It (novel)
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It (novel) is a 1986 horror book by Stephen King about a shape-shifting entity that terrorizes children in the town of Derry, Maine.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| It (novel) canonical | 17 |
| It (1986 novel) | 7 |
| "It" (mentioned) | 1 |
| It (creature) | 1 |
| It (novel by Stephen King) | 1 |
| It (novel, 1986) | 1 |
| Stephen King’s It (novel) | 1 |
| Stephen King’s novel It | 1 |
| novel "It" | 1 |
| novel "It" (1986) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1715000 — 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: It (novel) Context triple: [It (2017 film), basedOn, It (novel)]
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A.
It (2017 film)
It (2017 film) is a 2017 supernatural horror movie directed by Andy Muschietti, based on Stephen King’s novel about a group of children terrorized by a shape-shifting entity often appearing as a demonic clown named Pennywise.
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B.
It (1990 miniseries)
It (1990 miniseries) is a television horror miniseries based on Stephen King’s novel, following a group of friends who confront a shape-shifting evil entity terrorizing their town across two time periods.
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C.
The Body
"The Body" is a coming-of-age novella by Stephen King, best known as the basis for the 1986 film "Stand by Me."
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D.
Misery
Misery is a psychological horror novel by Stephen King about a famous author held captive by his deranged “number one fan.”
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E.
Misery
Misery is the first major section of the Heidelberg Catechism, focusing on humanity’s sinfulness and need for redemption.
- 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: It (novel) Target entity description: It (novel) is a 1986 horror book by Stephen King about a shape-shifting entity that terrorizes children in the town of Derry, Maine.
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A.
It (2017 film)
It (2017 film) is a 2017 supernatural horror movie directed by Andy Muschietti, based on Stephen King’s novel about a group of children terrorized by a shape-shifting entity often appearing as a demonic clown named Pennywise.
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B.
It (1990 miniseries)
It (1990 miniseries) is a television horror miniseries based on Stephen King’s novel, following a group of friends who confront a shape-shifting evil entity terrorizing their town across two time periods.
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C.
The Body
"The Body" is a coming-of-age novella by Stephen King, best known as the basis for the 1986 film "Stand by Me."
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D.
Misery
Misery is a psychological horror novel by Stephen King about a famous author held captive by his deranged “number one fan.”
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E.
Misery
Misery is the first major section of the Heidelberg Catechism, focusing on humanity’s sinfulness and need for redemption.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American novel
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horror novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
It (1990 miniseries)
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It (2017 film) ⓘ It Chapter Two (2019 film) ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| centralAntagonist | It (entity) ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
childhood trauma
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coming of age ⓘ fear ⓘ friendship ⓘ memory ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| coverArtist | Bob Giusti ⓘ |
| featuresGroup |
The Losers' Club
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linked to:
Losers' Club (It film series)
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| followedBy | The Tommyknockers ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
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horror fiction ⓘ |
| hasAwardNomination |
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
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linked to:
World Fantasy Award
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| hasForm |
hardcover edition
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paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-670-81302-5 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Ben Hanscom
ⓘ
Beverly Marsh ⓘ Bill Denbrough ⓘ Eddie Kaspbrak ⓘ Mike Hanlon ⓘ Pennywise the Dancing Clown ⓘ Richie Tozier ⓘ Stan Uris ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
cosmic horror
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shape-shifting monster ⓘ small-town evil ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure |
alternating childhood and adulthood timelines
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nonlinear timeline ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of a shape-shifting entity that preys on children
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influence on modern horror fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 1100 pages ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King bibliography ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Eyes of the Dragon ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1986 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Viking Press
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linked to:
The Viking Press
|
| setIn |
Derry, Maine
NERFINISHED
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Maine ⓘ |
| takesPlaceInPeriod |
1950s
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1980s ⓘ |
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: It (novel) Description of subject: It (novel) is a 1986 horror book by Stephen King about a shape-shifting entity that terrorizes children in the town of Derry, Maine.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: It (novel)
subject linked to:
It Chapter Two (2019 film)
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It Chapter Two (2019 film)
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subject linked to:
Andy Muschietti
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Jason Ballantine
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shape-shifting entity It
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shape-shifting entity It
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