The Silkworm
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The Silkworm is a crime mystery novel written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, featuring private detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates the murder of a controversial author.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Silkworm canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5110803 — 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 Silkworm Context triple: [J. K. Rowling, notableWork, The Silkworm]
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A.
The Little Drummer Girl
The Little Drummer Girl is a television miniseries adaptation of John le Carré’s spy novel, featuring Florence Pugh as a young actress drawn into an intricate Israeli intelligence operation.
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B.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (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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C.
Body of Proof
Body of Proof is an American television drama series that follows a brilliant but troubled medical examiner who uses her forensic skills to solve complex crimes.
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D.
Red Dragon
Red Dragon is a 2002 psychological horror thriller film, based on Thomas Harris's novel, that serves as a prequel to The Silence of the Lambs and features the character Hannibal Lecter.
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E.
The Owl Service
The Owl Service is a 1967 young adult fantasy novel by Alan Garner that blends Welsh mythology with psychological tension in a contemporary rural setting.
- 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 Silkworm Target entity description: The Silkworm is a crime mystery novel written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, featuring private detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates the murder of a controversial author.
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A.
The Little Drummer Girl
The Little Drummer Girl is a television miniseries adaptation of John le Carré’s spy novel, featuring Florence Pugh as a young actress drawn into an intricate Israeli intelligence operation.
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B.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (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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C.
Body of Proof
Body of Proof is an American television drama series that follows a brilliant but troubled medical examiner who uses her forensic skills to solve complex crimes.
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D.
Red Dragon
Red Dragon is a 2002 psychological horror thriller film, based on Thomas Harris's novel, that serves as a prequel to The Silence of the Lambs and features the character Hannibal Lecter.
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E.
The Owl Service
The Owl Service is a 1967 young adult fantasy novel by Alan Garner that blends Welsh mythology with psychological tension in a contemporary rural setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationFormat | television series episode ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Strike: The Silkworm (TV adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | J. K. Rowling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorPseudonym | Robert Galbraith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Noma Bar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Cormoran Strike
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robin Ellacott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalAuthorVictim | Owen Quine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Career of Evil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Cuckoo's Calling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family relationships
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identity ⓘ literary rivalry ⓘ publishing industry ⓘ satire of the book world ⓘ secrecy ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 0316206873 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9780316206877 ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | adult fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Cormoran Strike
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robin Ellacott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| market | international ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| narratorAudiobook | Robert Glenister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | second book in the Cormoran Strike series ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | ~455 ⓘ |
| plotFocus |
investigation of a missing novelist
ⓘ
murder of author Owen Quine ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2014-06-19 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Mulholland Books
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sphere Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Cormoran Strike series ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| televisionAdaptationBroadcaster | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting | contemporary 21st century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Silkworm Description of subject: The Silkworm is a crime mystery novel written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, featuring private detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates the murder of a controversial author.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.