Tooth and Nail
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"Tooth and Nail" is a crime novel by Scottish author Ian Rankin, featuring his recurring detective John Rebus as he investigates a serial killer in London.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tooth and Nail canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9607186 — 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: Tooth and Nail Context triple: [Ian Rankin, notableWork, Tooth and Nail]
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A.
With Teeth
With Teeth is a 2005 industrial rock album by Nine Inch Nails that marked a more song-oriented, accessible turn in the band’s sound while retaining their dark, electronic edge.
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B.
Twelve Carat Toothache
Twelve Carat Toothache is a 2022 studio album by American rapper and singer Post Malone that blends hip hop, pop, and introspective songwriting.
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C.
Kick in the Teeth
"Kick in the Teeth" is a hard-hitting rock song by American band Papa Roach, known for its aggressive energy and themes of resilience.
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D.
Holy Nails
The Holy Nails are revered Christian relics believed to be the nails used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, traditionally associated with Empress Saint Helena’s discovery of the True Cross.
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E.
Summerteeth
Summerteeth is a critically acclaimed 1999 album by American rock band Wilco, noted for its lush, pop-oriented production and introspective, often dark lyrics.
- 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: Tooth and Nail Target entity description: "Tooth and Nail" is a crime novel by Scottish author Ian Rankin, featuring his recurring detective John Rebus as he investigates a serial killer in London.
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A.
With Teeth
With Teeth is a 2005 industrial rock album by Nine Inch Nails that marked a more song-oriented, accessible turn in the band’s sound while retaining their dark, electronic edge.
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B.
Twelve Carat Toothache
Twelve Carat Toothache is a 2022 studio album by American rapper and singer Post Malone that blends hip hop, pop, and introspective songwriting.
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C.
Kick in the Teeth
"Kick in the Teeth" is a hard-hitting rock song by American band Papa Roach, known for its aggressive energy and themes of resilience.
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D.
Holy Nails
The Holy Nails are revered Christian relics believed to be the nails used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, traditionally associated with Empress Saint Helena’s discovery of the True Cross.
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E.
Summerteeth
Summerteeth is a critically acclaimed 1999 album by American rock band Wilco, noted for its lush, pop-oriented production and introspective, often dark lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Ian Rankin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | John Rebus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Strip Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasRecurringCharacter | John Rebus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
murder
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police investigation ⓘ serial killers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
police procedural elements
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psychological investigation ⓘ urban crime ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | John Rebus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Inspector Rebus series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Hide and Seek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistAffiliation | Scottish police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | detective ⓘ |
| publisher | Orion Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Inspector Rebus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| workOfAuthor | Ian Rankin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Tooth and Nail Description of subject: "Tooth and Nail" is a crime novel by Scottish author Ian Rankin, featuring his recurring detective John Rebus as he investigates a serial killer in London.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.