Hope to Die
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Hope to Die is a crime thriller novel in James Patterson’s Alex Cross series, following the detective’s desperate race to save his kidnapped family from a ruthless adversary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hope to Die canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8085445 — 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: Hope to Die Context triple: [Alex Cross series, hasPart, Hope to Die]
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A.
Hell Awaits
Hell Awaits is the second studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, known for its darker, more progressive sound and occult-themed lyrics that helped define the early extreme metal scene.
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B.
Another Way to Die
"Another Way to Die" is the rock duet by Jack White and Alicia Keys recorded as the James Bond film Quantum of Solace’s title theme.
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C.
Doomed
Doomed is a 1975 performance art piece by Chris Burden in which he lay motionless beneath a leaning sheet of glass in a museum gallery, testing institutional responsibility and the limits of endurance.
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D.
Deathblow
Deathblow is a gritty WildStorm comic book series centered on Michael Cray, a black-ops soldier whose covert missions and moral conflicts blend military action with supernatural and espionage themes.
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E.
Reaper
Reaper is a comedic supernatural television series about a young man who becomes a bounty hunter for the Devil, capturing escaped souls from Hell.
- 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: Hope to Die Target entity description: Hope to Die is a crime thriller novel in James Patterson’s Alex Cross series, following the detective’s desperate race to save his kidnapped family from a ruthless adversary.
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A.
Hell Awaits
Hell Awaits is the second studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, known for its darker, more progressive sound and occult-themed lyrics that helped define the early extreme metal scene.
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B.
Another Way to Die
"Another Way to Die" is the rock duet by Jack White and Alicia Keys recorded as the James Bond film Quantum of Solace’s title theme.
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C.
Doomed
Doomed is a 1975 performance art piece by Chris Burden in which he lay motionless beneath a leaning sheet of glass in a museum gallery, testing institutional responsibility and the limits of endurance.
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D.
Deathblow
Deathblow is a gritty WildStorm comic book series centered on Michael Cray, a black-ops soldier whose covert missions and moral conflicts blend military action with supernatural and espionage themes.
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E.
Reaper
Reaper is a comedic supernatural television series about a young man who becomes a bounty hunter for the Devil, capturing escaped souls from Hell.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime thriller novel
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novel ⓘ |
| antagonistRole | ruthless adversary who kidnaps Alex Cross’s family ⓘ |
| author | James Patterson ⓘ |
| centralConflict | kidnapping of Alex Cross’s family ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| featuresCharacter |
Ali Cross
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Bree Stone ⓘ Damon Cross ⓘ Janelle Cross ⓘ Nana Mama ⓘ |
| follows | Cross My Heart ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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thriller ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse |
Alex Cross universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Alex Cross series
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| hasTheme |
family in danger
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justice ⓘ moral dilemmas ⓘ psychological manipulation ⓘ revenge ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | popular fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Alex Cross ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Alex Cross’s race to save his kidnapped family ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Alex Cross ⓘ |
| precededBy | Cross My Heart ⓘ |
| protagonist | Alex Cross ⓘ |
| publisher | Little, Brown and Company ⓘ |
| setting | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hope to Die Description of subject: Hope to Die is a crime thriller novel in James Patterson’s Alex Cross series, following the detective’s desperate race to save his kidnapped family from a ruthless adversary.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.