Bodies Are Where You Find Them
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Bodies Are Where You Find Them is a 1941 hardboiled detective novel by Brett Halliday featuring private eye Michael Shayne, later loosely adapted into the film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bodies Are Where You Find Them canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3358228 — 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: Bodies Are Where You Find Them Context triple: [Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, basedOn, Bodies Are Where You Find Them]
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A.
The Body
"The Body" is a coming-of-age novella by Stephen King, best known as the basis for the 1986 film "Stand by Me."
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B.
The Glorious Dead
"The Glorious Dead" is a solemn commemorative phrase honoring those who lost their lives in war, famously inscribed on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
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C.
Born with the Dead
"Born with the Dead" is a celebrated science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg that explores themes of love, loss, and resurrection in a future where the dead can be technologically revived.
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D.
All the Lost Souls
All the Lost Souls is the second studio album by British singer-songwriter James Blunt, known for its melodic pop-rock sound and introspective lyrics.
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E.
Last Rites
Last Rites is a traditional set of Catholic sacramental practices given to a gravely ill or dying person to prepare their soul for death.
- 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: Bodies Are Where You Find Them Target entity description: Bodies Are Where You Find Them is a 1941 hardboiled detective novel by Brett Halliday featuring private eye Michael Shayne, later loosely adapted into the film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
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A.
The Body
"The Body" is a coming-of-age novella by Stephen King, best known as the basis for the 1986 film "Stand by Me."
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B.
The Glorious Dead
"The Glorious Dead" is a solemn commemorative phrase honoring those who lost their lives in war, famously inscribed on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
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C.
Born with the Dead
"Born with the Dead" is a celebrated science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg that explores themes of love, loss, and resurrection in a future where the dead can be technologically revived.
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D.
All the Lost Souls
All the Lost Souls is the second studio album by British singer-songwriter James Blunt, known for its melodic pop-rock sound and introspective lyrics.
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E.
Last Rites
Last Rites is a traditional set of Catholic sacramental practices given to a gravely ill or dying person to prepare their soul for death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hardboiled detective novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationRelation | loosely adapted into the film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film ⓘ |
| author | Brett Halliday ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter | Michael Shayne ⓘ |
| featuresGenreElement | hardboiled style ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ⓘ |
| hasCharacterOccupation | private detective ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime investigation
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murder mystery ⓘ private detective work ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Michael Shayne ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
Michael Shayne series
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surface form:
Michael Shayne novels
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| protagonist | Michael Shayne ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| series | Michael Shayne series ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| timePeriodOfStory | 1940s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bodies Are Where You Find Them Description of subject: Bodies Are Where You Find Them is a 1941 hardboiled detective novel by Brett Halliday featuring private eye Michael Shayne, later loosely adapted into the film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.