missing boy Ray Brower
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Missing boy Ray Brower is the deceased child whose body four friends set out to find in Stephen King’s novella “The Body” and its film adaptation “Stand by Me.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| missing boy Ray Brower canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21243010 — 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: missing boy Ray Brower Context triple: [Vern Tessio, searchesFor, missing boy Ray Brower]
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A.
Bobby Ray
Bobby Ray was an American silent film comedian and actor known for his roles in early 20th-century slapstick comedies.
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B.
Brendan Dassey
Brendan Dassey is an American man whose controversial conviction for murder as a teenager, based largely on a disputed confession, gained international attention through the documentary series "Making a Murderer."
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C.
David Nicksay
David Nicksay is a film and television producer known for his work on projects such as the fantasy miniseries "The Mists of Avalon."
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D.
Steven Stayner
Steven Stayner was an American kidnapping victim who was abducted as a child in 1972, held for seven years, and later became known for escaping with another abducted boy, inspiring books and a television miniseries.
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E.
Adam Walsh
Adam Walsh was a six-year-old American boy whose 1981 abduction and murder led to major reforms in child protection laws and inspired his father John Walsh’s lifelong advocacy against crime.
- 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: missing boy Ray Brower Target entity description: Missing boy Ray Brower is the deceased child whose body four friends set out to find in Stephen King’s novella “The Body” and its film adaptation “Stand by Me.”
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A.
Bobby Ray
Bobby Ray was an American silent film comedian and actor known for his roles in early 20th-century slapstick comedies.
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B.
Brendan Dassey
Brendan Dassey is an American man whose controversial conviction for murder as a teenager, based largely on a disputed confession, gained international attention through the documentary series "Making a Murderer."
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C.
David Nicksay
David Nicksay is a film and television producer known for his work on projects such as the fantasy miniseries "The Mists of Avalon."
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D.
Steven Stayner
Steven Stayner was an American kidnapping victim who was abducted as a child in 1972, held for seven years, and later became known for escaping with another abducted boy, inspiring books and a television miniseries.
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E.
Adam Walsh
Adam Walsh was a six-year-old American boy whose 1981 abduction and murder led to major reforms in child protection laws and inspired his father John Walsh’s lifelong advocacy against crime.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.