Along Came a Spider
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Along Came a Spider is a bestselling crime thriller novel by James Patterson that introduces detective and psychologist Alex Cross as he investigates a high-profile kidnapping case.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Along Came a Spider canonical | 14 |
| Along Came a Spider (film) | 2 |
| Along Came a Spider (2001 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1660920 — 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: Along Came a Spider Context triple: [James Patterson, notableWork, Along Came a Spider]
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A.
Big Black
Big Black was an influential American noise rock band of the 1980s known for its abrasive sound, drum machines, and confrontational lyrics, led by guitarist and vocalist Steve Albini.
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B.
Midnight Yell
Midnight Yell is a famous Texas A&M University tradition in which students and fans gather at midnight before football games for a spirited pep rally led by the Yell Leaders.
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C.
Mama’s Gun
Mama’s Gun is a critically acclaimed neo-soul album by Erykah Badu, known for its warm, live instrumentation and introspective, socially conscious songwriting.
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D.
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem is a 1991 crime-comedy film based on Chester Himes's novel, featuring Gregory Hines in a story of hustlers, romance, and deception in 1950s Harlem.
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E.
Murderer of Blue Skies
"Murderer of Blue Skies" is a song by Chris Cornell, featured on his 2015 solo album *Higher Truth*, showcasing his introspective lyrics and acoustic-driven rock style.
- 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: Along Came a Spider Target entity description: Along Came a Spider is a bestselling crime thriller novel by James Patterson that introduces detective and psychologist Alex Cross as he investigates a high-profile kidnapping case.
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A.
Big Black
Big Black was an influential American noise rock band of the 1980s known for its abrasive sound, drum machines, and confrontational lyrics, led by guitarist and vocalist Steve Albini.
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B.
Midnight Yell
Midnight Yell is a famous Texas A&M University tradition in which students and fans gather at midnight before football games for a spirited pep rally led by the Yell Leaders.
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C.
Mama’s Gun
Mama’s Gun is a critically acclaimed neo-soul album by Erykah Badu, known for its warm, live instrumentation and introspective, socially conscious songwriting.
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D.
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem is a 1991 crime-comedy film based on Chester Himes's novel, featuring Gregory Hines in a story of hustlers, romance, and deception in 1950s Harlem.
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E.
Murderer of Blue Skies
"Murderer of Blue Skies" is a song by Chris Cornell, featured on his 2015 solo album *Higher Truth*, showcasing his introspective lyrics and acoustic-driven rock style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime thriller novel
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novel ⓘ psychological thriller novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film adaptation ⓘ |
| author | James Patterson ⓘ |
| bestsellerStatus | bestselling novel ⓘ |
| characterOccupation |
Alex Cross
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surface form:
Alex Cross is a detective
Alex Cross is a psychologist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter | Alex Cross ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Lee Tamahori ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar | Morgan Freeman ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Along Came a Spider
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Along Came a Spider (2001 film)
|
| isbn | 9780316693646 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Alex Cross ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration by Alex Cross ⓘ |
| notableFor | introducing the character Alex Cross ⓘ |
| plotElement | high-profile kidnapping of schoolchildren ⓘ |
| plotFocus | kidnapping investigation ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first novel in the Alex Cross series ⓘ |
| protagonist | Alex Cross ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| publisher | Little, Brown and Company ⓘ |
| series | Alex Cross series ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
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: Along Came a Spider Description of subject: Along Came a Spider is a bestselling crime thriller novel by James Patterson that introduces detective and psychologist Alex Cross as he investigates a high-profile kidnapping case.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Along Came a Spider (film)
this entity surface form:
Along Came a Spider (2001 film)
this entity surface form:
Along Came a Spider (film)