Prince of Thieves
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Prince of Thieves is a crime novel by Chuck Hogan that follows a skilled Boston bank robber whose life unravels when he falls for a woman connected to one of his heists.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prince of Thieves canonical | 5 |
| novel "Prince of Thieves" by Chuck Hogan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8669660 — 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: Prince of Thieves Context triple: [The Town, basedOn, Prince of Thieves]
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A.
Dragonheart
Dragonheart is a 1996 fantasy adventure film renowned for its groundbreaking CGI dragon and the voice performance of Sean Connery.
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B.
Prince of the Blood
Prince of the Blood is a Japanese imperial title historically granted to male members of the extended imperial family who were not in the direct line of succession to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
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C.
King's Ransom
"King's Ransom" is a 2005 crime-comedy film about a wealthy businessman who plots his own kidnapping, directed by Doug McHenry.
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D.
King in Exile
King in Exile is the title borne by Thorin Oakenshield during his dispossession from Erebor, signifying his status as the rightful but landless Dwarven king.
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E.
Spear of Destiny
Spear of Destiny is a World War II-themed first-person shooter video game by id Software that serves as a prequel to Wolfenstein 3D, following B.J. Blazkowicz on a mission to recover a stolen holy relic from the Nazis.
- 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: Prince of Thieves Target entity description: Prince of Thieves is a crime novel by Chuck Hogan that follows a skilled Boston bank robber whose life unravels when he falls for a woman connected to one of his heists.
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A.
Dragonheart
Dragonheart is a 1996 fantasy adventure film renowned for its groundbreaking CGI dragon and the voice performance of Sean Connery.
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B.
Prince of the Blood
Prince of the Blood is a Japanese imperial title historically granted to male members of the extended imperial family who were not in the direct line of succession to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
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C.
King's Ransom
"King's Ransom" is a 2005 crime-comedy film about a wealthy businessman who plots his own kidnapping, directed by Doug McHenry.
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D.
King in Exile
King in Exile is the title borne by Thorin Oakenshield during his dispossession from Erebor, signifying his status as the rightful but landless Dwarven king.
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E.
Spear of Destiny
Spear of Destiny is a World War II-themed first-person shooter video game by id Software that serves as a prequel to Wolfenstein 3D, following B.J. Blazkowicz on a mission to recover a stolen holy relic from the Nazis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
ⓘ
film ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Chuck Hogan ⓘ |
| basedOn | Prince of Thieves ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Ben Affleck ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Town ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780743264885 ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 400 pages ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime and consequence
ⓘ
identity ⓘ loyalty ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Doug MacRay ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | bank robbery ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| plotElement |
conflict between criminal life and personal relationships
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heist gone wrong ⓘ romantic relationship with a woman connected to a heist ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | bank robber ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait | skilled ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Scribner
ⓘ
linked to:
Scribner Books
|
| settingLocation |
Boston
ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Prince of Thieves Description of subject: Prince of Thieves is a crime novel by Chuck Hogan that follows a skilled Boston bank robber whose life unravels when he falls for a woman connected to one of his heists.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.