Bright Orange for the Shroud
E888093
Bright Orange for the Shroud is a crime novel in John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee series, featuring the salvage consultant-turned-detective as he helps a swindled man recover his stolen fortune.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bright Orange for the Shroud canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10808877 — 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: Bright Orange for the Shroud Context triple: [John D. MacDonald, notableWork, Bright Orange for the Shroud]
-
A.
The Veil
The Veil is a 2016 American supernatural horror film directed by Phil Joanou, centered on the dark legacy of a cult’s mass suicide and its lone survivor.
-
B.
Traces of Red
Traces of Red is a 1992 neo-noir crime thriller film centered on a murder investigation in Florida, featuring Lorraine Bracco among its principal cast.
-
C.
Luminous Veil
Luminous Veil is a striking illuminated suicide-prevention barrier and public art installation on Toronto’s Prince Edward Viaduct (Bloor Viaduct).
-
D.
Out of the Dark
Out of the Dark is a collection of essays by Helen Keller in which she reflects on socialism, social justice, and her political beliefs.
-
E.
Beneath the Veil
"Beneath the Veil" is a song by the American indie pop band Chester French.
- 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: Bright Orange for the Shroud Target entity description: Bright Orange for the Shroud is a crime novel in John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee series, featuring the salvage consultant-turned-detective as he helps a swindled man recover his stolen fortune.
-
A.
The Veil
The Veil is a 2016 American supernatural horror film directed by Phil Joanou, centered on the dark legacy of a cult’s mass suicide and its lone survivor.
-
B.
Traces of Red
Traces of Red is a 1992 neo-noir crime thriller film centered on a murder investigation in Florida, featuring Lorraine Bracco among its principal cast.
-
C.
Luminous Veil
Luminous Veil is a striking illuminated suicide-prevention barrier and public art installation on Toronto’s Prince Edward Viaduct (Bloor Viaduct).
-
D.
Out of the Dark
Out of the Dark is a collection of essays by Helen Keller in which she reflects on socialism, social justice, and her political beliefs.
-
E.
Beneath the Veil
"Beneath the Veil" is a song by the American indie pop band Chester French.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Travis McGee novel
ⓘ
crime novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | John D. MacDonald ⓘ |
| characterRoleOfProtagonist |
detective
ⓘ
salvage consultant ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresCharacterOccupation |
private investigator
ⓘ
salvage consultant ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
financial crime
ⓘ
fraud ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasColorThemeInTitle | orange ⓘ |
| hasFictionalSetting | Florida ⓘ |
| hasRecurringCharacter |
Meyer
ⓘ
linked to:
Meyer Meyer
Travis McGee ⓘ
linked to:
Travis McGee series
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American fiction ⓘ |
| literarySeriesNumber | Travis McGee series ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Travis McGee
ⓘ
linked to:
Travis McGee series
|
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Travis McGee series ⓘ |
| plotSummary |
Travis McGee helps a swindled man recover his stolen fortune.
ⓘ
linked to:
Travis McGee series
|
| protagonist |
Travis McGee
ⓘ
linked to:
Travis McGee series
|
| series |
Travis McGee
ⓘ
linked to:
Travis McGee series
|
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: Bright Orange for the Shroud Description of subject: Bright Orange for the Shroud is a crime novel in John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee series, featuring the salvage consultant-turned-detective as he helps a swindled man recover his stolen fortune.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.