The Dark Man
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The Dark Man is a mysterious, malevolent figure who appears as a recurring antagonist in Stephen King’s interconnected universe, most notably in "The Stand" and "The Dark Tower" series.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Dark Man canonical | 5 |
| The Dark Man (poem) | 1 |
| the Dark Man | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8243149 — 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: The Dark Man Context triple: [The Man in Black, alsoKnownAs, The Dark Man]
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A.
Man in the Dark
Man in the Dark is a 2008 metafictional novel by Paul Auster that intertwines political dystopia with a grieving critic’s nighttime imaginings about war, loss, and alternate realities.
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B.
The Double Man
The Double Man is a 1967 Cold War spy thriller film starring Yul Brynner as a CIA agent entangled in a deadly plot involving his doppelgänger in the Austrian Alps.
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C.
The Double Man
The Double Man is a 1941 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects his transition from political to more religious and philosophical themes.
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D.
The Mind of Evil
The Mind of Evil is a 1971 Doctor Who serial featuring the Third Doctor confronting a sinister mind-altering machine inside a high-security prison amid a plot involving the Master.
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E.
The Shadow
The Shadow is a classic American radio drama series featuring a mysterious crime-fighting vigilante with the power to cloud men's minds, making him invisible to his enemies.
- 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: The Dark Man Target entity description: The Dark Man is a mysterious, malevolent figure who appears as a recurring antagonist in Stephen King’s interconnected universe, most notably in "The Stand" and "The Dark Tower" series.
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A.
Man in the Dark
Man in the Dark is a 2008 metafictional novel by Paul Auster that intertwines political dystopia with a grieving critic’s nighttime imaginings about war, loss, and alternate realities.
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B.
The Double Man
The Double Man is a 1967 Cold War spy thriller film starring Yul Brynner as a CIA agent entangled in a deadly plot involving his doppelgänger in the Austrian Alps.
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C.
The Double Man
The Double Man is a 1941 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects his transition from political to more religious and philosophical themes.
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D.
The Mind of Evil
The Mind of Evil is a 1971 Doctor Who serial featuring the Third Doctor confronting a sinister mind-altering machine inside a high-security prison amid a plot involving the Master.
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E.
The Shadow
The Shadow is a classic American radio drama series featuring a mysterious crime-fighting vigilante with the power to cloud men's minds, making him invisible to his enemies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Stephen King character
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fictional character ⓘ literary villain ⓘ |
| alignment | malevolent ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Marten Broadcloak
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Randall Flagg ⓘ Richard Fannin ⓘ The Ageless Stranger ⓘ The Man in Black ⓘ The Walkin’ Dude ⓘ Walter Padick ⓘ Walter o’Dim ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Eyes of the Dragon
ⓘ
linked to:
The Eyes of the Dragon
Hearts in Atlantis ⓘ The Dark Man (poem) ⓘ
linked to:
The Dark Man
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three ⓘ The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands ⓘ The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass ⓘ The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla ⓘ The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah ⓘ The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower ⓘ The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger ⓘ The Stand ⓘ The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition ⓘ
linked to:
The Stand
|
| associatedWith |
apocalypse
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chaos ⓘ destruction ⓘ the Crimson King ⓘ
linked to:
The Crimson King
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| creator | Stephen King ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Mother Abagail
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Roland Deschain ⓘ the ka-tet of the Dark Tower series ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Dark Man (poem)
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linked to:
The Dark Man
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influences | events leading to the superflu outbreak in The Stand ⓘ |
| notableAbility |
manipulation of human followers
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prophetic or supernatural knowledge ⓘ shape-shifting or changing appearance ⓘ sorcery ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
charismatic evil
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mysterious origin ⓘ recurring presence across different worlds ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
primary antagonist in The Stand
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recurring antagonist in The Dark Tower series ⓘ |
| species | human-like supernatural entity ⓘ |
| universe | Stephen King multiverse ⓘ |
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: The Dark Man Description of subject: The Dark Man is a mysterious, malevolent figure who appears as a recurring antagonist in Stephen King’s interconnected universe, most notably in "The Stand" and "The Dark Tower" series.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Dark Man
linked to: The Dark Man