The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (novel)

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crime novel mystery novel novel thriller novel

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a crime thriller novel by Stieg Larsson that follows journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander as they investigate a decades-old disappearance tied to dark family secrets and systemic violence.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	11
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (novel) canonical	2
Milton Security in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3051245 — 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: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (novel)
Context triple: [The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film), basedOn, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (novel)]

A. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) is a dark mystery thriller directed by David Fincher, adapted from Stieg Larsson’s novel, following journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander as they investigate a decades-old disappearance in Sweden.
B. Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises is a 2007 crime thriller film directed by David Cronenberg that explores the violent underworld of the Russian mafia in London.
C. The Killing
The Killing is a 1956 film noir crime thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick about a meticulously planned racetrack heist that begins to unravel.
D. The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener is a 2005 political thriller film, based on John le Carré’s novel, that follows a British diplomat uncovering a pharmaceutical conspiracy in Kenya after the murder of his activist wife.
E. Lustmord
Lustmord is a text-based artwork by Jenny Holzer that confronts the brutality and trauma of wartime sexual violence through stark, unsettling language.
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: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (novel)
Target entity description: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a crime thriller novel by Stieg Larsson that follows journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander as they investigate a decades-old disappearance tied to dark family secrets and systemic violence.

A. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) is a dark mystery thriller directed by David Fincher, adapted from Stieg Larsson’s novel, following journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander as they investigate a decades-old disappearance in Sweden.
B. Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises is a 2007 crime thriller film directed by David Cronenberg that explores the violent underworld of the Russian mafia in London.
C. The Killing
The Killing is a 1956 film noir crime thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick about a meticulously planned racetrack heist that begins to unravel.
D. The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener is a 2005 political thriller film, based on John le Carré’s novel, that follows a British diplomat uncovering a pharmaceutical conspiracy in Kenya after the murder of his activist wife.
E. Lustmord
Lustmord is a text-based artwork by Jenny Holzer that confronts the brutality and trauma of wartime sexual violence through stark, unsettling language.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crime novel ⓘ mystery novel ⓘ novel ⓘ thriller novel ⓘ
adaptedInto	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) ⓘ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) ⓘ
author	Stieg Larsson ⓘ
awardReceived	Anthony Award for Best First Novel ⓘ Glass Key award ⓘ surface form: Glass Key Award Macavity Award ⓘ surface form: Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel
centralTheme	corporate corruption ⓘ family secrets ⓘ systemic misogyny ⓘ violence against women ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Sweden ⓘ
englishPublicationYear	2008 ⓘ
englishPublisher	Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ MacLehose Press ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Harriet Vanger ⓘ Henrik Vanger ⓘ
filmAdaptationLanguage	English ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
followedBy	The Girl Who Played with Fire ⓘ
follows	none (first in series) ⓘ
genre	crime fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ
hasISBNExample	9780307269751 ⓘ
mainCharacter	Lisbeth Salander ⓘ Mikael Blomkvist ⓘ
narrativeFocus	investigation of a decades-old disappearance ⓘ
notableFor	international bestseller status ⓘ introduction of Lisbeth Salander ⓘ
originalLanguage	Swedish ⓘ
originalPublisherCountry	Sweden ⓘ
originalTitle	Män som hatar kvinnor ⓘ
pageCountApproximate	500–600 pages (varies by edition) ⓘ
partOfSeries	Millennium film series ⓘ surface form: Millennium series
protagonistOccupation	hacker ⓘ journalist ⓘ
publicationYear	2005 ⓘ
publisher	Norstedts Förlag ⓘ
seriesNumber	1 ⓘ
settingLocation	Stockholm ⓘ Sweden ⓘ
timePeriodSetting	early 21st century ⓘ late 20th century ⓘ

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