The Man Who Loved Flowers
E192810
"The Man Who Loved Flowers" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a seemingly romantic young man whose love of flowers masks a far darker obsession.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Man Who Loved Flowers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1714738 — 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 Man Who Loved Flowers Context triple: [Night Shift, hasShortStory, The Man Who Loved Flowers]
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A.
The Flower
The Flower is the nickname of Guy Lafleur, the legendary Montreal Canadiens right winger renowned for his speed, scoring prowess, and flowing blond hair.
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B.
The Death of the Flowers
"The Death of the Flowers" is a reflective lyric poem by William Cullen Bryant that meditates on autumn’s fading beauty and the transience of life.
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C.
Rose in Bloom
Rose in Bloom is a coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott that follows the personal and moral development of a young heiress navigating love, family, and social expectations.
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D.
A Woman’s Garden
A Woman’s Garden is an elegant, formal garden within the Dallas Arboretum that celebrates and honors women through symbolic design, water features, and carefully curated plantings.
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E.
The Blue Gardenia
The Blue Gardenia is a 1953 film noir crime drama directed by Fritz Lang, best known for its story of a telephone operator entangled in a murder case after a drunken night she cannot fully remember.
- 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 Man Who Loved Flowers Target entity description: "The Man Who Loved Flowers" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a seemingly romantic young man whose love of flowers masks a far darker obsession.
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A.
The Flower
The Flower is the nickname of Guy Lafleur, the legendary Montreal Canadiens right winger renowned for his speed, scoring prowess, and flowing blond hair.
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B.
The Death of the Flowers
"The Death of the Flowers" is a reflective lyric poem by William Cullen Bryant that meditates on autumn’s fading beauty and the transience of life.
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C.
Rose in Bloom
Rose in Bloom is a coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott that follows the personal and moral development of a young heiress navigating love, family, and social expectations.
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D.
A Woman’s Garden
A Woman’s Garden is an elegant, formal garden within the Dallas Arboretum that celebrates and honors women through symbolic design, water features, and carefully curated plantings.
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E.
The Blue Gardenia
The Blue Gardenia is a 1953 film noir crime drama directed by Fritz Lang, best known for its story of a telephone operator entangled in a murder case after a drunken night she cannot fully remember.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
duality of appearance and reality
ⓘ
hidden violence beneath normalcy ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
| collection |
Night Shift
ⓘ
surface form:
Night Shift (short story collection)
|
| collectionPublicationYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublishedIn | Gallery magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
novelist
ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasLength | short ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacterTrait |
secretly violent
ⓘ
seemingly romantic ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasPublicationStatus | published ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
romantic delusion
ⓘ
serial killing ⓘ urban violence ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTone |
dark
ⓘ
suspenseful ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Night Shift ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | realist horror ⓘ |
| motif |
flowers
ⓘ
murder ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | twist ending revealing the protagonist as a killer ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| partOf |
Stephen King bibliography
ⓘ
surface form:
Stephen King short fiction bibliography
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| partOfCollectionGenre | horror short story collection ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | young man in love ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine publication ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Doubleday ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| settingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| workOf | Stephen King ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Man Who Loved Flowers Description of subject: "The Man Who Loved Flowers" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a seemingly romantic young man whose love of flowers masks a far darker obsession.
Referenced by (1)
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