Breakheart Pass
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Breakheart Pass is a 1974 thriller novel by Alistair MacLean that blends mystery and Western elements aboard a snowbound train in 19th-century America.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Breakheart Pass canonical | 5 |
| Breakheart Pass (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10808533 — 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: Breakheart Pass Context triple: [Alistair MacLean, notableWork, Breakheart Pass]
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A.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a wooded, stream-carved gorge in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park that evokes a natural forest landscape within the urban park.
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B.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a secluded, woodland gorge in Central Park featuring winding paths, a stream, and rustic bridges that evoke a natural forest landscape.
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C.
Point of the Mountain
Point of the Mountain is a prominent geographic feature and recreational area in northern Utah, known especially for its ideal conditions for paragliding and hang gliding.
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D.
The Mountain
The Mountain is a 1956 American drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner, centered on two brothers who attempt a perilous climb to a crashed airplane high in the French Alps.
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E.
The Mountain
The Mountain was a radical left-wing political faction during the French Revolution, known for its dominance in the National Convention and its role in the Reign of Terror.
- 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: Breakheart Pass Target entity description: Breakheart Pass is a 1974 thriller novel by Alistair MacLean that blends mystery and Western elements aboard a snowbound train in 19th-century America.
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A.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a secluded, woodland gorge in Central Park featuring winding paths, a stream, and rustic bridges that evoke a natural forest landscape.
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B.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a wooded, stream-carved gorge in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park that evokes a natural forest landscape within the urban park.
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C.
Point of the Mountain
Point of the Mountain is a prominent geographic feature and recreational area in northern Utah, known especially for its ideal conditions for paragliding and hang gliding.
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D.
The Mountain
The Mountain was a radical left-wing political faction during the French Revolution, known for its dominance in the National Convention and its role in the Reign of Terror.
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E.
The Mountain
The Mountain is a 1956 American drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner, centered on two brothers who attempt a perilous climb to a crashed airplane high in the French Alps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western novel
ⓘ
film ⓘ novel ⓘ person ⓘ |
| author | Alistair MacLean ⓘ |
| basedOn | Breakheart Pass ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Tom Gries ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
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mystery ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Breakheart Pass (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Breakheart Pass (1975 film)
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| hasAuthor | Alistair MacLean ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeEnvironment | snowbound train ⓘ |
| notableWork | Breakheart Pass ⓘ |
| occupation | novelist ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| primarySetting | train ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| publisher | Collins ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
American West
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| starring | Charles Bronson ⓘ |
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: Breakheart Pass Description of subject: Breakheart Pass is a 1974 thriller novel by Alistair MacLean that blends mystery and Western elements aboard a snowbound train in 19th-century America.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.