Rosemary's Baby (novel)
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"Rosemary's Baby" is a 1967 horror novel by Ira Levin about a young pregnant woman who comes to suspect that a satanic cult wants to use her unborn child for their own dark purposes.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8329581 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Rosemary's Baby (novel) Context triple: [Minnie Castevet, appearsIn, Rosemary's Baby (novel)]
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Rosemary's Baby
"Rosemary's Baby" is a 1968 psychological horror film directed by Roman Polanski, widely acclaimed for its slow-building dread and iconic portrayal of satanic paranoia in modern urban life.
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The Innocents
The Innocents is a 1961 British psychological horror film, acclaimed for its atmospheric cinematography and chilling adaptation of Henry James's novella "The Turn of the Screw."
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The Madwoman of Central Park West
The Madwoman of Central Park West is a semi-autobiographical 1979 musical revue about a middle-aged actress in New York City, created by and starring legendary lyricist and performer Betty Comden.
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Telephone Palace
Telephone Palace is a historic modernist skyscraper in central Bucharest that long served as Romania’s main telecommunications headquarters and a prominent landmark on Calea Victoriei.
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Las Monjas (The Nunnery)
Las Monjas (The Nunnery) is a prominent pre-Columbian complex of intricately carved stone buildings within the ancient Maya city of Uxmal in Yucatán, Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rosemary's Baby (novel) Target entity description: "Rosemary's Baby" is a 1967 horror novel by Ira Levin about a young pregnant woman who comes to suspect that a satanic cult wants to use her unborn child for their own dark purposes.
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A.
Rosemary's Baby
"Rosemary's Baby" is a 1968 psychological horror film directed by Roman Polanski, widely acclaimed for its slow-building dread and iconic portrayal of satanic paranoia in modern urban life.
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B.
The Innocents
The Innocents is a 1961 British psychological horror film, acclaimed for its atmospheric cinematography and chilling adaptation of Henry James's novella "The Turn of the Screw."
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C.
The Madwoman of Central Park West
The Madwoman of Central Park West is a semi-autobiographical 1979 musical revue about a middle-aged actress in New York City, created by and starring legendary lyricist and performer Betty Comden.
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D.
Telephone Palace
Telephone Palace is a historic modernist skyscraper in central Bucharest that long served as Romania’s main telecommunications headquarters and a prominent landmark on Calea Victoriei.
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E.
Las Monjas (The Nunnery)
Las Monjas (The Nunnery) is a prominent pre-Columbian complex of intricately carved stone buildings within the ancient Maya city of Uxmal in Yucatán, Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
Rosemary's Baby (1968 film)
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linked to:
Rosemary's Baby
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| antagonistGroup | satanic coven of neighbors ⓘ |
| author | Ira Levin ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| centralConflict | a pregnant woman struggles to determine whether a satanic conspiracy is real or imagined ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| filmAdaptationDirector | Roman Polanski ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPlace | New York City ⓘ |
| followedBy | Son of Rosemary ⓘ |
| genre |
horror fiction
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occult fiction ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0394417022 ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Son of Rosemary ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American horror literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Guy Woodhouse
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Minnie Castevet ⓘ Roman Castevet ⓘ Rosemary Woodhouse ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | suspenseful ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influencing modern horror literature and film
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popularizing satanic pregnancy themes in horror fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfSetting |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ The Bramford (fictional apartment building) ⓘ
linked to:
The Bramford (apartment building)
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| plotSummary | A young pregnant woman comes to suspect that her neighbors are members of a satanic cult who want to use her unborn child for their own purposes. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | housewife ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1967 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| settingType | apartment building ⓘ |
| theme |
loss of bodily autonomy
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marital betrayal ⓘ occultism ⓘ paranoia ⓘ pregnancy ⓘ satanism ⓘ urban isolation ⓘ |
| timeSetting | contemporary to its publication ⓘ |
| timeToWrite | approximately one year ⓘ |
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Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Minnie Castevet in Rosemary's Baby
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Minnie Castevet in Rosemary's Baby
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Minnie Castevet in Rosemary's Baby
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subject linked to:
Robert J. Shapera
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subject linked to:
The Bramford (apartment building)
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linked to: Rosemary's Baby (novel)
subject linked to:
Roman Polanski apartment trilogy
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