Karen Pirie
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Karen Pirie is a Scottish cold case detective and the central protagonist of Val McDermid’s popular crime novel series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Karen Pirie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19865467 — 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: Karen Pirie Context triple: [Val McDermid, notableSeriesCharacter, Karen Pirie]
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A.
Eileen Paisley
Eileen Paisley is a Northern Irish politician and life peer who served as a Democratic Unionist Party representative and is known as the wife of DUP founder and former First Minister Ian Paisley.
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B.
Joanne Catherall
Joanne Catherall is an English singer best known as one of the longtime vocalists of the pioneering synth-pop band The Human League.
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C.
Aileen Pringle
Aileen Pringle was an American silent film actress known for her sophisticated screen presence and roles in 1920s Hollywood cinema.
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D.
Mary Peate
Mary Peate is a British radio drama producer and director known for her work with BBC Radio and for being married to actor Neil Dudgeon.
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E.
Karen Young
Karen Young is an American actress known for her work in film and television, including a prominent role in the thriller "Jaws: The Revenge."
- 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: Karen Pirie Target entity description: Karen Pirie is a Scottish cold case detective and the central protagonist of Val McDermid’s popular crime novel series.
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A.
Eileen Paisley
Eileen Paisley is a Northern Irish politician and life peer who served as a Democratic Unionist Party representative and is known as the wife of DUP founder and former First Minister Ian Paisley.
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B.
Joanne Catherall
Joanne Catherall is an English singer best known as one of the longtime vocalists of the pioneering synth-pop band The Human League.
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C.
Aileen Pringle
Aileen Pringle was an American silent film actress known for her sophisticated screen presence and roles in 1920s Hollywood cinema.
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D.
Mary Peate
Mary Peate is a British radio drama producer and director known for her work with BBC Radio and for being married to actor Neil Dudgeon.
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E.
Karen Young
Karen Young is an American actress known for her work in film and television, including a prominent role in the thriller "Jaws: The Revenge."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.