Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole"
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Elmore Leonard’s short story "Fire in the Hole" is a crime tale featuring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens that served as the primary inspiration for the television series "Justified."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole" canonical | 1 |
| short story "Fire in the Hole" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6242336 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole" Context triple: [Graham Yost, adaptedFrom, Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole"]
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A.
short story "The Sentinel"
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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B.
short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death"
"In the Event of My Father’s Death" is a short story by Roxane Gay that appears in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of family, grief, and complex emotional inheritance.
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C.
Ray Bradbury's earlier short story "Black Ferris"
"Black Ferris" is an early Ray Bradbury short story that introduces the sinister carnival imagery and themes of temptation and lost youth that he later expanded into his novel *Something Wicked This Way Comes*.
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D.
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
The Outcasts of Poker Flat is an 1869 short story by American author Bret Harte that portrays a group of exiles in a California mining town facing moral judgment and harsh frontier conditions.
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E.
The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag
The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag is a 1992 comedic crime film about a timid librarian who becomes a media sensation and murder suspect after impulsively confessing to a crime she didn’t commit.
- 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: Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole" Target entity description: Elmore Leonard’s short story "Fire in the Hole" is a crime tale featuring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens that served as the primary inspiration for the television series "Justified."
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A.
short story "The Sentinel"
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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B.
short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death"
"In the Event of My Father’s Death" is a short story by Roxane Gay that appears in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of family, grief, and complex emotional inheritance.
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C.
Ray Bradbury's earlier short story "Black Ferris"
"Black Ferris" is an early Ray Bradbury short story that introduces the sinister carnival imagery and themes of temptation and lost youth that he later expanded into his novel *Something Wicked This Way Comes*.
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D.
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
The Outcasts of Poker Flat is an 1869 short story by American author Bret Harte that portrays a group of exiles in a California mining town facing moral judgment and harsh frontier conditions.
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E.
The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag
The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag is a 1992 comedic crime film about a timid librarian who becomes a media sensation and murder suspect after impulsively confessing to a crime she didn’t commit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime fiction work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author | Elmore Leonard ⓘ |
| basedOn | Fire in the Hole ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Elmore Leonard ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Boyd Crowder
ⓘ
Raylan Givens ⓘ
linked to:
Raylan
|
| featuresOrganization | United States Marshals Service ⓘ |
| genre |
Western fiction
ⓘ
crime fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
television series Justified
ⓘ
linked to:
Justified
|
| hasConflictType | lawman versus outlaw ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryTheme |
crime
ⓘ
justice ⓘ law enforcement ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | contemporary era ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter |
Raylan Givens
ⓘ
linked to:
Raylan
|
| inspired | Justified ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Raylan Givens
ⓘ
linked to:
Raylan
|
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| occupation | U.S. Marshal ⓘ |
| partOf | Raylan Givens stories ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | U.S. Marshal ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine short story ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Kentucky ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Harlan County, Kentucky ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole" Description of subject: Elmore Leonard’s short story "Fire in the Hole" is a crime tale featuring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens that served as the primary inspiration for the television series "Justified."
Referenced by (2)
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