Plain Truth
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Plain Truth is a legal and psychological drama novel by Jodi Picoult that centers on the investigation of a dead newborn in an Amish community and the ensuing courtroom battle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plain Truth canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6739434 — 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: Plain Truth Context triple: [Jodi Picoult, notableWork, Plain Truth]
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A.
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for their unconventional song structures and the songwriting of Kristin Hersh.
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B.
Collective Soul
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C.
Trevians
Trevians are the athletic teams and student representatives of New Trier High School, symbolizing the school's competitive and community spirit.
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D.
Front Street West
Front Street West is a major east–west thoroughfare in downtown Toronto lined with offices, entertainment venues, and historic industrial buildings.
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E.
Nazz
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- 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: Plain Truth Target entity description: Plain Truth is a legal and psychological drama novel by Jodi Picoult that centers on the investigation of a dead newborn in an Amish community and the ensuing courtroom battle.
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A.
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for their unconventional song structures and the songwriting of Kristin Hersh.
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B.
Collective Soul
Collective Soul is an American rock band, best known for their 1990s hits like "Shine" and "The World I Know," that blends post-grunge and alternative rock styles.
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C.
Trevians
Trevians are the athletic teams and student representatives of New Trier High School, symbolizing the school's competitive and community spirit.
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D.
Front Street West
Front Street West is a major east–west thoroughfare in downtown Toronto lined with offices, entertainment venues, and historic industrial buildings.
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E.
Nazz
Nazz is a popular, easygoing, and kind-hearted girl from the animated series "Ed, Edd n Eddy," often portrayed as the neighborhood crush.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal drama novel
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novel ⓘ psychological drama novel ⓘ television film ⓘ |
| author | Jodi Picoult ⓘ |
| basedOn | Plain Truth ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| coverArtDepicts | rural Amish imagery ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Aaron Fisher
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Ellie Hathaway ⓘ Jacob Fisher ⓘ Katie Fisher ⓘ Sarah Fisher ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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drama film ⓘ legal drama ⓘ psychological drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Plain Truth (2004 television film) ⓘ |
| includesElement |
courtroom trial
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criminal investigation ⓘ psychological evaluation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
clash between modern law and religious tradition
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faith ⓘ family secrets ⓘ justice ⓘ motherhood ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The novel centers on the investigation of a dead newborn found in an Amish barn and the ensuing courtroom battle over the alleged young Amish mother. ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Ellie Hathaway
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Katie Fisher ⓘ |
| publisher | Atria Books ⓘ |
| setting | Amish community in Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Amish culture
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criminal law ⓘ forensic evidence ⓘ infanticide investigation ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary era ⓘ |
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: Plain Truth Description of subject: Plain Truth is a legal and psychological drama novel by Jodi Picoult that centers on the investigation of a dead newborn in an Amish community and the ensuing courtroom battle.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Plain Truth