A Hell of a Woman
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A Hell of a Woman is a hardboiled crime novel by Jim Thompson, known for its bleak noir atmosphere and psychologically intense portrayal of a doomed grifter.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Hell of a Woman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10322591 — 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: A Hell of a Woman Context triple: [Jim Thompson, notableWork, A Hell of a Woman]
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A.
The Branded Woman
The Branded Woman is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Albert Parker, known for its melodramatic storyline and early cinematic style.
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B.
The Woman
The Woman is Willy Loman’s unnamed mistress in Arthur Miller’s play "Death of a Salesman," symbolizing his infidelity and the illusory rewards of his failed pursuit of success.
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C.
The Three Faces of a Woman
The Three Faces of a Woman is a 1965 Italian anthology film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Mauro Bolognini, and Franco Indovina, notable for featuring Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, the former Queen of Iran, in a rare acting role.
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D.
The Trouble with Women
The Trouble with Women is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by and co-written by Claude Binyon, starring Ray Milland and Teresa Wright.
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E.
A Good Woman
A Good Woman is a 2004 romantic drama film, based on Oscar Wilde’s play "Lady Windermere’s Fan," in which Diana Hardcastle appears alongside stars like Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson.
- 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: A Hell of a Woman Target entity description: A Hell of a Woman is a hardboiled crime novel by Jim Thompson, known for its bleak noir atmosphere and psychologically intense portrayal of a doomed grifter.
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A.
The Branded Woman
The Branded Woman is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Albert Parker, known for its melodramatic storyline and early cinematic style.
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B.
The Woman
The Woman is Willy Loman’s unnamed mistress in Arthur Miller’s play "Death of a Salesman," symbolizing his infidelity and the illusory rewards of his failed pursuit of success.
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C.
The Three Faces of a Woman
The Three Faces of a Woman is a 1965 Italian anthology film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Mauro Bolognini, and Franco Indovina, notable for featuring Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, the former Queen of Iran, in a rare acting role.
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D.
The Trouble with Women
The Trouble with Women is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by and co-written by Claude Binyon, starring Ray Milland and Teresa Wright.
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E.
A Good Woman
A Good Woman is a 2004 romantic drama film, based on Oscar Wilde’s play "Lady Windermere’s Fan," in which Diana Hardcastle appears alongside stars like Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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hardboiled novel ⓘ noir fiction ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Jim Thompson ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
doom
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grifting ⓘ moral decay ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
crime fiction
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hardboiled fiction ⓘ noir fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
dark atmosphere
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psychologically intense ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ violent content ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | pulp fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | psychological ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | bleak ⓘ |
| partOf | American noir canon ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | grifter ⓘ |
| settingGenre | noir ⓘ |
| workOf | Jim Thompson ⓘ |
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: A Hell of a Woman Description of subject: A Hell of a Woman is a hardboiled crime novel by Jim Thompson, known for its bleak noir atmosphere and psychologically intense portrayal of a doomed grifter.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.