My Father’s Mask
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My Father’s Mask is a surreal, horror-tinged short story by Joe Hill that blends family drama with dark fantasy and psychological unease.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| My Father’s Mask canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8319387 — 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: My Father’s Mask Context triple: [20th Century Ghosts, containsWork, My Father’s Mask]
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A.
The Painted Drum
The Painted Drum is a novel by Louise Erdrich that weaves together interconnected stories about loss, family, and cultural identity centered around a powerful ceremonial drum.
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B.
My Father's House
"My Father's House" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1982 album *Nebraska*, known for its stark, introspective storytelling and sparse acoustic arrangement.
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C.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
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D.
My Father
"My Father" is a biographical book by Margery Durant that portrays the life and character of her father, automobile pioneer William C. Durant, co-founder of General Motors.
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E.
The Purple Mask
The Purple Mask is a 1955 swashbuckling adventure film set in post-revolutionary France, known for its masked-hero storyline and for featuring actress Jarma Lewis in its cast.
- 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: My Father’s Mask Target entity description: My Father’s Mask is a surreal, horror-tinged short story by Joe Hill that blends family drama with dark fantasy and psychological unease.
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A.
The Painted Drum
The Painted Drum is a novel by Louise Erdrich that weaves together interconnected stories about loss, family, and cultural identity centered around a powerful ceremonial drum.
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B.
My Father's House
"My Father's House" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1982 album *Nebraska*, known for its stark, introspective storytelling and sparse acoustic arrangement.
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C.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
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D.
My Father
"My Father" is a biographical book by Margery Durant that portrays the life and character of her father, automobile pioneer William C. Durant, co-founder of General Motors.
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E.
The Purple Mask
The Purple Mask is a 1955 swashbuckling adventure film set in post-revolutionary France, known for its masked-hero storyline and for featuring actress Jarma Lewis in its cast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction
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short story ⓘ surreal fiction ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Joe Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Joe Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features | family drama elements ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
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horror ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coming of age
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family relationships ⓘ identity ⓘ psychological unease ⓘ reality and illusion ⓘ secrets ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Joe Hill’s short fiction oeuvre ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary horror ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
darkly fantastical
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horror-tinged ⓘ surreal ⓘ |
| medium |
print
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text ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
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uneasy ⓘ unsettling ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: My Father’s Mask Description of subject: My Father’s Mask is a surreal, horror-tinged short story by Joe Hill that blends family drama with dark fantasy and psychological unease.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.