Criss Cross
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Criss Cross is a crime thriller novel in James Patterson’s long-running Alex Cross series, following the detective as he confronts a taunting serial killer tied to his past cases.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Criss Cross canonical | 3 |
| Criss Cross by Don Tracy | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8085450 — 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: Criss Cross Context triple: [Alex Cross series, hasPart, Criss Cross]
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A.
Criss Cross
Criss Cross is a 1949 film noir crime drama starring Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo, known for its tale of a doomed heist and fatalistic romance.
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B.
Crisscross
Crisscross is a thriller novel by F. Paul Wilson featuring his recurring antihero Repairman Jack in a blend of supernatural mystery and action.
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C.
"At the Crossroads"
"At the Crossroads" is the English title of the Israeli film "Al Parashat Derakhim," a drama exploring intersecting lives and moral choices.
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D.
Chain of Fools
"Chain of Fools" is a classic 1967 soul song performed by Aretha Franklin, renowned for its powerful vocals, driving groove, and enduring influence in R&B music.
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E.
Cruisin'
"Cruisin'" is a smooth, romantic soul ballad by Smokey Robinson that became one of his signature solo hits after its release in 1979.
- 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: Criss Cross Target entity description: Criss Cross is a crime thriller novel in James Patterson’s long-running Alex Cross series, following the detective as he confronts a taunting serial killer tied to his past cases.
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A.
Criss Cross
Criss Cross is a 1949 film noir crime drama starring Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo, known for its tale of a doomed heist and fatalistic romance.
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B.
Crisscross
Crisscross is a thriller novel by F. Paul Wilson featuring his recurring antihero Repairman Jack in a blend of supernatural mystery and action.
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C.
"At the Crossroads"
"At the Crossroads" is the English title of the Israeli film "Al Parashat Derakhim," a drama exploring intersecting lives and moral choices.
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D.
Chain of Fools
"Chain of Fools" is a classic 1967 soul song performed by Aretha Franklin, renowned for its powerful vocals, driving groove, and enduring influence in R&B music.
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E.
Cruisin'
"Cruisin'" is a smooth, romantic soul ballad by Smokey Robinson that became one of his signature solo hits after its release in 1979.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime thriller novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | James Patterson ⓘ |
| centralConflict | Alex Cross is taunted by a serial killer linked to his past cases ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresAntagonistType | serial killer ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alex Cross
ⓘ
Bree Stone ⓘ John Sampson ⓘ Nana Mama ⓘ |
| followedBy | Deadly Cross ⓘ |
| follows | Target: Alex Cross ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
thriller fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family in danger
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justice ⓘ psychological manipulation ⓘ revenge ⓘ serial murder ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySeriesCreator | James Patterson ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Alex Cross ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Alex Cross ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
FBI consultant
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detective ⓘ |
| publisher | Little, Brown and Company ⓘ |
| seriesNumberWithin |
Alex Cross #27
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linked to:
Alex Cross Must Die
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| setting | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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: Criss Cross Description of subject: Criss Cross is a crime thriller novel in James Patterson’s long-running Alex Cross series, following the detective as he confronts a taunting serial killer tied to his past cases.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.