Autopsy Room Four
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Autopsy Room Four is a television episode adapted from a Stephen King short story, centering on a man mistakenly believed to be dead and facing autopsy while fully conscious.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Autopsy Room Four canonical | 2 |
| Autopsy Room Four (television adaptation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13238464 — 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: Autopsy Room Four Context triple: [Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, hasEpisode, Autopsy Room Four]
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A.
Autopsy
Autopsy is a digital forensics platform that provides a graphical interface for analyzing disk images and file systems, commonly used in conjunction with The Sleuth Kit.
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B.
The Kill Room
The Kill Room is a 2023 dark comedy crime thriller film that reunites Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson in a story blending contract killing with the contemporary art world.
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C.
The Body Farm
The Body Farm is a British crime drama television series that follows a team of forensic scientists as they investigate complex and often gruesome deaths using cutting-edge forensic techniques.
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D.
The Body Farm
The Body Farm is a crime novel by Patricia Cornwell featuring forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta as she investigates a disturbing murder linked to a real-life forensic anthropology research facility.
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E.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a 2016 supernatural horror film that follows a father-son coroner team uncovering terrifying secrets while examining the mysterious body of an unidentified woman.
- 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: Autopsy Room Four Target entity description: Autopsy Room Four is a television episode adapted from a Stephen King short story, centering on a man mistakenly believed to be dead and facing autopsy while fully conscious.
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A.
Autopsy
Autopsy is a digital forensics platform that provides a graphical interface for analyzing disk images and file systems, commonly used in conjunction with The Sleuth Kit.
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B.
The Kill Room
The Kill Room is a 2023 dark comedy crime thriller film that reunites Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson in a story blending contract killing with the contemporary art world.
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C.
The Body Farm
The Body Farm is a British crime drama television series that follows a team of forensic scientists as they investigate complex and often gruesome deaths using cutting-edge forensic techniques.
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D.
The Body Farm
The Body Farm is a crime novel by Patricia Cornwell featuring forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta as she investigates a disturbing murder linked to a real-life forensic anthropology research facility.
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E.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a 2016 supernatural horror film that follows a father-son coroner team uncovering terrifying secrets while examining the mysterious body of an unidentified woman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television episode ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Autopsy Room Four (short story) ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceMaterial | Stephen King ⓘ |
| basedOn | Autopsy Room Four ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Stephen King ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkType | short story ⓘ |
| centralPlotElement |
imminent autopsy on a living person
ⓘ
man mistakenly believed to be dead ⓘ |
| containsElement |
black humor
ⓘ
suspense ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fictionalStatus | work of fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
ⓘ
horror ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Howard Cottrell ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | apparent corpse as narrator ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| protagonistStatus | paralyzed but conscious ⓘ |
| setting | hospital autopsy room ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialCollection | Everything's Eventual ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialPublicationType | short story collection ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
medical procedures
ⓘ
misdiagnosis of death ⓘ |
| theme |
consciousness and paralysis
ⓘ
fear of premature autopsy ⓘ medical error ⓘ |
| tone |
claustrophobic
ⓘ
ironic ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Autopsy Room Four Description of subject: Autopsy Room Four is a television episode adapted from a Stephen King short story, centering on a man mistakenly believed to be dead and facing autopsy while fully conscious.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Autopsy Room Four