Jack Torrance about the hotel’s history
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Jack Torrance about the hotel’s history refers to the moment in Stephen King’s "The Shining" (and its film adaptation) when the aspiring writer and winter caretaker is cautioned about the Overlook Hotel’s violent and disturbing past.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jack Torrance about the hotel’s history canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Jack Torrance about the hotel’s history Context triple: [Stuart Ullman, warns, Jack Torrance about the hotel’s history]
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The Stanley Hotel
The Stanley Hotel is a historic, allegedly haunted hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, best known as the inspiration for Stephen King’s novel "The Shining" and its related screen adaptations.
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The Hotel
The Hotel is a conceptual art project by French artist Sophie Calle in which she worked as a chambermaid to secretly observe and document hotel guests, blending photography, text, and voyeuristic narrative.
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Oak Room
The Oak Room is a historic, wood-paneled bar and dining room in New York City’s Plaza Hotel, long known for its opulent décor and role as a social and cultural landmark.
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The Hotel Inspectors
"The Hotel Inspectors" is a celebrated episode of the British sitcom *Fawlty Towers*, in which Basil Fawlty’s paranoia about undercover hotel critics leads to a series of farcical misunderstandings.
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E.
Waldo Hotel
The Waldo Hotel is a historic landmark hotel building in downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia, known for its early 20th-century architecture and past prominence as a social and commercial hub.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jack Torrance about the hotel’s history Target entity description: Jack Torrance about the hotel’s history refers to the moment in Stephen King’s "The Shining" (and its film adaptation) when the aspiring writer and winter caretaker is cautioned about the Overlook Hotel’s violent and disturbing past.
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A.
The Stanley Hotel
The Stanley Hotel is a historic, allegedly haunted hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, best known as the inspiration for Stephen King’s novel "The Shining" and its related screen adaptations.
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B.
The Hotel
The Hotel is a conceptual art project by French artist Sophie Calle in which she worked as a chambermaid to secretly observe and document hotel guests, blending photography, text, and voyeuristic narrative.
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C.
Oak Room
The Oak Room is a historic, wood-paneled bar and dining room in New York City’s Plaza Hotel, long known for its opulent décor and role as a social and cultural landmark.
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D.
The Hotel Inspectors
"The Hotel Inspectors" is a celebrated episode of the British sitcom *Fawlty Towers*, in which Basil Fawlty’s paranoia about undercover hotel critics leads to a series of farcical misunderstandings.
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E.
Waldo Hotel
The Waldo Hotel is a historic landmark hotel building in downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia, known for its early 20th-century architecture and past prominence as a social and commercial hub.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalSceneOrMoment
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narrativeEvent ⓘ plotPoint ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
The Shining (1980 film)
NERFINISHED
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The Shining (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithDirector | Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audienceKnowledgeType | diegeticInformation ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRoleEmphasized |
aspiringWriter
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winterCaretaker ⓘ |
| connectsToLaterEvent |
JackAttemptsToMurderFamily
ⓘ
JackPsychologicalBreakdown ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
JackTorranceCharacterArc
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
senseOfInevitableDoom ⓘ |
| dramaticIrony | JackUnderestimatesDanger ⓘ |
| effectOnAudience |
createsExpectationOfViolence
ⓘ
heightensSuspense ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Shining universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext |
horror
ⓘ
psychologicalHorror ⓘ |
| involvesCharacter | Jack Torrance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesLocation | Overlook Hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
establishesHorrorBackstory
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exposition ⓘ foreshadowing ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | The Shining franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatesToMotive | JackNeedsJobDespiteRisks ⓘ |
| relatesToSetting | isolatedMountainHotel ⓘ |
| relatesToTime | winterOffSeason ⓘ |
| setsTone |
foreboding
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ominous ⓘ |
| storyPosition | earlyInNarrative ⓘ |
| symbolicallyRepresents | cyclicalViolenceAtOverlook ⓘ |
| theme |
familyTragedy
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madness ⓘ supernaturalEvil ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| usedAs | backstoryDeliveryDevice ⓘ |
| warningDeliveredBy | hotelManagement ⓘ |
| warnsAboutAction |
caretakerCommittedSuicide
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caretakerKilledFamily ⓘ |
| warnsAboutCharacter | Delbert Grady NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| warnsAboutEvent | previousCaretakerMurders ⓘ |
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Subject: Jack Torrance about the hotel’s history Description of subject: Jack Torrance about the hotel’s history refers to the moment in Stephen King’s "The Shining" (and its film adaptation) when the aspiring writer and winter caretaker is cautioned about the Overlook Hotel’s violent and disturbing past.
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