"The Night Flyer" (mentioned)
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"The Night Flyer" is a horror story by Stephen King about a murderous, possibly supernatural pilot who travels from small airport to small airport in a black Cessna, leaving a trail of gruesome deaths.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "The Night Flyer" (mentioned) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9946916 — 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: "The Night Flyer" (mentioned) Context triple: [Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, appearsIn, "The Night Flyer" (mentioned)]
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A.
Night Flight
Night Flight is a film directed by Canadian actor and filmmaker Connor Jessup.
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B.
Nightflyers
Nightflyers is a science fiction horror novella by George R. R. Martin that follows a doomed space expedition haunted by a mysterious presence aboard a starship.
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C.
“A Night”
“A Night” is one of the autobiographical sketches in Louisa May Alcott’s Civil War memoir *Hospital Sketches*, depicting her experiences as a nurse caring for wounded soldiers.
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D.
Nightmovers
Nightmovers is a novel by American writer Jack Dunphy, known for its introspective, character-driven exploration of relationships and urban life.
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E.
This Flight Tonight
"This Flight Tonight" is a song by the Canadian rock band Blue, best known in its more famous cover version by the hard rock group Nazareth.
- 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: "The Night Flyer" (mentioned) Target entity description: "The Night Flyer" is a horror story by Stephen King about a murderous, possibly supernatural pilot who travels from small airport to small airport in a black Cessna, leaving a trail of gruesome deaths.
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A.
Night Flight
Night Flight is a film directed by Canadian actor and filmmaker Connor Jessup.
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B.
Nightflyers
Nightflyers is a science fiction horror novella by George R. R. Martin that follows a doomed space expedition haunted by a mysterious presence aboard a starship.
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C.
“A Night”
“A Night” is one of the autobiographical sketches in Louisa May Alcott’s Civil War memoir *Hospital Sketches*, depicting her experiences as a nurse caring for wounded soldiers.
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D.
Nightmovers
Nightmovers is a novel by American writer Jack Dunphy, known for its introspective, character-driven exploration of relationships and urban life.
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E.
This Flight Tonight
"This Flight Tonight" is a song by the Canadian rock band Blue, best known in its more famous cover version by the hard rock group Nazareth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | feature film ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | The Night Flier (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| antagonistNature | possibly supernatural ⓘ |
| antagonistOccupation | pilot ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| containsElement |
serial murder
ⓘ
vampirism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter |
Dwight Renfield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Dees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Mark Pavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationLeadActor | Miguel Ferrer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationType | anthology ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Prime Evil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasKillingMethod | gruesome murders at airports ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterIncludedIn | Nightmares & Dreamscapes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | Dwight Renfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Richard Dees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | tabloid reporter ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Viking Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | small airports in the United States ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
sensationalist journalism
ⓘ
supernatural murder ⓘ |
| vehicleFeatured | black Cessna airplane ⓘ |
| workChronologyContext | late-20th-century Stephen King short fiction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: "The Night Flyer" (mentioned) Description of subject: "The Night Flyer" is a horror story by Stephen King about a murderous, possibly supernatural pilot who travels from small airport to small airport in a black Cessna, leaving a trail of gruesome deaths.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.