The Rainbird Pattern
E1005879
The Rainbird Pattern is a 1972 crime novel by Victor Canning, best known as the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s final film, "Family Plot."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Rainbird Pattern canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12870240 — 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 Rainbird Pattern Context triple: [The Rainbird Pattern, hasTitle, The Rainbird Pattern]
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A.
Look to the Rainbow
"Look to the Rainbow" is a popular show tune from the 1947 musical *Finian's Rainbow*, known for its hopeful, inspirational lyrics and memorable melody.
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B.
In the Rainbow Rain
In the Rainbow Rain is a 2018 studio album by the indie rock band Okkervil River that blends lush, upbeat arrangements with introspective, literate songwriting.
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C.
The Rainbow
The Rainbow is a seascape painting by Russian-Armenian Romantic artist Ivan Aivazovsky, celebrated for its dramatic depiction of light, atmosphere, and the power of the sea.
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D.
The Rainbow
The Rainbow is a 1915 novel by D. H. Lawrence that traces three generations of an English family while exploring themes of sexuality, individuality, and social change.
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E.
Pattenn
Pattenn is an alternative spelling or variant form of the name Patton.
- 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 Rainbird Pattern Target entity description: The Rainbird Pattern is a 1972 crime novel by Victor Canning, best known as the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s final film, "Family Plot."
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A.
Look to the Rainbow
"Look to the Rainbow" is a popular show tune from the 1947 musical *Finian's Rainbow*, known for its hopeful, inspirational lyrics and memorable melody.
-
B.
In the Rainbow Rain
In the Rainbow Rain is a 2018 studio album by the indie rock band Okkervil River that blends lush, upbeat arrangements with introspective, literate songwriting.
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C.
The Rainbow
The Rainbow is a seascape painting by Russian-Armenian Romantic artist Ivan Aivazovsky, celebrated for its dramatic depiction of light, atmosphere, and the power of the sea.
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D.
The Rainbow
The Rainbow is a 1915 novel by D. H. Lawrence that traces three generations of an English family while exploring themes of sexuality, individuality, and social change.
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E.
Pattenn
Pattenn is an alternative spelling or variant form of the name Patton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
ⓘ
film ⓘ novel ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Family Plot ⓘ |
| author | Victor Canning ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Rainbird Pattern ⓘ |
| basisFor | Family Plot ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| director | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s final film ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Family Plot
ⓘ
The Rainbird Pattern ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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novelist ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Heinemann
ⓘ
linked to:
Heinemann publishing group
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| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| setting | England ⓘ |
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 Rainbird Pattern Description of subject: The Rainbird Pattern is a 1972 crime novel by Victor Canning, best known as the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s final film, "Family Plot."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Rainbird Pattern (novel adaptation work)
subject linked to:
The Rainbird Pattern (novel adaptation work)
subject linked to:
The Rainbird Pattern
subject linked to:
The Rainbird Pattern