The Small Dark Man
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The Small Dark Man is a popular romantic adventure novel by Irish author Maurice Walsh, set in rural Ireland and known for its lively characters and dramatic storytelling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Small Dark Man canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17801202 — 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 Small Dark Man Context triple: [Maurice Walsh, notableWork, The Small Dark Man]
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A.
The Dark Man
The Dark Man is a mysterious, malevolent figure who appears as a recurring antagonist in Stephen King’s interconnected universe, most notably in "The Stand" and "The Dark Tower" series.
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B.
Man in the Dark
Man in the Dark is a 2008 metafictional novel by Paul Auster that intertwines political dystopia with a grieving critic’s nighttime imaginings about war, loss, and alternate realities.
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C.
The Tall Man
The Tall Man is a 2012 mystery-horror film about a small-town legend surrounding a mysterious figure blamed for the disappearance of children.
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D.
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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E.
The Glimmer Man
The Glimmer Man is a 1996 action thriller film starring Steven Seagal as a former government assassin drawn into a serial killer investigation in Los Angeles.
- 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 Small Dark Man Target entity description: The Small Dark Man is a popular romantic adventure novel by Irish author Maurice Walsh, set in rural Ireland and known for its lively characters and dramatic storytelling.
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A.
The Dark Man
The Dark Man is a mysterious, malevolent figure who appears as a recurring antagonist in Stephen King’s interconnected universe, most notably in "The Stand" and "The Dark Tower" series.
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B.
Man in the Dark
Man in the Dark is a 2008 metafictional novel by Paul Auster that intertwines political dystopia with a grieving critic’s nighttime imaginings about war, loss, and alternate realities.
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C.
The Tall Man
The Tall Man is a 2012 mystery-horror film about a small-town legend surrounding a mysterious figure blamed for the disappearance of children.
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D.
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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E.
The Glimmer Man
The Glimmer Man is a 1996 action thriller film starring Steven Seagal as a former government assassin drawn into a serial killer investigation in Los Angeles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.