One for the Road
E192811
"One for the Road" is a horror short story by Stephen King, often noted as a companion piece to his novel "’Salem’s Lot," involving a terrifying encounter with vampires during a snowstorm in rural Maine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| One for the Road canonical | 3 |
| "One for the Road" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1714739 — 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: One for the Road Context triple: [Night Shift, hasShortStory, One for the Road]
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A.
Two for the Road
Two for the Road is a 1967 British romantic dramedy film that follows a couple’s evolving relationship over 12 years, noted for its non-linear narrative and one of Audrey Hepburn’s most acclaimed later performances.
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B.
The Open Road
"The Open Road" is a chapter in Kenneth Grahame's classic children's novel *The Wind in the Willows*, depicting the characters' adventures and sense of freedom while traveling.
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C.
Sunrise Road
Sunrise Road is a scenic mountain roadway in Mount Rainier National Park that climbs to the Sunrise area, one of the park’s highest and most popular viewpoints.
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D.
I Am the Highway
"I Am the Highway" is a reflective, mid-tempo rock ballad by Audioslave known for its introspective lyrics and Chris Cornell's powerful vocal performance.
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E.
Miles of Aisles
Miles of Aisles is a live double album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, capturing concert performances from her 1974 tour with the L.A. Express.
- 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: One for the Road Target entity description: "One for the Road" is a horror short story by Stephen King, often noted as a companion piece to his novel "’Salem’s Lot," involving a terrifying encounter with vampires during a snowstorm in rural Maine.
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A.
Two for the Road
Two for the Road is a 1967 British romantic dramedy film that follows a couple’s evolving relationship over 12 years, noted for its non-linear narrative and one of Audrey Hepburn’s most acclaimed later performances.
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B.
The Open Road
"The Open Road" is a chapter in Kenneth Grahame's classic children's novel *The Wind in the Willows*, depicting the characters' adventures and sense of freedom while traveling.
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C.
Sunrise Road
Sunrise Road is a scenic mountain roadway in Mount Rainier National Park that climbs to the Sunrise area, one of the park’s highest and most popular viewpoints.
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D.
I Am the Highway
"I Am the Highway" is a reflective, mid-tempo rock ballad by Audioslave known for its introspective lyrics and Chris Cornell's powerful vocal performance.
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E.
Miles of Aisles
Miles of Aisles is a live double album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, capturing concert performances from her 1974 tour with the L.A. Express.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| centralConflict | rescue attempt during a blizzard in vampire-infested area ⓘ |
| companionTo |
’Salem’s Lot
ⓘ
linked to:
Salem's Lot
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresElement |
snowstorm
ⓘ
vampires ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
vampire fiction ⓘ |
| hasConnectionToFictionalLocation |
Jerusalem’s Lot
ⓘ
linked to:
Jerusalem's Lot
|
| hasProtagonistGroup | local men in a rural bar ⓘ |
| hasSetting | near the town of Jerusalem’s Lot ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Night Shift ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | suspense-driven horror prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | expanding the mythology of ’Salem’s Lot ⓘ |
| originalPublication | Maine ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse |
’Salem’s Lot universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Salem's Lot
|
| publisherOfCollection | Doubleday ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
’Salem’s Lot
ⓘ
linked to:
Salem's Lot
|
| setIn |
Maine
ⓘ
rural Maine ⓘ |
| theme |
isolation
ⓘ
small-town terror ⓘ supernatural horror ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
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: One for the Road Description of subject: "One for the Road" is a horror short story by Stephen King, often noted as a companion piece to his novel "’Salem’s Lot," involving a terrifying encounter with vampires during a snowstorm in rural Maine.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: One for the Road