The Impossible Dead
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The Impossible Dead is a crime novel by Scottish author Ian Rankin featuring Inspector Malcolm Fox investigating police corruption and historical political secrets in Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Impossible Dead canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9607208 — 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 Impossible Dead Context triple: [Ian Rankin, notableWork, The Impossible Dead]
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A.
The Last to Die
"The Last to Die" is a politically charged rock song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2007 album *Magic*, reflecting on the human cost of war.
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B.
Last to Die
Last to Die is a Magic: The Gathering card, likely a creature or spell, associated with the Magic game universe.
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C.
Last to Die
"Last to Die" is a crime thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen featuring medical examiner Maura Isles and detective Jane Rizzoli as they investigate a series of murders linked to a group of traumatized orphans.
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D.
The Dead and the Living
The Dead and the Living is a critically acclaimed poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, violence, and mortality in vivid, confessional verse.
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E.
Almanac of the Dead
Almanac of the Dead is a sprawling, experimental novel by Leslie Marmon Silko that interweaves Indigenous history, prophecy, and political resistance across the Americas.
- 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 Impossible Dead Target entity description: The Impossible Dead is a crime novel by Scottish author Ian Rankin featuring Inspector Malcolm Fox investigating police corruption and historical political secrets in Scotland.
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A.
The Last to Die
"The Last to Die" is a politically charged rock song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2007 album *Magic*, reflecting on the human cost of war.
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B.
Last to Die
Last to Die is a Magic: The Gathering card, likely a creature or spell, associated with the Magic game universe.
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C.
Last to Die
"Last to Die" is a crime thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen featuring medical examiner Maura Isles and detective Jane Rizzoli as they investigate a series of murders linked to a group of traumatized orphans.
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D.
The Dead and the Living
The Dead and the Living is a critically acclaimed poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, violence, and mortality in vivid, confessional verse.
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E.
Almanac of the Dead
Almanac of the Dead is a sprawling, experimental novel by Leslie Marmon Silko that interweaves Indigenous history, prophecy, and political resistance across the Americas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Ian Rankin ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| authorOfSeries | Ian Rankin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Inspector Malcolm Fox ⓘ |
| followsWork | The Complaints ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Ian Rankin ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
internal affairs investigation
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police misconduct ⓘ political scandal ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySeriesCharacter | Malcolm Fox ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Malcolm Fox ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Malcolm Fox series ⓘ |
| plotFocus |
historical political secrets
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police corruption ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | police inspector ⓘ |
| publisher |
Orion Books
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linked to:
Orion Publishing Group
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| settingCountry | Scotland ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Scotland ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
contemporary Scotland
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linked to:
modern Scotland
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| workOf | Ian Rankin ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: The Impossible Dead Description of subject: The Impossible Dead is a crime novel by Scottish author Ian Rankin featuring Inspector Malcolm Fox investigating police corruption and historical political secrets in Scotland.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.