Pop Goes the Weasel
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Pop Goes the Weasel is a psychological thriller novel in James Patterson's Alex Cross series, following the detective as he hunts a sadistic serial killer with a double life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pop Goes the Weasel canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8085429 — 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: Pop Goes the Weasel Context triple: [Alex Cross series, hasPart, Pop Goes the Weasel]
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A.
The Little Apple
The Little Apple is a playful nickname for Manhattan, Kansas, highlighting its smaller-scale charm in reference to New York City’s “Big Apple.”
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B.
Dum Diddly
"Dum Diddly" is a pop song by the Black Eyed Peas from their 2005 album "Monkey Business."
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C.
Hellzapoppin'
Hellzapoppin' is a 1941 American musical comedy film, based on the hit Broadway revue, known for its anarchic humor, breaking of the fourth wall, and influential swing-era dance sequences.
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D.
Runaround Sue
"Runaround Sue" is a 1961 doo-wop hit single by Dion, known for its catchy melody and lyrics about a heartbreakingly unfaithful girl.
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E.
I Whistle a Happy Tune
"I Whistle a Happy Tune" is a cheerful show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I," known for its theme of using outward confidence to overcome fear.
- 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: Pop Goes the Weasel Target entity description: Pop Goes the Weasel is a psychological thriller novel in James Patterson's Alex Cross series, following the detective as he hunts a sadistic serial killer with a double life.
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A.
The Little Apple
The Little Apple is a playful nickname for Manhattan, Kansas, highlighting its smaller-scale charm in reference to New York City’s “Big Apple.”
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B.
Dum Diddly
"Dum Diddly" is a pop song by the Black Eyed Peas from their 2005 album "Monkey Business."
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C.
Hellzapoppin'
Hellzapoppin' is a 1941 American musical comedy film, based on the hit Broadway revue, known for its anarchic humor, breaking of the fourth wall, and influential swing-era dance sequences.
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D.
Runaround Sue
"Runaround Sue" is a 1961 doo-wop hit single by Dion, known for its catchy melody and lyrics about a heartbreakingly unfaithful girl.
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E.
I Whistle a Happy Tune
"I Whistle a Happy Tune" is a cheerful show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I," known for its theme of using outward confidence to overcome fear.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ psychological thriller novel ⓘ |
| antagonistRole | serial killer ⓘ |
| author | James Patterson ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacterCreatedBy | James Patterson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| featuresCharacter | Alex Cross ⓘ |
| followedBy | Roses Are Red ⓘ |
| follows | Cat and Mouse ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Alex Cross ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | detective ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Alex Cross series ⓘ |
| protagonistAffiliation | Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | homicide detective ⓘ |
| publisher | Little, Brown and Company ⓘ |
| seriesNumberInAlexCrossSeries | 5 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| themes |
double life
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psychological manipulation ⓘ serial murder ⓘ |
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: Pop Goes the Weasel Description of subject: Pop Goes the Weasel is a psychological thriller novel in James Patterson's Alex Cross series, following the detective as he hunts a sadistic serial killer with a double life.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.