short story "Needle in the Heart" by Richard Matheson
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"Needle in the Heart" is a horror short story by Richard Matheson that served as the basis for one of the segments in the anthology film Trilogy of Terror.
All labels observed (1)
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| short story "Needle in the Heart" by Richard Matheson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9913224 — 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)
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Target entity: short story "Needle in the Heart" by Richard Matheson Context triple: [Trilogy of Terror, basedOn, short story "Needle in the Heart" by Richard Matheson]
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A.
short story "The Sentinel"
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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B.
Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole"
Elmore Leonard’s short story "Fire in the Hole" is a crime tale featuring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens that served as the primary inspiration for the television series "Justified."
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short story "The Man Who Hated People"
"The Man Who Hated People" is a short story, likely in the crime or mystery genre, that explores the psychology and motives of a misanthropic central character.
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D.
short story "The Grave" by Montgomery Pittman
"The Grave" is a short story by Montgomery Pittman, best known as the basis for his Twilight Zone episode of the same name.
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E.
Ray Bradbury's earlier short story "Black Ferris"
"Black Ferris" is an early Ray Bradbury short story that introduces the sinister carnival imagery and themes of temptation and lost youth that he later expanded into his novel *Something Wicked This Way Comes*.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: short story "Needle in the Heart" by Richard Matheson Target entity description: "Needle in the Heart" is a horror short story by Richard Matheson that served as the basis for one of the segments in the anthology film Trilogy of Terror.
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A.
short story "The Sentinel"
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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B.
Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole"
Elmore Leonard’s short story "Fire in the Hole" is a crime tale featuring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens that served as the primary inspiration for the television series "Justified."
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C.
short story "The Man Who Hated People"
"The Man Who Hated People" is a short story, likely in the crime or mystery genre, that explores the psychology and motives of a misanthropic central character.
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D.
short story "The Grave" by Montgomery Pittman
"The Grave" is a short story by Montgomery Pittman, best known as the basis for his Twilight Zone episode of the same name.
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E.
Ray Bradbury's earlier short story "Black Ferris"
"Black Ferris" is an early Ray Bradbury short story that introduces the sinister carnival imagery and themes of temptation and lost youth that he later expanded into his novel *Something Wicked This Way Comes*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
horror fiction work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film segment ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | segment in film Trilogy of Terror ⓘ |
| author | Richard Matheson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Richard Matheson ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Richard Matheson works ⓘ |
| genre | horror ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasForm | short prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
psychological fear
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supernatural horror ⓘ terror ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Needle in the Heart ⓘ |
| hasType | fictional narrative ⓘ |
| influencedWork | Trilogy of Terror ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | short horror story ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American horror fiction ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor | being basis for a segment of Trilogy of Terror ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | source material for Trilogy of Terror ⓘ |
| workOf | Richard Matheson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: short story "Needle in the Heart" by Richard Matheson Description of subject: "Needle in the Heart" is a horror short story by Richard Matheson that served as the basis for one of the segments in the anthology film Trilogy of Terror.
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