I Know What You Need
E192807
"I Know What You Need" is a psychological horror short story by Stephen King about a college student who discovers the dark, supernatural source of her seemingly perfect boyfriend’s ability to anticipate her desires.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Know What You Need canonical | 4 |
| I Know What You Need (short story) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1714735 — 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: I Know What You Need Context triple: [Night Shift, hasShortStory, I Know What You Need]
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A.
I Want You to Know
"I Want You to Know" is a 2015 EDM-pop single by Zedd featuring Selena Gomez that became a commercial hit for its catchy, danceable production and emotive vocals.
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B.
I Need You
"I Need You" is a song featured on the album "As I Am," likely contributing to the record's emotional and musical themes.
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C.
You Need Me
"You Need Me" is a song by Mariah Carey from her self-titled debut album, showcasing her early pop and R&B style and vocal prowess.
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D.
I Know Better
"I Know Better" is a song featured on the album "Darkness and Light."
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E.
Lord I Need You
"Lord I Need You" is a gospel-influenced hip-hop song by Kanye West, notable for its emotional reflection on faith and relationships.
- 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: I Know What You Need Target entity description: "I Know What You Need" is a psychological horror short story by Stephen King about a college student who discovers the dark, supernatural source of her seemingly perfect boyfriend’s ability to anticipate her desires.
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A.
I Want You to Know
"I Want You to Know" is a 2015 EDM-pop single by Zedd featuring Selena Gomez that became a commercial hit for its catchy, danceable production and emotive vocals.
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B.
I Need You
"I Need You" is a song featured on the album "As I Am," likely contributing to the record's emotional and musical themes.
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C.
You Need Me
"You Need Me" is a song by Mariah Carey from her self-titled debut album, showcasing her early pop and R&B style and vocal prowess.
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D.
I Know Better
"I Know Better" is a song featured on the album "Darkness and Light."
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E.
Lord I Need You
"Lord I Need You" is a gospel-influenced hip-hop song by Kanye West, notable for its emotional reflection on faith and relationships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction
ⓘ
psychological horror story ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| antagonist | Ed Hamner Jr. ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| conflictType | person vs. supernatural ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasMoralIssue |
emotional manipulation
ⓘ
violation of consent ⓘ |
| hasSupernaturalElement | precognition ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | American short story ⓘ |
| literaryForm | short fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ed Hamner Jr.
ⓘ
Elizabeth Rogan ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A college student discovers that her boyfriend’s uncanny ability to anticipate her desires comes from a dark supernatural source. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Elizabeth Rogan ⓘ |
| setting | college campus ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
control
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loss of free will ⓘ manipulation ⓘ obsession ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ supernatural powers ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
ⓘ
suspenseful ⓘ |
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: I Know What You Need Description of subject: "I Know What You Need" is a psychological horror short story by Stephen King about a college student who discovers the dark, supernatural source of her seemingly perfect boyfriend’s ability to anticipate her desires.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: I Know What You Need