Nine Lives Causeway
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Nine Lives Causeway is the treacherous tidal road leading to the isolated Eel Marsh House in Susan Hill’s gothic horror novel "The Woman in Black."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nine Lives Causeway canonical | 4 |
| Nine Lives Causeway area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11020170 — 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: Nine Lives Causeway Context triple: [The Woman in Black, notableLocation, Nine Lives Causeway]
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A.
Ten-Eyed Bridge
Ten-Eyed Bridge is a historic multi-arched stone bridge spanning the Tigris River near Diyarbakır in southeastern Turkey.
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B.
Causeway
Causeway is a 2022 psychological drama film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry, focusing on the emotional recovery of a soldier returning home from war.
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C.
Scandale Bridge
Scandale Bridge is a historic stone bridge in England’s Lake District that carries a minor road over the River Rothay near Ambleside.
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D.
Thomas Crossroads
Thomas Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Coweta County, Georgia, known primarily as a local residential and commercial area rather than a formally incorporated town or city.
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E.
El Portal Road
El Portal Road is a scenic highway in California that winds through the Merced River canyon, serving as a primary access route to Yosemite National Park.
- 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: Nine Lives Causeway Target entity description: Nine Lives Causeway is the treacherous tidal road leading to the isolated Eel Marsh House in Susan Hill’s gothic horror novel "The Woman in Black."
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A.
Ten-Eyed Bridge
Ten-Eyed Bridge is a historic multi-arched stone bridge spanning the Tigris River near Diyarbakır in southeastern Turkey.
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B.
Causeway
Causeway is a 2022 psychological drama film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry, focusing on the emotional recovery of a soldier returning home from war.
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C.
Scandale Bridge
Scandale Bridge is a historic stone bridge in England’s Lake District that carries a minor road over the River Rothay near Ambleside.
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D.
Thomas Crossroads
Thomas Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Coweta County, Georgia, known primarily as a local residential and commercial area rather than a formally incorporated town or city.
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E.
El Portal Road
El Portal Road is a scenic highway in California that winds through the Merced River canyon, serving as a primary access route to Yosemite National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional road
ⓘ
literary location ⓘ tidal causeway ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
film adaptations of The Woman in Black
ⓘ
stage adaptations of The Woman in Black ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Woman in Black ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Arthur Kipps
ⓘ
Jennet Humfrye ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Eel Marsh House
ⓘ
mainland ⓘ |
| countryOfAuthor | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Susan Hill
ⓘ
linked to:
Susan Elizabeth Hill
|
| describedAs |
dangerous
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tidal ⓘ treacherous ⓘ |
| evokes |
claustrophobia
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fear ⓘ foreboding ⓘ |
| exposedAt | low tide ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
novel The Woman in Black (1983)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
|
| genreContext | gothic horror ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalSetting | Eel Marsh ⓘ |
| medium | marshland ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
creates sense of entrapment
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heightens gothic atmosphere ⓘ isolates Eel Marsh House ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
device to control timing of events
ⓘ
obstacle to escape ⓘ |
| riskOf |
being cut off by the tide
ⓘ
death by drowning ⓘ |
| settingOf | key scenes of The Woman in Black ⓘ |
| submergedAt | high tide ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | marshes ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
boundary between safety and danger
ⓘ
isolation ⓘ liminal space ⓘ |
| travelMethod |
horse and trap
ⓘ
on foot ⓘ |
| usedBy | locals with caution ⓘ |
| visualizedAs | narrow track across the marsh ⓘ |
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: Nine Lives Causeway Description of subject: Nine Lives Causeway is the treacherous tidal road leading to the isolated Eel Marsh House in Susan Hill’s gothic horror novel "The Woman in Black."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.