The Grownup
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The Grownup is a darkly comic psychological thriller novella by Gillian Flynn that blends ghost-story elements with an unreliable narrator and twisty suspense.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Grownup canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13549962 — 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 Grownup Context triple: [Gillian Flynn, wrote, The Grownup]
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الدهناء
الدهناء هي صحراء رملية طويلة وضيقة في وسط شبه الجزيرة العربية تُعد من أبرز الصحارى السعودية التي تربط بين صحراء النفود الكبير والربع الخالي.
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The Nance
The Nance is a Broadway play by Douglas Carter Beane that explores the life and struggles of a gay burlesque performer in 1930s New York.
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The Happy Family
"The Happy Family" is a 1952 British comedy film starring Stanley Holloway as a shopkeeper who leads a spirited neighborhood resistance against the construction of a new railway station.
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Grandmama
Grandmama is the eccentric, witch-like matriarch of the Addams family, known for her dark humor, odd potions, and macabre charm.
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Mother and Son
Mother and Son is a 1997 Russian art-house drama film by director Alexander Sokurov, renowned for its meditative exploration of love, death, and memory through painterly visuals and minimal dialogue.
- 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 Grownup Target entity description: The Grownup is a darkly comic psychological thriller novella by Gillian Flynn that blends ghost-story elements with an unreliable narrator and twisty suspense.
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A.
الدهناء
الدهناء هي صحراء رملية طويلة وضيقة في وسط شبه الجزيرة العربية تُعد من أبرز الصحارى السعودية التي تربط بين صحراء النفود الكبير والربع الخالي.
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B.
The Nance
The Nance is a Broadway play by Douglas Carter Beane that explores the life and struggles of a gay burlesque performer in 1930s New York.
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C.
The Happy Family
"The Happy Family" is a 1952 British comedy film starring Stanley Holloway as a shopkeeper who leads a spirited neighborhood resistance against the construction of a new railway station.
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D.
Grandmama
Grandmama is the eccentric, witch-like matriarch of the Addams family, known for her dark humor, odd potions, and macabre charm.
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E.
Mother and Son
Mother and Son is a 1997 Russian art-house drama film by director Alexander Sokurov, renowned for its meditative exploration of love, death, and memory through painterly visuals and minimal dialogue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ghost story
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novella ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ |
| author | Gillian Flynn ⓘ |
| award |
Edgar Award for Best Short Story
ⓘ
linked to:
Edgar Award
|
| awardYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| basedOn | What Do You Do? ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
dark comedy
ⓘ
ghost story ⓘ horror fiction ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasTone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| hasTwistEnding | true ⓘ |
| hasUnreliableNarrator | true ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 0804188976 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9780804188975 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | adult fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation |
scam psychic
ⓘ
sex worker ⓘ |
| marketedAs | novella ⓘ |
| narrativeFeature |
first-person narration
ⓘ
plot twist ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| originalPublicationContext | Rogues anthology ⓘ |
| originalPublicationEditor |
Gardner Dozois
ⓘ
George R. R. Martin ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| originalTitle | What Do You Do? ⓘ |
| pageCount | 64 ⓘ |
| publicationType | standalone edition ⓘ |
| publisher |
Crown Publishing Group
ⓘ
linked to:
Crown Publishers
|
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Dark Places
ⓘ
Gone Girl ⓘ Sharp Objects ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary United States ⓘ |
| standalonePublicationYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| theme |
ambiguity of the supernatural
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deception ⓘ family dysfunction ⓘ identity ⓘ manipulation ⓘ |
| workByAuthor | Gillian Flynn ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Grownup Description of subject: The Grownup is a darkly comic psychological thriller novella by Gillian Flynn that blends ghost-story elements with an unreliable narrator and twisty suspense.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.