Odd Thomas
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Odd Thomas is a popular supernatural thriller novel by Dean Koontz that follows a young fry cook with the ability to see the dead as he tries to prevent a looming catastrophe.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Odd Thomas (film) | 3 |
| Odd Thomas canonical | 1 |
| Odd Thomas series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6524777 — 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: Odd Thomas Context triple: [Dean Koontz, notableWork, Odd Thomas]
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A.
Paper Towns
Paper Towns is a 2015 coming-of-age mystery film, based on John Green’s novel, that follows a teenager’s quest to find his enigmatic neighbor after her sudden disappearance.
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B.
A Strange Boy
"A Strange Boy" is a song by Joni Mitchell from her 1976 album *Hejira*, noted for its introspective lyrics and jazz-influenced sound.
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C.
Disappearing Boy
"Disappearing Boy" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their early studio album 39/Smooth.
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D.
NOS4A2
NOS4A2 is a horror novel by Joe Hill that follows a woman with a supernatural gift as she confronts a child-abducting immortal who feeds on souls in a twisted Christmas-themed realm.
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E.
Strange Things
"Strange Things" is a track by the influential American noise rock band Big Black, featured on their 1987 album *Songs About Fucking*.
- 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: Odd Thomas Target entity description: Odd Thomas is a popular supernatural thriller novel by Dean Koontz that follows a young fry cook with the ability to see the dead as he tries to prevent a looming catastrophe.
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A.
Paper Towns
Paper Towns is a 2015 coming-of-age mystery film, based on John Green’s novel, that follows a teenager’s quest to find his enigmatic neighbor after her sudden disappearance.
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B.
A Strange Boy
"A Strange Boy" is a song by Joni Mitchell from her 1976 album *Hejira*, noted for its introspective lyrics and jazz-influenced sound.
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C.
Disappearing Boy
"Disappearing Boy" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their early studio album 39/Smooth.
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D.
NOS4A2
NOS4A2 is a horror novel by Joe Hill that follows a woman with a supernatural gift as she confronts a child-abducting immortal who feeds on souls in a twisted Christmas-themed realm.
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E.
Strange Things
"Strange Things" is a track by the influential American noise rock band Big Black, featured on their 1987 album *Songs About Fucking*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
novel ⓘ supernatural thriller novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Odd Thomas (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Dean Koontz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Odd Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
ghosts
ⓘ
impending catastrophe ⓘ precognition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Unknown ⓘ |
| director | Stephen Sommers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
ⓘ
supernatural fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasAudiobookVersion | Yes ⓘ |
| hasCompanionWork | Odd Thomas: You Are Destined to Be Together Forever NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLoveInterest | Stormy Llewellyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Brother Odd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deeply Odd NERFINISHED ⓘ Forever Odd NERFINISHED ⓘ Odd Apocalypse NERFINISHED ⓘ Odd Hours NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Odd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isBestseller | Yes ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-0-553-58493-0 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Odd Thomas (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | blend of horror, mystery, and humor ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 400 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Odd Thomas series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistAbility |
communicate with spirits
ⓘ
see the dead ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | fry cook ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| publisher | Bantam Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| seriesOrder | 1 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Pico Mundo, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Addison Timlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anton Yelchin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
fate and destiny
ⓘ
good versus evil ⓘ life and death ⓘ |
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: Odd Thomas Description of subject: Odd Thomas is a popular supernatural thriller novel by Dean Koontz that follows a young fry cook with the ability to see the dead as he tries to prevent a looming catastrophe.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Odd Thomas series
this entity surface form:
Odd Thomas (film)
this entity surface form:
Odd Thomas (film)
this entity surface form:
Odd Thomas (film)