Fear
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"Fear" is a 1940 psychological horror novella by L. Ron Hubbard that follows a professor’s descent into paranoia and madness after losing four hours of his memory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fear canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8505785 — 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: Fear Context triple: [L. Ron Hubbard, authorOf, Fear]
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A.
Fear
Fear is a nervous, cautious emotion character in Pixar's animated film "Inside Out," responsible for keeping Riley safe by anticipating potential dangers.
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B.
Fear
"Fear" is a song by American rock band Blue October, known for its introspective lyrics and emotional exploration of anxiety and overcoming inner struggles.
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C.
Fearing
Fearing is a given name most notably associated with Rufus Fearing Dawes, an American Civil War officer and politician.
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D.
Fear Factor
Fear Factor is a reality television game show in which contestants compete in extreme and often fear-inducing stunts for cash prizes.
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E.
Dread
Dread is a British science fiction horror film known for its psychological intensity and adaptation of a Clive Barker short story.
- 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: Fear Target entity description: "Fear" is a 1940 psychological horror novella by L. Ron Hubbard that follows a professor’s descent into paranoia and madness after losing four hours of his memory.
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A.
Fear
Fear is a nervous, cautious emotion character in Pixar's animated film "Inside Out," responsible for keeping Riley safe by anticipating potential dangers.
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B.
Fear
"Fear" is a song by American rock band Blue October, known for its introspective lyrics and emotional exploration of anxiety and overcoming inner struggles.
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C.
Fearing
Fearing is a given name most notably associated with Rufus Fearing Dawes, an American Civil War officer and politician.
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D.
Fear Factor
Fear Factor is a reality television game show in which contestants compete in extreme and often fear-inducing stunts for cash prizes.
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E.
Dread
Dread is a British science fiction horror film known for its psychological intensity and adaptation of a Clive Barker short story.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novella
ⓘ
psychological horror work ⓘ |
| author | L. Ron Hubbard ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
madness
ⓘ
memory loss ⓘ paranoia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPublicationMedium | pulp magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
psychological suspense
ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
hallucinations
ⓘ
loss of identity ⓘ urban legends and folklore ⓘ |
| influencedBy | pulp horror tradition ⓘ |
| involvesSupernaturalElements | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryReputation | considered one of L. Ron Hubbard's best early horror works ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | James Lowry ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | intense depiction of psychological disintegration ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A professor descends into paranoia and madness after losing four hours of his memory. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | professor of ethnology ⓘ |
| setting | a small American college town ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timeSpanLostByProtagonist | four hours ⓘ |
| title | Fear ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | L. Ron Hubbard ⓘ |
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: Fear Description of subject: "Fear" is a 1940 psychological horror novella by L. Ron Hubbard that follows a professor’s descent into paranoia and madness after losing four hours of his memory.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.