"Battleground" (short story)
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"Battleground" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a hitman who is violently attacked by a squad of tiny, sentient toy soldiers seeking revenge.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Battleground" (short story) canonical | 1 |
| Battleground (short story) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: "Battleground" (short story) Context triple: [Battleground (segment of Nightmares & Dreamscapes TV series), basedOn, "Battleground" (short story)]
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A.
On Deadly Ground
On Deadly Ground is a 1994 action film directed by and starring Steven Seagal, centered on an environmentalist oil-rig firefighter battling corporate corruption in Alaska.
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B.
News from No Man’s Land
News from No Man’s Land is a book by BBC foreign correspondent John Simpson, drawing on his frontline reporting to explore global conflicts and political upheavals.
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C.
Corporal Stock in In Country
Corporal Stock in *In Country* is a supporting character, a Vietnam War veteran whose experiences and demeanor help illuminate the film’s themes of trauma, memory, and the lingering impact of war.
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D.
A Choice of Weapons
"A Choice of Weapons" is Gordon Parks’s influential autobiographical work in which he reflects on his life, art, and use of the camera as a tool for social change.
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E.
Conversations with the Enemy
Conversations with the Enemy is a non-fiction book by Winston Groom that examines the controversial story of an American POW in Vietnam accused of collaborating with the enemy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: "Battleground" (short story) Target entity description: "Battleground" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a hitman who is violently attacked by a squad of tiny, sentient toy soldiers seeking revenge.
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A.
On Deadly Ground
On Deadly Ground is a 1994 action film directed by and starring Steven Seagal, centered on an environmentalist oil-rig firefighter battling corporate corruption in Alaska.
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B.
News from No Man’s Land
News from No Man’s Land is a book by BBC foreign correspondent John Simpson, drawing on his frontline reporting to explore global conflicts and political upheavals.
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C.
Corporal Stock in In Country
Corporal Stock in *In Country* is a supporting character, a Vietnam War veteran whose experiences and demeanor help illuminate the film’s themes of trauma, memory, and the lingering impact of war.
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D.
A Choice of Weapons
"A Choice of Weapons" is Gordon Parks’s influential autobiographical work in which he reflects on his life, art, and use of the camera as a tool for social change.
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E.
Conversations with the Enemy
Conversations with the Enemy is a non-fiction book by Winston Groom that examines the controversial story of an American POW in Vietnam accused of collaborating with the enemy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction
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short story ⓘ |
| adaptationCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Brian Henson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| adaptationLeadActor | William Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | television ⓘ |
| adaptationNetwork | TNT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationNotableFeature | almost no spoken dialogue ⓘ |
| adaptationScreenwriter | Richard Christian Matheson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television episode ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Battleground (segment of Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| conflictType | man versus supernatural ⓘ |
| containsElement |
close-quarters combat
ⓘ
explosives ⓘ siege ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| features |
miniature military equipment
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sentient toy soldiers ⓘ toy helicopter gunship ⓘ toy tanks ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Stephen King universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationType | men's magazine ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Cavalier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
ⓘ
horror ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | yes ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Night Shift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublicationFormat | short story collection ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Renshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of toy soldiers as lethal antagonists
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minimal dialogue in television adaptation ⓘ |
| originalPublicationFormat | magazine short story ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King short fiction bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | hitman ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Doubleday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Renshaw's high-rise apartment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
isolation
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revenge ⓘ supernatural retribution ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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Subject: "Battleground" (short story) Description of subject: "Battleground" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a hitman who is violently attacked by a squad of tiny, sentient toy soldiers seeking revenge.
Referenced by (2)
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