What Dreams May Come
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What Dreams May Come is a metaphysical fantasy novel by Richard Matheson that explores love, the afterlife, and reincarnation through a man's journey beyond death to reunite with his wife.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| What Dreams May Come canonical | 7 |
| What Dreams May Come (1998 film) | 2 |
| What Dreams May Come (film) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1753784 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What Dreams May Come Context triple: [Richard Matheson, notableWork, What Dreams May Come]
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A.
Le Rêve
Le Rêve is a 1888 novel by Émile Zola that departs from his usual gritty naturalism to tell a more lyrical, dreamlike story of a young orphan girl’s idealized love and religious devotion.
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B.
Hearts in Atlantis
Hearts in Atlantis is a collection of interconnected novellas by Stephen King that blend coming-of-age drama with supernatural and Dark Tower–related elements set against the backdrop of mid-20th-century America.
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C.
Sleepless in Seattle
Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 romantic comedy-drama film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, centered on a widower whose son calls a radio show to help find him a new partner.
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D.
Edward Scissorhands
Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 gothic fantasy film directed by Tim Burton about a gentle artificial man with scissors for hands who struggles to find acceptance in a suburban community.
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E.
Tree of Life
The Tree of Life is a massive, intricately carved artificial baobab tree that serves as the iconic centerpiece of Disney's Animal Kingdom, featuring hundreds of animal sculptures on its trunk and roots.
- 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: What Dreams May Come Target entity description: What Dreams May Come is a metaphysical fantasy novel by Richard Matheson that explores love, the afterlife, and reincarnation through a man's journey beyond death to reunite with his wife.
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A.
Le Rêve
Le Rêve is a 1888 novel by Émile Zola that departs from his usual gritty naturalism to tell a more lyrical, dreamlike story of a young orphan girl’s idealized love and religious devotion.
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B.
Hearts in Atlantis
Hearts in Atlantis is a collection of interconnected novellas by Stephen King that blend coming-of-age drama with supernatural and Dark Tower–related elements set against the backdrop of mid-20th-century America.
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C.
Sleepless in Seattle
Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 romantic comedy-drama film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, centered on a widower whose son calls a radio show to help find him a new partner.
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D.
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Purple Rose of Cairo is a 1985 fantasy-romantic comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen about a movie character who steps off the screen into the real world during the Great Depression.
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E.
Edward Scissorhands
Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 gothic fantasy film directed by Tim Burton about a gentle artificial man with scissors for hands who struggles to find acceptance in a suburban community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
afterlife fiction
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metaphysical fantasy novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
What Dreams May Come
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
What Dreams May Come (1998 film)
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| author | Richard Matheson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresConcept |
karma
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personal heaven ⓘ personal hell ⓘ reincarnation cycle ⓘ soul progression ⓘ soulmates across lifetimes ⓘ suicide in the afterlife ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Vincent Ward ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar |
Annabella Sciorra
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Cuba Gooding Jr. ⓘ Robin Williams ⓘ |
| genre |
afterlife fiction
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fantasy ⓘ metaphysical fiction ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasElement |
citations to real-world parapsychology sources
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discussion of reincarnation evidence ⓘ journey through afterlife realms ⓘ rescue attempt from hell ⓘ vision of heaven as subjective reality ⓘ vision of hell as self-created state ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
accounts of near-death experiences
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parapsychology literature ⓘ spiritualist writings ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ann Nielsen
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Chris Nielsen ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
afterlife
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love ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ soulmates ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Chris Nielsen ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publisher |
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
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surface form:
G. P. Putnam's Sons
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| setting |
afterlife
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heaven ⓘ hell ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | line from William Shakespeare's Hamlet ⓘ |
| titleReferences | "For in that sleep of death what dreams may come" ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: What Dreams May Come Description of subject: What Dreams May Come is a metaphysical fantasy novel by Richard Matheson that explores love, the afterlife, and reincarnation through a man's journey beyond death to reunite with his wife.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
What Dreams May Come (1998 film)
subject surface form:
Richard Matheson
this entity surface form:
What Dreams May Come (1998 film)
this entity surface form:
What Dreams May Come (film)
this entity surface form:
What Dreams May Come (film)