The Beast with Five Fingers
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The Beast with Five Fingers is a classic early 20th-century horror short story, famed for its eerie tale of a disembodied hand that continues to move and terrorize the living.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Beast with Five Fingers canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9501997 — 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)
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Target entity: The Beast with Five Fingers Context triple: [W. F. Harvey, notableWork, The Beast with Five Fingers]
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A.
The Beast with Five Fingers
The Beast with Five Fingers is a 1946 atmospheric horror film in which Peter Lorre stars in a macabre tale about a disembodied hand terrorizing a secluded Italian mansion.
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B.
The Leopard Man
The Leopard Man is a 1943 atmospheric horror film noted for its psychological tension and innovative use of off-screen terror.
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C.
The Black Thing
The Black Thing is a malevolent cosmic force embodying darkness and evil that threatens the universe in Madeleine L’Engle’s novel *A Wrinkle in Time*.
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D.
The Beast of Yucca Flats
The Beast of Yucca Flats is a 1961 low-budget American horror film notorious for its minimal dialogue, disjointed narrative, and reputation as one of the worst movies ever made.
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E.
The Giant Claw
The Giant Claw is a 1957 American science fiction monster film about a gigantic bird-like creature terrorizing the Earth.
- 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 Beast with Five Fingers Target entity description: The Beast with Five Fingers is a classic early 20th-century horror short story, famed for its eerie tale of a disembodied hand that continues to move and terrorize the living.
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A.
The Beast with Five Fingers
The Beast with Five Fingers is a 1946 atmospheric horror film in which Peter Lorre stars in a macabre tale about a disembodied hand terrorizing a secluded Italian mansion.
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B.
The Leopard Man
The Leopard Man is a 1943 atmospheric horror film noted for its psychological tension and innovative use of off-screen terror.
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C.
The Black Thing
The Black Thing is a malevolent cosmic force embodying darkness and evil that threatens the universe in Madeleine L’Engle’s novel *A Wrinkle in Time*.
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D.
The Beast of Yucca Flats
The Beast of Yucca Flats is a 1961 low-budget American horror film notorious for its minimal dialogue, disjointed narrative, and reputation as one of the worst movies ever made.
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E.
The Giant Claw
The Giant Claw is a 1957 American science fiction monster film about a gigantic bird-like creature terrorizing the Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction work
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short story ⓘ supernatural horror story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Beast with Five Fingers (1946 film)
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linked to:
The Beast with Five Fingers
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| author | W. F. Harvey ⓘ |
| authorName | William Fryer Harvey ⓘ |
| circulation | widely anthologized horror story ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | classic of early 20th-century horror fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
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supernatural fiction ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasMainAntagonist | disembodied hand ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter |
the beast with five fingers (the animated hand)
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linked to:
The Beast with Five Fingers
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| influenced | later film and television stories about killer hands ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 20th-century horror ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of a disembodied hand that moves independently
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influence on later disembodied-hand horror tales ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationForm | short story collection contribution ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Italy ⓘ |
| themes |
body horror
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fear of the uncanny ⓘ madness ⓘ supernatural vengeance ⓘ |
| tone |
eerie
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macabre ⓘ |
| workType | standalone short story ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Beast with Five Fingers Description of subject: The Beast with Five Fingers is a classic early 20th-century horror short story, famed for its eerie tale of a disembodied hand that continues to move and terrorize the living.
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subject linked to:
Fryer