King of the Weeds
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King of the Weeds is a hardboiled crime novel in the Mike Hammer detective series, co-authored by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins and published posthumously from Spillane’s unfinished manuscript.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King of the Weeds canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8715543 — 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: King of the Weeds Context triple: [Mike Hammer, appearsIn, King of the Weeds]
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A.
The Red Weed
The Red Weed is an instrumental piece from Jeff Wayne's progressive rock concept album adaptation of H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds," evoking the eerie spread of alien vegetation across Earth.
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B.
Weeds
Weeds is a 1987 drama film starring Matthew Modine that explores the lives of prison inmates who stage a theatrical production as a path to redemption.
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C.
Weeds
Weeds is a dark comedy-drama television series that follows a widowed suburban mother who turns to selling marijuana to support her family.
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D.
This Weed Iz Mine
"This Weed Iz Mine" is a cannabis-themed hip hop track by Snoop Dogg featured on his album "Doggumentary."
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E.
Mr. Weed
Mr. Weed is Peter Griffin’s mild-mannered, mustachioed boss at the Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory in the animated TV series "Family Guy."
- 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: King of the Weeds Target entity description: King of the Weeds is a hardboiled crime novel in the Mike Hammer detective series, co-authored by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins and published posthumously from Spillane’s unfinished manuscript.
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A.
The Red Weed
The Red Weed is an instrumental piece from Jeff Wayne's progressive rock concept album adaptation of H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds," evoking the eerie spread of alien vegetation across Earth.
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B.
Weeds
Weeds is a 1987 drama film starring Matthew Modine that explores the lives of prison inmates who stage a theatrical production as a path to redemption.
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C.
Weeds
Weeds is a dark comedy-drama television series that follows a widowed suburban mother who turns to selling marijuana to support her family.
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D.
This Weed Iz Mine
"This Weed Iz Mine" is a cannabis-themed hip hop track by Snoop Dogg featured on his album "Doggumentary."
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E.
Mr. Weed
Mr. Weed is Peter Griffin’s mild-mannered, mustachioed boss at the Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory in the animated TV series "Family Guy."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
ⓘ
detective novel ⓘ hardboiled novel ⓘ |
| author |
Max Allan Collins
ⓘ
Mickey Spillane ⓘ |
| basedOn | unfinished manuscript by Mickey Spillane ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | American hardboiled detective fiction ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Max Allan Collins
ⓘ
Mickey Spillane ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresCharacter |
Mike Hammer
ⓘ
Velda ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
hardboiled fiction ⓘ noir fiction ⓘ |
| hasContributorRole |
Max Allan Collins: completion and adaptation
ⓘ
Mickey Spillane: original manuscript ⓘ |
| hasDetectiveType | private investigator ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
aging and legacy
ⓘ
assassination plots ⓘ loyalty ⓘ organized crime ⓘ political corruption ⓘ urban decay ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| hasViolenceLevel | graphic ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryFranchise |
Mike Hammer novels
ⓘ
linked to:
Mike Hammer
|
| literaryStyle | hardboiled ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist | Mike Hammer ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
dark
ⓘ
gritty ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Mike Hammer ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| seriesNumberInMikeHammer | late-series installment ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: King of the Weeds Description of subject: King of the Weeds is a hardboiled crime novel in the Mike Hammer detective series, co-authored by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins and published posthumously from Spillane’s unfinished manuscript.
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