The Quorum
E1045148
The Quorum is a horror novel by British author Kim Newman that blends dark fantasy with satirical commentary on fame, fortune, and the supernatural.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Quorum canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13500555 — 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 Quorum Context triple: [Kim Newman, notableWork, The Quorum]
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A.
Third Chamber
The Third Chamber is one of the specialized judicial divisions of the Court of Cassation of Belgium, responsible for handling a specific subset of high-level appellate cases within the country’s supreme court system.
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B.
Among Those Present
"Among Those Present" is a 1921 silent comedy film starring Harold Lloyd, with Mildred Davis in a prominent role.
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C.
The Gathering
The Gathering is an episode of the science fiction television series "Torchwood: Miracle Day," featuring the character Oswald Danes as part of its ongoing storyline.
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D.
The Gathering
The Gathering is the English name of Surah Al-Hashr, a chapter of the Qur’an that discusses themes of exile, divine support, and the consequences faced by those who oppose God and His Messenger.
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E.
The Gathering
The Gathering is a 1977 American made-for-television drama film best known for its Christmas setting and emotional story of a dying father trying to reconcile with his estranged family.
- 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 Quorum Target entity description: The Quorum is a horror novel by British author Kim Newman that blends dark fantasy with satirical commentary on fame, fortune, and the supernatural.
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A.
Third Chamber
The Third Chamber is one of the specialized judicial divisions of the Court of Cassation of Belgium, responsible for handling a specific subset of high-level appellate cases within the country’s supreme court system.
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B.
Among Those Present
"Among Those Present" is a 1921 silent comedy film starring Harold Lloyd, with Mildred Davis in a prominent role.
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C.
The Gathering
The Gathering is an episode of the science fiction television series "Torchwood: Miracle Day," featuring the character Oswald Danes as part of its ongoing storyline.
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D.
The Gathering
The Gathering is the English name of Surah Al-Hashr, a chapter of the Qur’an that discusses themes of exile, divine support, and the consequences faced by those who oppose God and His Messenger.
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E.
The Gathering
The Gathering is a 1977 American made-for-television drama film best known for its Christmas setting and emotional story of a dying father trying to reconcile with his estranged family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dark fantasy novel
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horror novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Kim Newman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Kim Newman ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
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horror fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | supernatural version of modern society ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
bargains with supernatural forces
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celebrity culture ⓘ consequences of ambition ⓘ fame ⓘ fortune ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary horror ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
darkly comic
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satirical ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary Britain ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Kim Newman ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Quorum Description of subject: The Quorum is a horror novel by British author Kim Newman that blends dark fantasy with satirical commentary on fame, fortune, and the supernatural.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.