White Dog
E441078
White Dog is a crime novel in the Jack Irish series by Australian author Peter Temple, featuring the Melbourne lawyer and debt-collector embroiled in a complex investigation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| White Dog canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4469912 — 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: White Dog Context triple: [Jack Irish, notableWork, White Dog]
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A.
Mad Dogs
Mad Dogs is a British dark comedy-drama television series about a group of middle-aged friends whose holiday in Spain spirals into crime and chaos.
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B.
Big Dog
Big Dog is the nickname of Tony Pérez, the Hall of Fame Cuban-American first baseman best known as a key run producer for the Cincinnati Reds’ “Big Red Machine” teams of the 1970s.
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C.
For All the Dogs
For All the Dogs is a studio album by Canadian rapper and singer Drake that continues his blend of introspective lyrics and contemporary hip-hop/R&B production.
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D.
Ghost of a Dog
"Ghost of a Dog" is a 1990 alternative rock/folk album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, known for its introspective lyrics and eclectic, roots-influenced sound.
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E.
Black Dog on the Beach
"Black Dog on the Beach" is a song from Bill Callahan’s album *Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest*, noted for its reflective, narrative folk style and understated emotional depth.
- 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: White Dog Target entity description: White Dog is a crime novel in the Jack Irish series by Australian author Peter Temple, featuring the Melbourne lawyer and debt-collector embroiled in a complex investigation.
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A.
Mad Dogs
Mad Dogs is a British dark comedy-drama television series about a group of middle-aged friends whose holiday in Spain spirals into crime and chaos.
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B.
Big Dog
Big Dog is the nickname of Tony Pérez, the Hall of Fame Cuban-American first baseman best known as a key run producer for the Cincinnati Reds’ “Big Red Machine” teams of the 1970s.
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C.
For All the Dogs
For All the Dogs is a studio album by Canadian rapper and singer Drake that continues his blend of introspective lyrics and contemporary hip-hop/R&B production.
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D.
Ghost of a Dog
"Ghost of a Dog" is a 1990 alternative rock/folk album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, known for its introspective lyrics and eclectic, roots-influenced sound.
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E.
Black Dog on the Beach
"Black Dog on the Beach" is a song from Bill Callahan’s album *Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest*, noted for its reflective, narrative folk style and understated emotional depth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
crime novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Peter Temple ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Jack Irish ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Australian ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse |
Jack Irish universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Jack Irish
|
| hasFormat |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corruption
ⓘ
crime ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ urban life ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterNationality | Australian ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | complex investigation ⓘ |
| partOf |
Jack Irish novels
ⓘ
linked to:
Jack Irish
|
| protagonistOccupation |
debt-collector
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ |
| series |
Jack Irish series
ⓘ
linked to:
Jack Irish
|
| settingCountry | Australia ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Melbourne ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: White Dog Description of subject: White Dog is a crime novel in the Jack Irish series by Australian author Peter Temple, featuring the Melbourne lawyer and debt-collector embroiled in a complex investigation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.