The Hanging Garden
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The Hanging Garden is a crime novel by Scottish author Ian Rankin featuring his iconic detective Inspector John Rebus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Hanging Garden canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9607192 — 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: The Hanging Garden Context triple: [Ian Rankin, notableWork, The Hanging Garden]
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A.
The Hanging Garden
The Hanging Garden is a 1997 Canadian drama film directed by Thom Fitzgerald, known for its exploration of family trauma, sexuality, and memory.
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B.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are a legendary terraced garden complex of ancient Mesopotamia, famed for their remarkable engineering and lush greenery and long regarded as one of the most iconic wonders of antiquity.
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C.
The Persian Garden
The Persian Garden is a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of historic Iranian gardens that exemplify traditional Persian landscape design, symbolism, and water management across various sites in Iran.
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D.
The Gardens
The Gardens is an inner-city suburb of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory, known for its proximity to the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens and coastal areas.
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E.
The Gardens
The Gardens was the original name of Maple Leaf Gardens, the historic Toronto arena famed as the longtime home of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and a major venue for sports and entertainment events.
- 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: The Hanging Garden Target entity description: The Hanging Garden is a crime novel by Scottish author Ian Rankin featuring his iconic detective Inspector John Rebus.
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A.
The Hanging Garden
The Hanging Garden is a 1997 Canadian drama film directed by Thom Fitzgerald, known for its exploration of family trauma, sexuality, and memory.
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B.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are a legendary terraced garden complex of ancient Mesopotamia, famed for their remarkable engineering and lush greenery and long regarded as one of the most iconic wonders of antiquity.
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C.
The Persian Garden
The Persian Garden is a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of historic Iranian gardens that exemplify traditional Persian landscape design, symbolism, and water management across various sites in Iran.
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D.
The Gardens
The Gardens is an inner-city suburb of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory, known for its proximity to the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens and coastal areas.
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E.
The Gardens
The Gardens was the original name of Maple Leaf Gardens, the historic Toronto arena famed as the longtime home of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and a major venue for sports and entertainment events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Ian Rankin ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Inspector John Rebus
ⓘ
linked to:
DI John Rebus in Rebus
John Rebus ⓘ
linked to:
DI John Rebus in Rebus
|
| followedBy | Dead Souls ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780752831320 ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation | police detective ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family
ⓘ
guilt ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ organized crime ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Inspector Rebus novel series
ⓘ
linked to:
DI John Rebus in Rebus
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Inspector John Rebus
ⓘ
linked to:
DI John Rebus in Rebus
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| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| precededBy | Black and Blue ⓘ |
| protagonistAffiliation | Lothian and Borders Police ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Orion Books
ⓘ
linked to:
Orion Publishing Group
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| series |
Inspector Rebus
ⓘ
linked to:
DI John Rebus in Rebus
|
| settingLocation | Edinburgh ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Hanging Garden Description of subject: The Hanging Garden is a crime novel by Scottish author Ian Rankin featuring his iconic detective Inspector John Rebus.
Referenced by (6)
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