In the Tall Grass
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"In the Tall Grass" is a horror novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill about siblings who become trapped in a sinister field of tall grass after hearing a child's cries for help.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| In the Tall Grass canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9980365 — 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: In the Tall Grass Context triple: [Full Throttle, hasShortStory, In the Tall Grass]
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A.
The Prairie
The Prairie is an 1827 frontier novel by James Fenimore Cooper, part of the Leatherstocking Tales, that follows Natty Bumppo in his old age on the Great Plains of the American West.
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B.
Prairie Oasis
Prairie Oasis is a nickname for the small rural community of Faith, South Dakota, highlighting its welcoming character and relative greenery amid the surrounding plains.
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C.
Meadow
Meadow is a central character in the animated film and TV special "Entergalactic," serving as the love interest and artistic counterpart to protagonist Jabari.
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D.
Badlands
Badlands is a 1973 American crime drama film directed by Terrence Malick, loosely based on a real-life killing spree and noted for its lyrical style and philosophical tone.
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E.
Badlands
Badlands is a rugged, heavily eroded landscape of steep slopes, gullies, and sparse vegetation, known for its striking rock formations and rich fossil beds.
- 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: In the Tall Grass Target entity description: "In the Tall Grass" is a horror novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill about siblings who become trapped in a sinister field of tall grass after hearing a child's cries for help.
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A.
The Prairie
The Prairie is an 1827 frontier novel by James Fenimore Cooper, part of the Leatherstocking Tales, that follows Natty Bumppo in his old age on the Great Plains of the American West.
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B.
Prairie Oasis
Prairie Oasis is a nickname for the small rural community of Faith, South Dakota, highlighting its welcoming character and relative greenery amid the surrounding plains.
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C.
Meadow
Meadow is a central character in the animated film and TV special "Entergalactic," serving as the love interest and artistic counterpart to protagonist Jabari.
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D.
Badlands
Badlands is a 1973 American crime drama film directed by Terrence Malick, loosely based on a real-life killing spree and noted for its lyrical style and philosophical tone.
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E.
Badlands
Badlands is a rugged, heavily eroded landscape of steep slopes, gullies, and sparse vegetation, known for its striking rock formations and rich fossil beds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collaborative work
ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ novella ⓘ |
| author |
Joe Hill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephen King ⓘ |
| basedOn | original story idea by Stephen King and Joe Hill ⓘ |
| containsElement |
mysterious rock
ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ time distortion ⓘ |
| containsSupernaturalElements | yes ⓘ |
| containsViolence | yes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fictionalTimeFrame | contemporary period ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Vincenzo Natali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDistributor | Netflix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Esquire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | In the Tall Grass (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
digital
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublishedAs |
ebook
ⓘ
print edition ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Becky DeMuth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cal DeMuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motif |
disorientation in space
ⓘ
inescapable environment ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | collaboration between Stephen King and his son Joe Hill ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Siblings enter a field of tall grass after hearing a child cry for help and become trapped by a malevolent force. ⓘ |
| protagonistRelationship | siblings ⓘ |
| publicationFormat | magazine serialization ⓘ |
| publisher | Esquire magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | rural Kansas ⓘ |
| settingElement | field of tall grass ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
family bonds
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loss of control ⓘ malevolent landscape ⓘ |
| workChronologyForAuthor |
after Horns (for Joe Hill)
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later than 11/22/63 (for Stephen King) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: In the Tall Grass Description of subject: "In the Tall Grass" is a horror novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill about siblings who become trapped in a sinister field of tall grass after hearing a child's cries for help.
Referenced by (3)
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