The Mist (novella)
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The Mist (novella) is a horror story by Stephen King about a small town trapped by a mysterious, monster-filled mist that explores fear, paranoia, and human nature under extreme pressure.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Mist (novella) canonical | 4 |
| The Mist | 3 |
| The Mist (mentioned) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12340026 — 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 Mist (novella) Context triple: [The Mist (2007 film), basedOn, The Mist (novella)]
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The Fog
The Fog is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, centered on a coastal town haunted by vengeful ghosts who return shrouded in an eerie, glowing mist.
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B.
The Stand
The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror novel by Stephen King that follows survivors of a devastating plague as they become embroiled in an epic battle between good and evil.
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The Menacing Mist
"The Menacing Mist" is an episode title from the 1939 science-fiction movie serial *The Phantom Creeps*, which starred Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist.
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D.
Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King about a small town slowly overtaken by vampires.
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E.
the touch (Stephen King)
The Touch in Stephen King's works refers to a mysterious psychic or telepathic ability that allows certain characters to communicate mentally, sense others across distances, and sometimes influence events beyond normal human perception.
- 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 Mist (novella) Target entity description: The Mist (novella) is a horror story by Stephen King about a small town trapped by a mysterious, monster-filled mist that explores fear, paranoia, and human nature under extreme pressure.
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A.
The Fog
The Fog is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, centered on a coastal town haunted by vengeful ghosts who return shrouded in an eerie, glowing mist.
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B.
The Stand
The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror novel by Stephen King that follows survivors of a devastating plague as they become embroiled in an epic battle between good and evil.
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C.
The Menacing Mist
"The Menacing Mist" is an episode title from the 1939 science-fiction movie serial *The Phantom Creeps*, which starred Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist.
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D.
Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King about a small town slowly overtaken by vampires.
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E.
the touch (Stephen King)
The Touch in Stephen King's works refers to a mysterious psychic or telepathic ability that allows certain characters to communicate mentally, sense others across distances, and sometimes influence events beyond normal human perception.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Mist (novella)
linked to: The Mist (novella)
linked to: The Mist (novella)
linked to: The Mist (novella)
subject linked to:
Billy Drayton in The Mist
subject linked to:
Billy Drayton in The Mist