Dead Zero
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Dead Zero is a thriller novel by Stephen Hunter featuring Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger as he investigates a high-profile assassination plot.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dead Zero canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12996233 — 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: Dead Zero Context triple: [Bob Lee Swagger, appearsInSeries, Dead Zero]
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A.
Back to Zero
"Back to Zero" is a song by The Rolling Stones from their 1986 album "Dirty Work."
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B.
Circa Zero
Circa Zero is a rock band formed by guitarist Andy Summers, best known for his work with The Police, showcasing a modern, guitar-driven sound.
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C.
Ceiling Zero
Ceiling Zero is a 1936 aviation drama film, directed by Howard Hawks and based on a play by former naval aviator Frank Wead, that focuses on the high-risk lives and camaraderie of airline pilots.
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D.
Operation: Z.E.R.O.
Operation: Z.E.R.O. is a television movie based on the animated series "Codename: Kids Next Door," featuring the young operatives facing one of their most dangerous global threats.
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E.
The Zero Trap
The Zero Trap is a suspense novel by crime writer Paula Gosling, known for its tense plotting and thriller elements.
- 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: Dead Zero Target entity description: Dead Zero is a thriller novel by Stephen Hunter featuring Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger as he investigates a high-profile assassination plot.
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A.
Back to Zero
"Back to Zero" is a song by The Rolling Stones from their 1986 album "Dirty Work."
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B.
Circa Zero
Circa Zero is a rock band formed by guitarist Andy Summers, best known for his work with The Police, showcasing a modern, guitar-driven sound.
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C.
Ceiling Zero
Ceiling Zero is a 1936 aviation drama film, directed by Howard Hawks and based on a play by former naval aviator Frank Wead, that focuses on the high-risk lives and camaraderie of airline pilots.
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D.
Operation: Z.E.R.O.
Operation: Z.E.R.O. is a television movie based on the animated series "Codename: Kids Next Door," featuring the young operatives facing one of their most dangerous global threats.
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E.
The Zero Trap
The Zero Trap is a suspense novel by crime writer Paula Gosling, known for its tense plotting and thriller elements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
thriller novel ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Hunter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresCharacter | Bob Lee Swagger ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| follows | I, Sniper ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
military fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasConflictType |
man versus man
ⓘ
man versus organization ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
assassination
ⓘ
long-range shooting ⓘ special operations ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conspiracy
ⓘ
counterterrorism ⓘ military ethics ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ sniper warfare ⓘ veterans ⓘ |
| hasTone |
action-oriented
ⓘ
suspenseful ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory |
21st-century American novel
ⓘ
American novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bob Lee Swagger ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | assassination plot ⓘ |
| partOf | Bob Lee Swagger novels ⓘ |
| protagonistName | Bob Lee Swagger ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | Marine sniper ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| series | Bob Lee Swagger series ⓘ |
| setting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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: Dead Zero Description of subject: Dead Zero is a thriller novel by Stephen Hunter featuring Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger as he investigates a high-profile assassination plot.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.