Firestarter
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Firestarter is a 1980 science fiction–horror novel by Stephen King about a young girl with dangerous pyrokinetic powers being pursued by a secret government agency.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Firestarter canonical | 10 |
| Firestarter (1980 novel) | 3 |
| Firestarter (1984 film) | 2 |
| Firestarter (novel) | 2 |
| Firestarter (1980) | 1 |
| Firestarter (2022 film) | 1 |
| Firestarter: Rekindled | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1725380 — 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: Firestarter Context triple: [The Dead Zone, followedBy, Firestarter]
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A.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
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B.
House on Fire
House on Fire is a nonfiction book by William H. Foege recounting the global campaign to eradicate smallpox and his central role in that historic public health effort.
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C.
Il fuoco
"Il fuoco" is a 1900 novel by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio, renowned for its decadent style and its thinly veiled portrayal of his passionate affair with actress Eleonora Duse against the backdrop of fin-de-siècle Venice.
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D.
Sleep Now in the Fire
"Sleep Now in the Fire" is a politically charged rap metal song by Rage Against the Machine, known for its critique of capitalism and its controversial music video directed by Michael Moore.
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E.
Through the Fire
"Through the Fire" is a 1984 soulful R&B ballad by Chaka Khan, renowned for its powerful vocals and enduring popularity as one of her signature songs.
- 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: Firestarter Target entity description: Firestarter is a 1980 science fiction–horror novel by Stephen King about a young girl with dangerous pyrokinetic powers being pursued by a secret government agency.
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A.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
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B.
House on Fire
House on Fire is a nonfiction book by William H. Foege recounting the global campaign to eradicate smallpox and his central role in that historic public health effort.
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C.
Il fuoco
"Il fuoco" is a 1900 novel by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio, renowned for its decadent style and its thinly veiled portrayal of his passionate affair with actress Eleonora Duse against the backdrop of fin-de-siècle Venice.
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D.
Sleep Now in the Fire
"Sleep Now in the Fire" is a politically charged rap metal song by Rage Against the Machine, known for its critique of capitalism and its controversial music video directed by Michael Moore.
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E.
Through the Fire
"Through the Fire" is a 1984 soulful R&B ballad by Chaka Khan, renowned for its powerful vocals and enduring popularity as one of her signature songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| adaptedTo |
feature film
ⓘ
television miniseries ⓘ |
| antagonistOrganization | The Shop ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
abuse of power
ⓘ
government experimentation ⓘ paranormal abilities ⓘ parent-child relationship ⓘ pyrokinesis ⓘ |
| characterFullName | Charlene "Charlie" McGee ⓘ |
| characterNickname | Charlie ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverArtist | Steven Stroud ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | The Shop ⓘ |
| fictionalOrganizationType | secret government agency ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Firestarter (1984 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Firestarter
Firestarter (2022 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Firestarter
Firestarter: Rekindled ⓘ
linked to:
Firestarter
|
| hasInfluenceOn | film adaptations of psychic children narratives ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Andy McGee
ⓘ
Charlene McGee ⓘ Vicky McGee ⓘ |
| hasPowerType | pyrokinetic abilities ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary horror ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of a child with destructive psychic powers ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King bibliography ⓘ |
| protagonist | Charlene McGee ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1980 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Viking Press
ⓘ
linked to:
The Viking Press
|
| setting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
| workChronologyPosition | early Stephen King novel ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Firestarter Description of subject: Firestarter is a 1980 science fiction–horror novel by Stephen King about a young girl with dangerous pyrokinetic powers being pursued by a secret government agency.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Firestarter
linked to: Firestarter
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linked to: Firestarter
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subject linked to:
Charlie
linked to: Firestarter
subject linked to:
Charlie
linked to: Firestarter
subject linked to:
Charlie
linked to: Firestarter
linked to: Firestarter