The Hard Way
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The Hard Way is a thriller novel in Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series, featuring the ex-military drifter investigating a high-stakes kidnapping conspiracy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Hard Way canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3949437 — 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 Hard Way Context triple: [Lee Child, notableWork, The Hard Way]
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A.
The Hard Way
"The Hard Way" is a 1992 country music album by American singer-songwriter Clint Black that continued his early commercial success with a polished, contemporary sound.
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B.
The Hard Way
The Hard Way is a 1991 action-comedy film in which James Woods plays a tough New York cop reluctantly partnered with a pampered Hollywood actor, played by Michael J. Fox, who wants to learn how to be a real detective.
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C.
Hard Way
"Hard Way" is a song featured on the album "All I Want Is You."
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D.
A Way Out of No Way
A Way Out of No Way is a memoir by civil rights leader and former U.S. ambassador Andrew Young, recounting his life and work in the struggle for racial justice and public service.
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E.
If There Was a Way
If There Was a Way is a 1990 country music album by Dwight Yoakam that blends traditional honky-tonk with contemporary influences and is often praised as one of his strongest releases.
- 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 Hard Way Target entity description: The Hard Way is a thriller novel in Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series, featuring the ex-military drifter investigating a high-stakes kidnapping conspiracy.
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A.
The Hard Way
"The Hard Way" is a 1992 country music album by American singer-songwriter Clint Black that continued his early commercial success with a polished, contemporary sound.
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B.
The Hard Way
The Hard Way is a 1991 action-comedy film in which James Woods plays a tough New York cop reluctantly partnered with a pampered Hollywood actor, played by Michael J. Fox, who wants to learn how to be a real detective.
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C.
Hard Way
"Hard Way" is a song featured on the album "All I Want Is You."
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D.
A Way Out of No Way
A Way Out of No Way is a memoir by civil rights leader and former U.S. ambassador Andrew Young, recounting his life and work in the struggle for racial justice and public service.
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E.
If There Was a Way
If There Was a Way is a 1990 country music album by Dwight Yoakam that blends traditional honky-tonk with contemporary influences and is often praised as one of his strongest releases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jack Reacher novel
ⓘ
crime novel ⓘ novel ⓘ thriller novel ⓘ |
| author | Lee Child ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
conspiracy
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kidnapping ⓘ mercenary violence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Daisy Lane
ⓘ
Edward Lane ⓘ Kate Lane ⓘ Lauren Pauling ⓘ |
| followedBy | Bad Luck and Trouble ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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mystery fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | Jack Reacher universe ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780385336695 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jack Reacher ONNED1 ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableElement |
ex-military protagonist
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urban investigative plot ⓘ |
| precededBy | One Shot ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | former military policeman ⓘ |
| protagonistStatus | drifter ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Bantam Press
ⓘ
Delacorte Press ⓘ |
| series | Jack Reacher ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| timePeriodOfSetting | early 21st century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Hard Way Description of subject: The Hard Way is a thriller novel in Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series, featuring the ex-military drifter investigating a high-stakes kidnapping conspiracy.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.