the touch (Stephen King)
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The Touch in Stephen King's works refers to a mysterious psychic or telepathic ability that allows certain characters to communicate mentally, sense others across distances, and sometimes influence events beyond normal human perception.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| the touch (Stephen King) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8318959 — 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 touch (Stephen King) Context triple: [the shining (psychic ability), relatedConcept, the touch (Stephen King)]
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A.
The Stand
The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror novel by Stephen King that follows survivors of a devastating plague as they become embroiled in an epic battle between good and evil.
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B.
Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King about a small town slowly overtaken by vampires.
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C.
The Tommyknockers
The Tommyknockers is a 1987 science fiction–horror novel by Stephen King about a small town transformed and corrupted after the discovery of a buried alien spacecraft.
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D.
The Fog
The Fog is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, centered on a coastal town haunted by vengeful ghosts who return shrouded in an eerie, glowing mist.
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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: the touch (Stephen King) Target entity description: The Touch in Stephen King's works refers to a mysterious psychic or telepathic ability that allows certain characters to communicate mentally, sense others across distances, and sometimes influence events beyond normal human perception.
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A.
The Stand
The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror novel by Stephen King that follows survivors of a devastating plague as they become embroiled in an epic battle between good and evil.
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B.
Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King about a small town slowly overtaken by vampires.
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C.
The Tommyknockers
The Tommyknockers is a 1987 science fiction–horror novel by Stephen King about a small town transformed and corrupted after the discovery of a buried alien spacecraft.
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D.
The Fog
The Fog is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, centered on a coastal town haunted by vengeful ghosts who return shrouded in an eerie, glowing mist.
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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 (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional psychic ability
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supernatural phenomenon in fiction ⓘ telepathic power ⓘ |
| appearsAs |
developing power over time
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innate talent ⓘ |
| associatedWith | the Shine ⓘ |
| canBePerceivedAs |
a blessing
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a curse ⓘ |
| canBeStrengthenedBy | strong emotional bonds ⓘ |
| canBeTriggeredBy |
near-death experiences
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trauma ⓘ |
| communicationMode | nonverbal mental contact ⓘ |
| creator | Stephen King ⓘ |
| effectOnUser |
emotional overload
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mental strain ⓘ physical exhaustion ⓘ |
| hasAbility |
clairvoyant sensing
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empathic perception ⓘ heightened intuition ⓘ mental influence ⓘ precognitive visions ⓘ remote viewing ⓘ telepathic communication ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
connects characters across different worlds or realities
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enables long-distance communication between characters ⓘ links multiple Stephen King stories ⓘ serves as a sign of special destiny ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Stephen King multiverse
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ka-tet ⓘ |
| scope |
can cross large physical distances
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can sometimes cross dimensions ⓘ |
| typicalUser |
psychically gifted adult characters
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psychically gifted child characters ⓘ |
| universe |
Stephen King shared universe
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linked to:
Stephen King multiverse
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| usedInWork |
Bag of Bones
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Black House ⓘ Carrie ⓘ Doctor Sleep ⓘ Dreamcatcher ⓘ Hearts in Atlantis ⓘ Insomnia ⓘ It ⓘ The Dark Tower series ⓘ The Dead Zone ⓘ The Green Mile ⓘ The Shining ⓘ The Stand ⓘ The Talisman ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: the touch (Stephen King) Description of subject: The Touch in Stephen King's works refers to a mysterious psychic or telepathic ability that allows certain characters to communicate mentally, sense others across distances, and sometimes influence events beyond normal human perception.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.