The Black Stain
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"The Black Stain" is a short story by Nnedi Okorafor that blends elements of fantasy and African folklore, featured in her speculative fiction collection *Kabu Kabu*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Black Stain canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22873673 — 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 Black Stain Context triple: [Kabu Kabu, containsShortStory, The Black Stain]
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A.
The Black Torment
The Black Torment is a 1964 British gothic horror film known for its atmospheric country-house setting, themes of madness and persecution, and Patricia Haines’s prominent role.
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B.
The Wretched
The Wretched is a 2019 American supernatural horror film about a teenage boy who discovers that a malevolent witch is preying on children in his small coastal town.
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C.
The Black Stuff
The Black Stuff is a British television play by Alan Bleasdale that introduced the characters and themes later expanded in the acclaimed series Boys from the Blackstuff, focusing on working-class life and unemployment in Liverpool.
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D.
The Black Veil
The Black Veil is a memoir by American author Rick Moody that blends personal history with literary and cultural reflections on shame, family, and mental illness.
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E.
Devil’s Due
Devil’s Due is a 2014 found-footage-style horror film about a newlywed woman’s mysterious and sinister pregnancy.
- 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 Black Stain Target entity description: "The Black Stain" is a short story by Nnedi Okorafor that blends elements of fantasy and African folklore, featured in her speculative fiction collection *Kabu Kabu*.
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A.
The Black Torment
The Black Torment is a 1964 British gothic horror film known for its atmospheric country-house setting, themes of madness and persecution, and Patricia Haines’s prominent role.
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B.
The Wretched
The Wretched is a 2019 American supernatural horror film about a teenage boy who discovers that a malevolent witch is preying on children in his small coastal town.
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C.
The Black Stuff
The Black Stuff is a British television play by Alan Bleasdale that introduced the characters and themes later expanded in the acclaimed series Boys from the Blackstuff, focusing on working-class life and unemployment in Liverpool.
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D.
The Black Veil
The Black Veil is a memoir by American author Rick Moody that blends personal history with literary and cultural reflections on shame, family, and mental illness.
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E.
Devil’s Due
Devil’s Due is a 2014 found-footage-style horror film about a newlywed woman’s mysterious and sinister pregnancy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.