Kenzie and Gennaro series
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The Kenzie and Gennaro series is a set of crime novels following Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro as they tackle morally complex and often violent cases.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kenzie and Gennaro series canonical | 3 |
| Kenzie-Gennaro series | 2 |
| Kenzie–Gennaro series | 2 |
| Kenzie–Gennaro novel series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2490358 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenzie and Gennaro series Context triple: [Dennis Lehane, creatorOf, Kenzie and Gennaro series]
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A.
Alvirah and Willy series
The Alvirah and Willy series is a collection of light mystery novels by Mary Higgins Clark featuring a lottery-winning former cleaning woman and her devoted husband who repeatedly become amateur sleuths.
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B.
Whiz Kids
The Whiz Kids were the young, upstart Philadelphia Phillies team that captured the National League pennant and reached the 1950 World Series.
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C.
The Hardy Boys series
The Hardy Boys series is a long-running collection of juvenile mystery novels featuring teenage brothers Frank and Joe Hardy solving crimes and adventures, originally published under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon.
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D.
The Adventure Series
The Adventure Series is a classic set of children's adventure novels by Enid Blyton, following groups of children through perilous mysteries in exotic and often remote locations.
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E.
Corelli
Corelli is an Italian surname most famously associated with Baroque composer and violinist Arcangelo Corelli.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenzie and Gennaro series Target entity description: The Kenzie and Gennaro series is a set of crime novels following Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro as they tackle morally complex and often violent cases.
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A.
Alvirah and Willy series
The Alvirah and Willy series is a collection of light mystery novels by Mary Higgins Clark featuring a lottery-winning former cleaning woman and her devoted husband who repeatedly become amateur sleuths.
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B.
Whiz Kids
The Whiz Kids were the young, upstart Philadelphia Phillies team that captured the National League pennant and reached the 1950 World Series.
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C.
The Hardy Boys series
The Hardy Boys series is a long-running collection of juvenile mystery novels featuring teenage brothers Frank and Joe Hardy solving crimes and adventures, originally published under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon.
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D.
The Adventure Series
The Adventure Series is a classic set of children's adventure novels by Enid Blyton, following groups of children through perilous mysteries in exotic and often remote locations.
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E.
Corelli
Corelli is an Italian surname most famously associated with Baroque composer and violinist Arcangelo Corelli.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book series
ⓘ
crime drama film ⓘ crime novel series ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
Gone Baby Gone
ⓘ
surface form:
Gone Baby Gone (film)
|
| author | Dennis Lehane ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Gone Baby Gone
ⓘ
surface form:
Gone, Baby, Gone
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Dennis Lehane ⓘ |
| depicts |
organized crime in Boston
ⓘ
political corruption ⓘ working‑class Boston neighborhoods ⓘ |
| director | Ben Affleck ⓘ |
| firstWork | A Drink Before the War ⓘ |
| follows | private investigators ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
A Drink Before the War
ⓘ
Darkness, Take My Hand ⓘ Gone Baby Gone ⓘ
surface form:
Gone, Baby, Gone
Moonlight Mile ⓘ Prayers for Rain ⓘ Sacred ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
loyalty
ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ social justice ⓘ trauma ⓘ urban violence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
hard‑boiled
ⓘ
noir ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Angie Gennaro
ⓘ
surface form:
Angela Gennaro
Patrick Kenzie in Gone Baby Gone ⓘ
surface form:
Patrick Kenzie
|
| narrativePerspective | first‑person ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | Bubba Rogowski ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gone Baby Gone
ⓘ
surface form:
Gone, Baby, Gone
|
| primaryNarrator |
Patrick Kenzie in Gone Baby Gone
ⓘ
surface form:
Patrick Kenzie
|
| protagonistOccupation | private investigator ⓘ |
| protagonistRelationship |
childhood friends
ⓘ
on‑again, off‑again romantic partners ⓘ |
| publisher |
HarperCollins
ⓘ
William Morrow ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Boston ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 21st century
ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Kenzie and Gennaro series Description of subject: The Kenzie and Gennaro series is a set of crime novels following Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro as they tackle morally complex and often violent cases.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Patrick Kenzie
this entity surface form:
Kenzie–Gennaro novel series
subject surface form:
Helene McCready
this entity surface form:
Kenzie–Gennaro series
this entity surface form:
Kenzie–Gennaro series
subject surface form:
Dennis Lehane
this entity surface form:
Kenzie-Gennaro series
subject surface form:
Gone, Baby, Gone
this entity surface form:
Kenzie-Gennaro series