A Time for Mercy
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A Time for Mercy is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows small-town lawyer Jake Brigance as he defends a teenager accused of murdering a deputy in a deeply divided Mississippi community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Time for Mercy canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2188834 — 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: A Time for Mercy Context triple: [John Grisham, notableWork, A Time for Mercy]
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A.
Pillar of Mercy
The Pillar of Mercy is one of the three central columns in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, representing expansion, compassion, and benevolent divine energy.
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B.
A Time to Heal
A Time to Heal is the memoir of U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, reflecting on his presidency and his controversial decision to pardon Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal.
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C.
At the Mercy
"At the Mercy" is a reflective, piano-driven song by Paul McCartney from his 2005 album *Chaos and Creation in the Backyard*.
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D.
The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
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E.
The Especially Merciful
The Especially Merciful is one of the primary divine names in Islam, emphasizing Allah’s boundless, particular mercy and compassion toward His creation.
- 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: A Time for Mercy Target entity description: A Time for Mercy is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows small-town lawyer Jake Brigance as he defends a teenager accused of murdering a deputy in a deeply divided Mississippi community.
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A.
Pillar of Mercy
The Pillar of Mercy is one of the three central columns in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, representing expansion, compassion, and benevolent divine energy.
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B.
A Time to Heal
A Time to Heal is the memoir of U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, reflecting on his presidency and his controversial decision to pardon Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal.
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C.
At the Mercy
"At the Mercy" is a reflective, piano-driven song by Paul McCartney from his 2005 album *Chaos and Creation in the Backyard*.
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D.
The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
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E.
The Especially Merciful
The Especially Merciful is one of the primary divine names in Islam, emphasizing Allah’s boundless, particular mercy and compassion toward His creation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime fiction
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legal thriller ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | John Grisham ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
capital punishment
ⓘ
domestic abuse ⓘ justice ⓘ small-town politics ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Chip Kidd ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Carl Lee Hailey
ⓘ
Deputy Stuart Kofer ⓘ Drew Gamble ⓘ Harry Rex Vonner ⓘ Jake Brigance ⓘ Lucien Wilbanks ⓘ |
| follows | Sycamore Row ⓘ |
| genre |
crime novel
ⓘ
legal thriller ⓘ |
| hasLegalIssue |
capital murder charge
ⓘ
insanity and diminished capacity defenses ⓘ |
| hasReception | bestseller in the United States ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
criminal trial
ⓘ
public opinion ⓘ religion and morality ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780385545969 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist | Jake Brigance ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableAspect | third novel featuring Jake Brigance ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 480 ⓘ |
| partOfUniverse | Ford County novels ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Jake Brigance defends a sixteen-year-old boy accused of murdering a sheriff’s deputy in a small Mississippi town. ⓘ |
| prequel |
A Time to Kill (novel)
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surface form:
A Time to Kill
Sycamore Row ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2020-10-13 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| publisherImprint |
Doubleday
ⓘ
surface form:
Doubleday Books
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| series |
Jake Brigance
ⓘ
surface form:
Jake Brigance series
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| setIn | Mississippi ⓘ |
| setInFictionalTown | Clanton, Mississippi ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | early 1990s ⓘ |
| takesPlaceIn | fictional Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Time for Mercy Description of subject: A Time for Mercy is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows small-town lawyer Jake Brigance as he defends a teenager accused of murdering a deputy in a deeply divided Mississippi community.
Referenced by (3)
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