Dead Water
E1437296
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Dead Water is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh featuring Inspector Roderick Alleyn, set on a remote island whose supposedly miraculous spring becomes the backdrop for murder.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dead Water canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20543966 — 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 Water Context triple: [Roderick Alleyn series, hasWork, Dead Water]
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A.
Dark Water
"Dark Water" is a 2014 Doctor Who television episode that serves as the first part of the Series 8 finale, featuring the Twelfth Doctor and the revelation of Missy's true identity.
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B.
Dark Water
Dark Water is a 2005 American supernatural horror film, adapted from a Japanese story, about a mother and daughter haunted by mysterious water-related phenomena in their new apartment.
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C.
Black Water
Black Water is the grim historical nickname for the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, infamous for its brutal treatment of Indian freedom fighters during British colonial rule.
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D.
Black Water
Black Water is a 1992 novella by Joyce Carol Oates that fictionalizes a Chappaquiddick-like political scandal through the harrowing, stream-of-consciousness account of a young woman trapped in a sinking car.
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E.
Old Water
Old Water is a minor river in northern England that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into the River Eden.
- 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 Water Target entity description: Dead Water is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh featuring Inspector Roderick Alleyn, set on a remote island whose supposedly miraculous spring becomes the backdrop for murder.
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A.
Dark Water
"Dark Water" is a 2014 Doctor Who television episode that serves as the first part of the Series 8 finale, featuring the Twelfth Doctor and the revelation of Missy's true identity.
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B.
Dark Water
Dark Water is a 2005 American supernatural horror film, adapted from a Japanese story, about a mother and daughter haunted by mysterious water-related phenomena in their new apartment.
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C.
Black Water
Black Water is the grim historical nickname for the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, infamous for its brutal treatment of Indian freedom fighters during British colonial rule.
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D.
Black Water
Black Water is a 1992 novella by Joyce Carol Oates that fictionalizes a Chappaquiddick-like political scandal through the harrowing, stream-of-consciousness account of a young woman trapped in a sinking car.
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E.
Old Water
Old Water is a minor river in northern England that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into the River Eden.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.