Life Support
E452875
"Life Support" is a medical thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen that follows a physician uncovering a deadly and mysterious outbreak linked to unethical scientific experimentation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Life Support canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4556031 — 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: Life Support Context triple: [Tess Gerritsen, notableWork, Life Support]
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A.
Lifeline
"Lifeline" is a rock song by American band Papa Roach, known for its anthemic chorus and themes of struggle and emotional resilience.
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B.
Vital
Vital is a 2012 alternative rock album by American band Anberlin, known for its heavier sound and electronic influences.
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C.
Survival
Survival is a politically charged 1979 reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers that focuses on themes of African unity, resistance, and social justice.
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D.
Surviving
Surviving is a film featuring actress Reagan Gomez-Preston, known for its dramatic exploration of resilience and personal struggle.
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E.
Vital Signs
"Vital Signs" is the 1984 debut studio album by American rock band Survivor, featuring the hit singles "I Can't Hold Back," "High on You," and "The Search Is Over."
- 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: Life Support Target entity description: "Life Support" is a medical thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen that follows a physician uncovering a deadly and mysterious outbreak linked to unethical scientific experimentation.
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A.
Lifeline
"Lifeline" is a rock song by American band Papa Roach, known for its anthemic chorus and themes of struggle and emotional resilience.
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B.
Vital
Vital is a 2012 alternative rock album by American band Anberlin, known for its heavier sound and electronic influences.
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C.
Survival
Survival is a politically charged 1979 reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers that focuses on themes of African unity, resistance, and social justice.
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D.
Surviving
Surviving is a film featuring actress Reagan Gomez-Preston, known for its dramatic exploration of resilience and personal struggle.
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E.
Vital Signs
"Vital Signs" is the 1984 debut studio album by American rock band Survivor, featuring the hit singles "I Can't Hold Back," "High on You," and "The Search Is Over."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medical thriller novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Tess Gerritsen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| followedBy | Bloodstream ⓘ |
| followsCharacter | Dr. Toby Harper ⓘ |
| genre |
medical thriller
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thriller fiction ⓘ |
| hasConflictType |
man versus institution
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man versus nature ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780671016770 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Dr. Toby Harper ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation | physician ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corporate malfeasance
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cover-up of scientific research ⓘ dangers of experimental medicine ⓘ medical ethics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
mysterious medical outbreak
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unethical scientific experimentation ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableWork | Life Support ⓘ |
| partOf | Tess Gerritsen medical thrillers ⓘ |
| precededBy | Harvest ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| publisher | Pocket Books ⓘ |
| settingContext | hospital ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Boston ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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: Life Support Description of subject: "Life Support" is a medical thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen that follows a physician uncovering a deadly and mysterious outbreak linked to unethical scientific experimentation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Life Support