Peter Straub
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Peter Straub was an American author renowned for his sophisticated and influential horror and dark fantasy novels, often blending literary fiction with supernatural themes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Straub canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8244872 — 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: Peter Straub Context triple: [Lifetime Achievement Award, notableRecipient, Peter Straub]
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A.
Jeffrey Ford
Jeffrey Ford is a film editor known for his work on major blockbuster movies, including several entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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B.
Clive Barker
Clive Barker is a British author, filmmaker, and visual artist known for his dark fantasy and horror works such as the "Books of Blood" and "Hellraiser," which blend visceral imagery with imaginative, otherworldly mythology.
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C.
F. Paul Wilson
F. Paul Wilson is an American author best known for his science fiction, horror, and thriller novels, including the "Repairman Jack" series.
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D.
Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz is a bestselling American author known for his suspenseful thrillers that blend horror, mystery, and science fiction elements.
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E.
Stephen King
Stephen King is a prolific American author renowned for his horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels, many of which have been adapted into successful films and television series.
- 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: Peter Straub Target entity description: Peter Straub was an American author renowned for his sophisticated and influential horror and dark fantasy novels, often blending literary fiction with supernatural themes.
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A.
Jeffrey Ford
Jeffrey Ford is a film editor known for his work on major blockbuster movies, including several entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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B.
Clive Barker
Clive Barker is a British author, filmmaker, and visual artist known for his dark fantasy and horror works such as the "Books of Blood" and "Hellraiser," which blend visceral imagery with imaginative, otherworldly mythology.
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C.
F. Paul Wilson
F. Paul Wilson is an American author best known for his science fiction, horror, and thriller novels, including the "Repairman Jack" series.
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D.
Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz is a bestselling American author known for his suspenseful thrillers that blend horror, mystery, and science fiction elements.
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E.
Stephen King
Stephen King is a prolific American author renowned for his horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels, many of which have been adapted into successful films and television series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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novelist ⓘ poet ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bram Stoker Award
NERFINISHED
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British Fantasy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ International Horror Guild Award NERFINISHED ⓘ World Fantasy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from a broken hip ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-03-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-09-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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University College Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| fullName | Peter Francis Straub NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
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horror fiction ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
H.P. Lovecraft
NERFINISHED
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Henry James NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Conrad NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Aickman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Horror Writers Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Dark Matter
NERFINISHED
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Black House NERFINISHED ⓘ Floating Dragon NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost Story NERFINISHED ⓘ If You Could See Me Now NERFINISHED ⓘ In the Night Room NERFINISHED ⓘ Julia NERFINISHED ⓘ Koko NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr. X NERFINISHED ⓘ Mystery ⓘ Shadowland NERFINISHED ⓘ The Talisman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Throat NERFINISHED ⓘ lost boy lost girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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poet ⓘ short story writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Susan Straub NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Peter Straub Description of subject: Peter Straub was an American author renowned for his sophisticated and influential horror and dark fantasy novels, often blending literary fiction with supernatural themes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.