Derry, Maine
E454923
Derry, Maine is a fictional small town in Stephen King’s interconnected universe, best known as the primary setting of his horror novel "It" and several related works.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Derry, Maine canonical | 8 |
| Derry, Maine (sewers) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1714539 — 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: Derry, Maine Context triple: [It (novel), setIn, Derry, Maine]
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A.
Derry, New Hampshire
Derry, New Hampshire is a sizable suburban town in southern New Hampshire known for its residential communities and role as a commercial center in Rockingham County.
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B.
Londonderry, New Hampshire
Londonderry, New Hampshire is a suburban town in southern New Hampshire known for its historic apple orchards and proximity to the city of Manchester.
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C.
Biddeford, Maine
Biddeford, Maine is a historic mill city in York County known for its revitalized downtown along the Saco River and its role as a regional economic and educational center.
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D.
York, Maine
York, Maine is a historic coastal town in southern Maine known for its beaches, lighthouses, and status as one of the oldest European-settled communities in the United States.
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E.
Bangor, Maine
Bangor, Maine is a small city in eastern Maine known as a regional commercial and cultural hub and famously associated with author Stephen King.
- 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: Derry, Maine Target entity description: Derry, Maine is a fictional small town in Stephen King’s interconnected universe, best known as the primary setting of his horror novel "It" and several related works.
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A.
Derry, New Hampshire
Derry, New Hampshire is a sizable suburban town in southern New Hampshire known for its residential communities and role as a commercial center in Rockingham County.
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B.
Londonderry, New Hampshire
Londonderry, New Hampshire is a suburban town in southern New Hampshire known for its historic apple orchards and proximity to the city of Manchester.
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C.
Biddeford, Maine
Biddeford, Maine is a historic mill city in York County known for its revitalized downtown along the Saco River and its role as a regional economic and educational center.
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D.
York, Maine
York, Maine is a historic coastal town in southern Maine known for its beaches, lighthouses, and status as one of the oldest European-settled communities in the United States.
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E.
Bangor, Maine
Bangor, Maine is a small city in eastern Maine known as a regional commercial and cultural hub and famously associated with author Stephen King.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional town ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
11/22/63
ⓘ
Bag of Bones NERFINISHED ⓘ Dreamcatcher NERFINISHED ⓘ Dreamcatcher (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fair Extension NERFINISHED ⓘ Insomnia NERFINISHED ⓘ Insomnia (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ It NERFINISHED ⓘ It (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ Secret Window, Secret Garden ⓘ The Body NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dark Tower series (references) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Stand (complete and uncut edition, references) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tommyknockers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Stephen King ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | It (1986 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | horror setting ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
29 Neibolt Street
NERFINISHED
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Derry Civic Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Derry Public Library NERFINISHED ⓘ Neibolt Street NERFINISHED ⓘ The Aladdin Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ The Barrens NERFINISHED ⓘ The Barrens sewer system ⓘ The Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kissing Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ The Standpipe NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracker Brothers Truck Depot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResident |
Ben Hanscom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Beverly Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ Bill Denbrough NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie Kaspbrak NERFINISHED ⓘ Losers Club NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Hanlon NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennywise NERFINISHED ⓘ Richie Tozier NERFINISHED ⓘ Stan Uris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Bangor, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
primary setting of It
ⓘ
recurring setting in Stephen King works ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cyclical child murders
ⓘ
presence of Pennywise ⓘ recurring supernatural evil ⓘ |
| partOf |
Stephen King fictional Maine towns
ⓘ
Stephen King multiverse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesUniverseWith |
Castle Rock, Maine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Derry, Maine Description of subject: Derry, Maine is a fictional small town in Stephen King’s interconnected universe, best known as the primary setting of his horror novel "It" and several related works.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Derry, Maine (sewers)