Lullaby
E1042178
Lullaby is a darkly comic horror novel by Chuck Palahniuk that follows a journalist who discovers a deadly "culling song" capable of killing anyone who hears it.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lullaby canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13469365 — 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: Lullaby Context triple: [Chuck Palahniuk, notableWork, Lullaby]
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A.
Lullaby
"Lullaby" is a song by Mariah Carey from her 2002 studio album "Charmbracelet."
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B.
Lullaby
"Lullaby" is a celebrated love poem by W. H. Auden that tenderly reflects on the transience of beauty and the enduring nature of love.
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C.
Lullaby
"Lullaby" is a gentle, melodic song featured on Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson’s collaborative album *Orange Crate Art*.
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D.
My Lullaby
"My Lullaby" is a dark, villain-led song from Disney's The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride, sung by Zira as she plots revenge against Simba.
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E.
Goodbye Lullaby
Goodbye Lullaby is Avril Lavigne’s introspective pop-rock studio album known for its more acoustic, emotional sound and themes of heartbreak and personal growth.
- 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: Lullaby Target entity description: Lullaby is a darkly comic horror novel by Chuck Palahniuk that follows a journalist who discovers a deadly "culling song" capable of killing anyone who hears it.
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A.
Lullaby
"Lullaby" is a celebrated love poem by W. H. Auden that tenderly reflects on the transience of beauty and the enduring nature of love.
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B.
Lullaby
"Lullaby" is a gentle, melodic song featured on Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson’s collaborative album *Orange Crate Art*.
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C.
Lullaby
"Lullaby" is a song by Mariah Carey from her 2002 studio album "Charmbracelet."
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D.
My Lullaby
"My Lullaby" is a dark, villain-led song from Disney's The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride, sung by Zira as she plots revenge against Simba.
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E.
Goodbye Lullaby
Goodbye Lullaby is Avril Lavigne’s introspective pop-rock studio album known for its more acoustic, emotional sound and themes of heartbreak and personal growth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dark comedy novel
ⓘ
horror novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Chuck Palahniuk ⓘ |
| centralMotif | deadly lullaby ⓘ |
| containsElement |
occult practices
ⓘ
road trip ⓘ supernatural curse ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| followedBy | Diary ⓘ |
| follows | Choke ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationStatus | film adaptation in development (various attempts) ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
death by sound
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repetition of phrases ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780385504470 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
minimalist prose
ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Carl Streator
ⓘ
Helen Hoover Boyle ⓘ Mona Sabbat ⓘ Oyster ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
darkly comic tone
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use of a lethal nursery rhyme as a plot device ⓘ |
| pageCount | 260 (approximate, first edition) ⓘ |
| partOf | Chuck Palahniuk bibliography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A journalist discovers an African "culling song" that can kill anyone who hears or is thought about while the song is recited. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | journalist ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2002 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| theme |
grief and loss
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media sensationalism ⓘ power of words ⓘ responsibility for power ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lullaby Description of subject: Lullaby is a darkly comic horror novel by Chuck Palahniuk that follows a journalist who discovers a deadly "culling song" capable of killing anyone who hears it.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.