The Amulet
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The Amulet is a 1979 Southern Gothic horror novel by Michael McDowell, known for its dark atmosphere and escalating series of gruesome, small-town tragedies.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Amulet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11491776 — 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 Amulet Context triple: [Michael McDowell, notableWork, The Amulet]
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A.
Amulet
"Amulet" is a song by Paul Simon from his 2011 album *So Beautiful or So What*, noted for its reflective, folk-influenced sound and lyrical depth.
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B.
Amulet
Amulet is a short novel by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño that follows the haunting, stream-of-consciousness monologue of a woman trapped in a university bathroom during the 1968 Mexican army massacre at Tlatelolco.
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Amulet
Amulet is a 2020 British psychological horror film directed by and starring Romola Garai, known for its unsettling atmosphere and feminist themes.
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The Talisman
The Talisman is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set during the Crusades, focusing on the interactions between Richard the Lionheart and Saladin.
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The Talisman
The Talisman is a seminal 1888 landscape painting by Paul Sérusier that helped inspire the Nabis movement and marked a turning point toward modernist abstraction in French art.
- 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 Amulet Target entity description: The Amulet is a 1979 Southern Gothic horror novel by Michael McDowell, known for its dark atmosphere and escalating series of gruesome, small-town tragedies.
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A.
Amulet
"Amulet" is a song by Paul Simon from his 2011 album *So Beautiful or So What*, noted for its reflective, folk-influenced sound and lyrical depth.
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B.
Amulet
Amulet is a short novel by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño that follows the haunting, stream-of-consciousness monologue of a woman trapped in a university bathroom during the 1968 Mexican army massacre at Tlatelolco.
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C.
Amulet
Amulet is a 2020 British psychological horror film directed by and starring Romola Garai, known for its unsettling atmosphere and feminist themes.
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D.
The Talisman
The Talisman is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set during the Crusades, focusing on the interactions between Richard the Lionheart and Saladin.
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E.
The Talisman
The Talisman is a seminal 1888 landscape painting by Paul Sérusier that helped inspire the Nabis movement and marked a turning point toward modernist abstraction in French art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern Gothic novel
ⓘ
horror novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Michael McDowell ⓘ |
| centralObject | amulet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depicts | American Deep South ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Dean Howell
ⓘ
Jo Howell ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtForm | paperback horror cover art ⓘ |
| hasMotiveForce | chain of gruesome accidents ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 300 pages ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Sarah Howell ⓘ |
| hasReception | cult following among horror readers ⓘ |
| hasStructure | linear narrative ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
cursed-object horror
ⓘ
small-town horror ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
domestic tension
ⓘ
escalating tragedy ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ revenge ⓘ small-town violence ⓘ supernatural curse ⓘ |
| hasTone |
bleak
ⓘ
grim ⓘ macabre ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Michael McDowell bibliography ⓘ |
| languageRegister | contemporary American English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | Gothic fiction ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark atmosphere
ⓘ
depiction of Southern small-town life ⓘ graphic violence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| periodOfAuthorCareer | early work of Michael McDowell ⓘ |
| plotDevice | cursed amulet ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| publisher | Avon Books ⓘ |
| setting | small town in Alabama ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Amulet Description of subject: The Amulet is a 1979 Southern Gothic horror novel by Michael McDowell, known for its dark atmosphere and escalating series of gruesome, small-town tragedies.
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