Port Mortuary
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Port Mortuary is a crime novel by Patricia Cornwell featuring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta as she investigates a complex, forensically driven murder case.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port Mortuary canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11726576 — 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: Port Mortuary Context triple: [Patricia Cornwell, notableWork, Port Mortuary]
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A.
Cemitério das Âncoras
Cemitério das Âncoras is an open-air “anchor graveyard” on Portugal’s Algarve coast, where rows of rusting ship anchors commemorate the region’s former tuna-fishing industry.
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B.
Pierce Brothers Mortuaries
Pierce Brothers Mortuaries is a funeral home and mortuary company in Southern California known for operating several cemeteries and memorial parks in the Los Angeles area.
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C.
The Grave
The Grave is a long meditative poem by Scottish poet Robert Blair, often cited as a key work of the 18th-century Graveyard school for its somber reflections on death and mortality.
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D.
The Grave
"The Grave" is a 1961 episode of the anthology television series The Twilight Zone, featuring a tense Western ghost story about a lawman who must confront the vengeful spirit of an outlaw he failed to capture alive.
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E.
Sunken Cemetery
Sunken Cemetery is a historic underwater graveyard and popular diving and tourist site off Camiguin Island in the Philippines, marked by a large cross rising from the sea.
- 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: Port Mortuary Target entity description: Port Mortuary is a crime novel by Patricia Cornwell featuring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta as she investigates a complex, forensically driven murder case.
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A.
Cemitério das Âncoras
Cemitério das Âncoras is an open-air “anchor graveyard” on Portugal’s Algarve coast, where rows of rusting ship anchors commemorate the region’s former tuna-fishing industry.
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B.
Pierce Brothers Mortuaries
Pierce Brothers Mortuaries is a funeral home and mortuary company in Southern California known for operating several cemeteries and memorial parks in the Los Angeles area.
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C.
The Grave
"The Grave" is a 1961 episode of the anthology television series The Twilight Zone, featuring a tense Western ghost story about a lawman who must confront the vengeful spirit of an outlaw he failed to capture alive.
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D.
The Grave
The Grave is a long meditative poem by Scottish poet Robert Blair, often cited as a key work of the 18th-century Graveyard school for its somber reflections on death and mortality.
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E.
Sunken Cemetery
Sunken Cemetery is a historic underwater graveyard and popular diving and tourist site off Camiguin Island in the Philippines, marked by a large cross rising from the sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
crime novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Patricia Cornwell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresCharacter |
Benton Wesley
ⓘ
Dr. Kay Scarpetta ⓘ
linked to:
Kay Scarpetta
Lucy Farinelli ⓘ Pete Marino ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
autopsy procedures
ⓘ
crime scene reconstruction ⓘ forensic technology ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
forensic crime fiction ⓘ mystery novel ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasConflict | investigation of a suspicious death in a high-security facility ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
medical thriller
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
government and military secrecy
ⓘ
psychological impact of death investigation ⓘ use of advanced forensic science in crime solving ⓘ |
| hasTone |
dark
ⓘ
procedural ⓘ suspenseful ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. Kay Scarpetta
ⓘ
linked to:
Kay Scarpetta
|
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| partOf | Scarpetta novels ⓘ |
| protagonistName | Kay Scarpetta ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | medical examiner ⓘ |
| publisher |
G. P. Putnam's Sons
ⓘ
linked to:
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
|
| series | Kay Scarpetta series ⓘ |
| setting |
Massachusetts
ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ |
| settingDetail | Dover Air Force Base–style mortuary ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
forensic pathology
ⓘ
homicide investigation ⓘ military technology ⓘ postmortem examinations ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| workInSeriesNumbering | later installment in Kay Scarpetta series ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Port Mortuary Description of subject: Port Mortuary is a crime novel by Patricia Cornwell featuring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta as she investigates a complex, forensically driven murder case.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.