From a Buick 8
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From a Buick 8 is a horror novel by Stephen King about a mysterious, otherworldly car kept by a Pennsylvania state police troop.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| From a Buick 8 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5292573 — 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: From a Buick 8 Context triple: [Stephen King bibliography, containsWork, From a Buick 8]
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A.
From a Buick 6
"From a Buick 6" is a blues-rock song by Bob Dylan, featured on his 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited.
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B.
Car on a Hill
"Car on a Hill" is a song from Joni Mitchell’s acclaimed 1974 album *Court and Spark*, noted for its jazz-inflected sound and introspective lyrics.
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C.
The Solid Gold Cadillac
The Solid Gold Cadillac is a 1956 American satirical comedy film about a small shareholder who challenges corporate corruption, adapted from the Broadway play of the same name.
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D.
Westy
Westy was the widely used nickname of General William Westmoreland, the U.S. Army officer who commanded American forces during the Vietnam War.
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E.
Drive, He Said
Drive, He Said is a 1971 American drama film directed by Jack Nicholson that explores campus unrest, basketball, and countercultural disillusionment during the Vietnam War era.
- 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: From a Buick 8 Target entity description: From a Buick 8 is a horror novel by Stephen King about a mysterious, otherworldly car kept by a Pennsylvania state police troop.
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A.
From a Buick 6
"From a Buick 6" is a blues-rock song by Bob Dylan, featured on his 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited.
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B.
Car on a Hill
"Car on a Hill" is a song from Joni Mitchell’s acclaimed 1974 album *Court and Spark*, noted for its jazz-inflected sound and introspective lyrics.
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C.
The Solid Gold Cadillac
The Solid Gold Cadillac is a 1956 American satirical comedy film about a small shareholder who challenges corporate corruption, adapted from the Broadway play of the same name.
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D.
Westy
Westy was the widely used nickname of General William Westmoreland, the U.S. Army officer who commanded American forces during the Vietnam War.
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E.
Drive, He Said
Drive, He Said is a 1971 American drama film directed by Jack Nicholson that explores campus unrest, basketball, and countercultural disillusionment during the Vietnam War era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ science fiction horror novel ⓘ |
| author | Stephen King ⓘ |
| centralObject | mysterious 1953 Buick Roadmaster-like car ⓘ |
| containsElement |
monsters from another dimension
ⓘ
temporal anomalies ⓘ unexplained disappearances ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Mark Stutzman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| followedBy | Everything's Eventual NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
supernatural fiction ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | From a Buick 8 (film, in development) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Curtis Wilcox
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ennis Rafferty NERFINISHED ⓘ Ned Wilcox NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania State Police Troop D officers NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandy Dearborn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
law enforcement camaraderie
ⓘ
mysterious technology ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person and first-person mixed ⓘ |
| imprint | Scribner (Simon & Schuster) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-0-7432-1138-3 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
mysterious car
ⓘ
otherworldly portal ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | frame narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Lovecraftian overtones
ⓘ
focus on atmosphere over explicit explanation ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 356 ⓘ |
| partOf | Stephen King's standalone novels ⓘ |
| precededBy | Dreamcatcher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2002 ⓘ |
| publisher | Scribner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Pennsylvania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Troop D of the Pennsylvania State Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
duty and responsibility
ⓘ
grief ⓘ obsession ⓘ unknown and unknowable evil ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfStory | late 1970s to early 2000s ⓘ |
| toldBy | members of Troop D ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: From a Buick 8 Description of subject: From a Buick 8 is a horror novel by Stephen King about a mysterious, otherworldly car kept by a Pennsylvania state police troop.
Referenced by (1)
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