Fear Is the Key
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Fear Is the Key is a 1961 thriller novel by Alistair MacLean that follows a vengeful protagonist entangled in a high-stakes plot involving murder, hijacking, and sunken treasure.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fear Is the Key canonical | 4 |
| Fear Is the Key (film) | 1 |
| Fear Is the Key (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10808531 — 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: Fear Is the Key Context triple: [Alistair MacLean, notableWork, Fear Is the Key]
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A.
Limbo
Limbo is a critically acclaimed 2010 indie puzzle-platform video game known for its monochromatic art style, eerie atmosphere, and physics-based environmental puzzles.
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B.
Limbo
Limbo is the first circle of Hell in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, depicted as the abode of virtuous pagans and unbaptized souls who live without torment but forever separated from God.
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C.
Limbo
"Limbo" is a globally popular reggaeton-dance track by Puerto Rican artist Daddy Yankee, known for its infectious rhythm and widespread success in Latin and international charts.
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D.
Limbo
Limbo is a critically acclaimed 2020 hip-hop album by American rapper Aminé that blends introspective lyricism with vibrant, melodic production.
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E.
Limbo
Limbo is a film featuring actor Mason Lee in a prominent role.
- 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: Fear Is the Key Target entity description: Fear Is the Key is a 1961 thriller novel by Alistair MacLean that follows a vengeful protagonist entangled in a high-stakes plot involving murder, hijacking, and sunken treasure.
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A.
Limbo
Limbo is the first circle of Hell in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, depicted as the abode of virtuous pagans and unbaptized souls who live without torment but forever separated from God.
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B.
Limbo
"Limbo" is a globally popular reggaeton-dance track by Puerto Rican artist Daddy Yankee, known for its infectious rhythm and widespread success in Latin and international charts.
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C.
Limbo
Limbo is a critically acclaimed 2010 indie puzzle-platform video game known for its monochromatic art style, eerie atmosphere, and physics-based environmental puzzles.
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D.
Limbo
Limbo is a critically acclaimed 2020 hip-hop album by American rapper Aminé that blends introspective lyricism with vibrant, melodic production.
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E.
Limbo
Limbo is a film featuring actor Mason Lee in a prominent role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feature film
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Fear Is the Key (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fear Is the Key
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| author | Alistair MacLean ⓘ |
| basedOn | Fear Is the Key ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Michael Tuchner ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Jablonsky
ⓘ
Kramer ⓘ Ruth ⓘ Vyland ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | original Collins edition cover artist (United Kingdom) ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | John Talbot ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
deception
ⓘ
greed ⓘ justice ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Alistair MacLean bibliography ⓘ |
| plotElement |
aircraft crash
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hijacking ⓘ murder ⓘ revenge ⓘ sunken treasure ⓘ underwater salvage operation ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| publisher | Collins ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| setting |
Louisiana
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| timePeriodOfStory | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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: Fear Is the Key Description of subject: Fear Is the Key is a 1961 thriller novel by Alistair MacLean that follows a vengeful protagonist entangled in a high-stakes plot involving murder, hijacking, and sunken treasure.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.