Strangers
E605090
Strangers is a bestselling suspense thriller novel by Dean Koontz that weaves together the mysterious experiences of several strangers drawn to a remote motel to confront a terrifying shared secret.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Strangers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6524781 — 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: Strangers Context triple: [Dean Koontz, notableWork, Strangers]
-
A.
Strangers Like Me
"Strangers Like Me" is a pop rock song by Phil Collins, featured on the soundtrack of Disney's animated film Tarzan, expressing the title character’s curiosity about the human world.
-
B.
Strangers When We Meet
Strangers When We Meet is a 1960 American romantic drama film directed by Richard Quine, starring Kirk Douglas and Kim Novak as suburban neighbors who embark on an extramarital affair.
-
C.
I Was a Stranger
"I Was a Stranger" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan, released under his former stage name Smog and noted for its stark, introspective indie-folk style.
-
D.
Never Talk to Strangers
Never Talk to Strangers is a 1995 psychological thriller film about a criminal psychologist who becomes entangled in a dangerous and obsessive relationship with a mysterious stranger.
-
E.
The Stranger Song
"The Stranger Song" is a melancholic folk ballad by Leonard Cohen that reflects on themes of love, transience, and emotional detachment.
- 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: Strangers Target entity description: Strangers is a bestselling suspense thriller novel by Dean Koontz that weaves together the mysterious experiences of several strangers drawn to a remote motel to confront a terrifying shared secret.
-
A.
Strangers Like Me
"Strangers Like Me" is a pop rock song by Phil Collins, featured on the soundtrack of Disney's animated film Tarzan, expressing the title character’s curiosity about the human world.
-
B.
Strangers When We Meet
Strangers When We Meet is a 1960 American romantic drama film directed by Richard Quine, starring Kirk Douglas and Kim Novak as suburban neighbors who embark on an extramarital affair.
-
C.
I Was a Stranger
"I Was a Stranger" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan, released under his former stage name Smog and noted for its stark, introspective indie-folk style.
-
D.
Never Talk to Strangers
Never Talk to Strangers is a 1995 psychological thriller film about a criminal psychologist who becomes entangled in a dangerous and obsessive relationship with a mysterious stranger.
-
E.
The Stranger Song
"The Stranger Song" is a melancholic folk ballad by Leonard Cohen that reflects on themes of love, transience, and emotional detachment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
suspense thriller novel ⓘ |
| author | Dean Koontz ⓘ |
| bestsellerStatus | bestselling novel ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
alien encounter
ⓘ
fear of the unknown ⓘ government conspiracy ⓘ repressed memories ⓘ shared secret ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| format | print ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
ⓘ
suspense fiction ⓘ thriller fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780399131032 ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Nevada
ⓘ
Tranquility Motel ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Brendan Cronin
ⓘ
Dominic Corvaisis ⓘ Ernie Block ⓘ Ginger Weiss ⓘ Jack Twist ⓘ |
| mediaType | book ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | multiple protagonists ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of science fiction and horror elements
ⓘ
interweaving multiple character storylines ⓘ |
| partOfBibliographyOf | Dean Koontz ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Several strangers suffering from mysterious phobias and memory gaps are drawn to a remote Nevada motel where they uncover a terrifying shared experience. ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| publisher |
G. P. Putnam's Sons
ⓘ
linked to:
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
|
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: Strangers Description of subject: Strangers is a bestselling suspense thriller novel by Dean Koontz that weaves together the mysterious experiences of several strangers drawn to a remote motel to confront a terrifying shared secret.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.