a suspenseful Stephen King short story about a man forced to circumnavigate a skyscraper's narrow ledge as part of a deadly wager.
All labels observed (1)
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| Stephen King short story The Ledge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen King short story The Ledge Context triple: [Cat's Eye (1985 film), screenStorySource, Stephen King short story The Ledge]
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A.
Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole"
Elmore Leonard’s short story "Fire in the Hole" is a crime tale featuring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens that served as the primary inspiration for the television series "Justified."
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B.
short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death"
"In the Event of My Father’s Death" is a short story by Roxane Gay that appears in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of family, grief, and complex emotional inheritance.
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C.
Nine Stories
Nine Stories is a celebrated collection of short stories by J. D. Salinger that explores themes of innocence, trauma, and spiritual longing through understated, character-driven narratives.
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D.
A Very Short Story
"A Very Short Story" is a brief World War I–themed narrative by Ernest Hemingway, known for its concise style and emotional understatement, later collected in his book *In Our Time*.
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E.
short story "The Sentinel"
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- 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: Stephen King short story The Ledge Target entity description: "The Ledge" is a suspenseful Stephen King short story about a man forced to circumnavigate a skyscraper's narrow ledge as part of a deadly wager.
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A.
Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole"
Elmore Leonard’s short story "Fire in the Hole" is a crime tale featuring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens that served as the primary inspiration for the television series "Justified."
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B.
short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death"
"In the Event of My Father’s Death" is a short story by Roxane Gay that appears in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of family, grief, and complex emotional inheritance.
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C.
Nine Stories
Nine Stories is a celebrated collection of short stories by J. D. Salinger that explores themes of innocence, trauma, and spiritual longing through understated, character-driven narratives.
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D.
A Very Short Story
"A Very Short Story" is a brief World War I–themed narrative by Ernest Hemingway, known for its concise style and emotional understatement, later collected in his book *In Our Time*.
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E.
short story "The Sentinel"
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
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work of fiction ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Lewis Teague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | film ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| adaptationWriter | Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Cat's Eye segment "The Ledge" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| antagonist | Cressner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| centralConflict | deadly wager ⓘ |
| containsElement |
acrophobia
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claustrophobic tension ⓘ life-or-death bet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| firstPublishedIn | Night Shift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
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psychological thriller ⓘ suspense fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
dangerous bet
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entrapment ⓘ moral comeuppance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | realist horror ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of psychological terror
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extended high-altitude set piece ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King short fiction canon ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Stephen King film adaptations ⓘ |
| plotElement | forced to walk around a skyscraper ledge ⓘ |
| primaryLocation | high-rise building ⓘ |
| protagonist | Stan Norris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationType | short story collection contribution ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstCollection | Doubleday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Atlantic City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
power and control
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revenge ⓘ risk and gambling ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly ironic
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suspenseful ⓘ |
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Subject: Stephen King short story The Ledge Description of subject: "The Ledge" is a suspenseful Stephen King short story about a man forced to circumnavigate a skyscraper's narrow ledge as part of a deadly wager.
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