The Stairs
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"The Stairs" is a renowned musical cue from Bernard Herrmann’s score for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film "Psycho," closely associated with the film’s mounting suspense and terror.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Stairs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12107465 — 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 Stairs Context triple: [Psycho (1960 film) score, famousCue, The Stairs]
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A.
House of Stairs
House of Stairs is a famous 1951 lithograph print by M. C. Escher that depicts an intricate, impossible architectural space filled with interlocking stairways and strange, insect-like creatures.
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B.
Endless Stair
Endless Stair is a legendary, seemingly unending stairway deep within Moria in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, famed for its perilous ascent from the mines to the mountain’s peak.
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C.
Staircase
"Staircase" is a large-scale, translucent fabric installation by artist Do Ho Suh that recreates and memorializes the stairways of his former homes to explore memory, displacement, and personal space.
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D.
Black and White Stairway
Black and White Stairway is a distinctive ceremonial staircase at the ancient Andean site of Chavín de Huántar, notable for its contrasting stonework and ritual significance.
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E.
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is a 1960 drama film adaptation of William Inge’s play, exploring family tensions and social change in 1920s Oklahoma.
- 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 Stairs Target entity description: "The Stairs" is a renowned musical cue from Bernard Herrmann’s score for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film "Psycho," closely associated with the film’s mounting suspense and terror.
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A.
House of Stairs
House of Stairs is a famous 1951 lithograph print by M. C. Escher that depicts an intricate, impossible architectural space filled with interlocking stairways and strange, insect-like creatures.
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B.
Endless Stair
Endless Stair is a legendary, seemingly unending stairway deep within Moria in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, famed for its perilous ascent from the mines to the mountain’s peak.
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C.
Staircase
"Staircase" is a large-scale, translucent fabric installation by artist Do Ho Suh that recreates and memorializes the stairways of his former homes to explore memory, displacement, and personal space.
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D.
Black and White Stairway
Black and White Stairway is a distinctive ceremonial staircase at the ancient Andean site of Chavín de Huántar, notable for its contrasting stonework and ritual significance.
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E.
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is a 1960 drama film adaptation of William Inge’s play, exploring family tensions and social change in 1920s Oklahoma.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.