Dick Morrison

E721776

fictional character literary character

Dick Morrison is the troubled main character of Stephen King’s short story "Quitters, Inc.," whose desperate attempt to stop smoking entangles him with a sinister behavior-modification company.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Dick Morrison canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8244079 — 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: Dick Morrison
Context triple: [Quitters, Inc., protagonist, Dick Morrison]

A. Bob Morrison
Bob Morrison is an American country music songwriter best known for penning hits such as Kenny Rogers’ “You Decorated My Life.”
B. Kirk Morrison
Kirk Morrison is a former American football linebacker who played in the NFL, most notably for the Oakland Raiders.
C. Brian Morris
Brian Morris is an American jurist who serves as the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana and is known for his federal judicial service in that state.
D. Greg Morris
Greg Morris was an American actor best known for his role as electronics expert Barney Collier on the television series "Mission: Impossible."
E. Ed Morrison
Ed Morrison is an English rugby union referee best known for officiating major international matches, including the 1995 Rugby World Cup final.
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: Dick Morrison
Target entity description: Dick Morrison is the troubled main character of Stephen King’s short story "Quitters, Inc.," whose desperate attempt to stop smoking entangles him with a sinister behavior-modification company.

A. Bob Morrison
Bob Morrison is an American country music songwriter best known for penning hits such as Kenny Rogers’ “You Decorated My Life.”
B. Kirk Morrison
Kirk Morrison is a former American football linebacker who played in the NFL, most notably for the Oakland Raiders.
C. Brian Morris
Brian Morris is an American jurist who serves as the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana and is known for his federal judicial service in that state.
D. Greg Morris
Greg Morris was an American actor best known for his role as electronics expert Barney Collier on the television series "Mission: Impossible."
E. Ed Morrison
Ed Morrison is an English rugby union referee best known for officiating major international matches, including the 1995 Rugby World Cup final.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
appearsIn	Quitters, Inc. ⓘ
appearsInCollectionBy	Stephen King ⓘ
appearsInMedium	short story ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	addiction ⓘ coercion ⓘ family endangerment ⓘ surveillance ⓘ
characterTrait	addictive personality ⓘ anxious ⓘ guilty ⓘ
creator	Stephen King ⓘ
employsServiceOf	Quitters, Inc. company ⓘ linked to: Quitters, Inc.
fears	harm to his family ⓘ
firstAppearance	Quitters, Inc. ⓘ
firstPublicationIn	Night Shift ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	1978 ⓘ
genre	horror fiction ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ
hasAddiction	cigarette smoking ⓘ
hasChild	Alison Morrison ⓘ
hasSpouse	Cindy Morrison ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
motivatedBy	desire to quit smoking ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
occupation	advertising executive ⓘ
settingOfStory	New York metropolitan area ⓘ
storyRole	protagonist ⓘ
subjectOf	a behavior-modification experiment ⓘ
threatenedBy	Quitters, Inc. ⓘ
undergoes	forced smoking-cessation program ⓘ