Abraham’s Boys
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Abraham’s Boys is a horror short story by Joe Hill that reimagines the later life of Abraham Van Helsing and his sons, blending family drama with the lingering terror of his past battles with the supernatural.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abraham’s Boys canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8319378 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abraham’s Boys Context triple: [20th Century Ghosts, containsWork, Abraham’s Boys]
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A.
Call of Abraham
The Call of Abraham is the biblical event in which God summons Abram to leave his homeland, promising to make him the father of a great nation and a source of blessing for all peoples.
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B.
Hesher
Hesher is a 2010 dark comedy-drama film about a disruptive, anarchic drifter who upends the lives of a grieving family.
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C.
The World in His Arms
The World in His Arms is a 1952 adventure romance film starring Gregory Peck and Ann Blyth, set in the 19th century and centered on seafaring rivalry and love in the waters off Alaska and San Francisco.
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D.
The Brethren
The Brethren is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows three disgraced former judges running an extortion scam from inside a federal prison.
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E.
Children of Troubled Times
Children of Troubled Times is a 1935 Chinese patriotic film best known for introducing the song "March of the Volunteers," which later became the national anthem of the People's Republic of China.
- 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: Abraham’s Boys Target entity description: Abraham’s Boys is a horror short story by Joe Hill that reimagines the later life of Abraham Van Helsing and his sons, blending family drama with the lingering terror of his past battles with the supernatural.
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A.
Call of Abraham
The Call of Abraham is the biblical event in which God summons Abram to leave his homeland, promising to make him the father of a great nation and a source of blessing for all peoples.
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B.
Hesher
Hesher is a 2010 dark comedy-drama film about a disruptive, anarchic drifter who upends the lives of a grieving family.
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C.
The World in His Arms
The World in His Arms is a 1952 adventure romance film starring Gregory Peck and Ann Blyth, set in the 19th century and centered on seafaring rivalry and love in the waters off Alaska and San Francisco.
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D.
The Brethren
The Brethren is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows three disgraced former judges running an extortion scam from inside a federal prison.
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E.
Children of Troubled Times
Children of Troubled Times is a 1935 Chinese patriotic film best known for introducing the song "March of the Volunteers," which later became the national anthem of the People's Republic of China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Joe Hill ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Bram Stoker ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacterFrom | Dracula ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
clash between rational life and supernatural past
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tension between Van Helsing and his sons ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| featuresCharacter |
Maximilian Van Helsing
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Rudolph Van Helsing ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
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horror ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryUniverseConnection | Dracula mythos ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Abraham Van Helsing ⓘ |
| motif |
fear of the father
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secret past ⓘ vampire hunting ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | later life of Abraham Van Helsing ⓘ |
| protagonistFormerOccupation | vampire hunter ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | doctor ⓘ |
| setting |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
family drama
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intergenerational trauma ⓘ lingering effects of past violence ⓘ memory and repression ⓘ supernatural horror ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
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melancholic ⓘ |
| workType | standalone short story ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Abraham’s Boys Description of subject: Abraham’s Boys is a horror short story by Joe Hill that reimagines the later life of Abraham Van Helsing and his sons, blending family drama with the lingering terror of his past battles with the supernatural.
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