Dead Man’s Ransom
E287469
Dead Man’s Ransom is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century England and blending monastic life with intricate crime investigation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dead Man’s Ransom canonical | 3 |
| Dead Man's Ransom | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2684110 — 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: Dead Man’s Ransom Context triple: [Ellis Peters, notableWork, Dead Man’s Ransom]
-
A.
The Desperate Man
The Desperate Man is a famous early self-portrait by French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, known for its intense, wide-eyed expression and dramatic depiction of psychological turmoil.
-
B.
The Capital Punisher
The Capital Punisher is the nickname of Frank Howard, a towering power-hitting Major League Baseball slugger best known for his time with the Washington Senators in the 1960s and early 1970s.
-
C.
The Man with the Gun
The Man with the Gun is a 1955 Soviet historical drama film about the Russian Revolution, notable for featuring actress Jarma Lewis among its cast.
-
D.
Blackmail
Blackmail is a 1929 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, often cited as one of the first successful sound films and an early example of his suspenseful style.
-
E.
To the Unknown Man
"To the Unknown Man" is a melodic, synthesizer-driven instrumental piece by Vangelis, noted for its atmospheric, emotive build and enduring popularity in his catalog.
- 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: Dead Man’s Ransom Target entity description: Dead Man’s Ransom is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century England and blending monastic life with intricate crime investigation.
-
A.
The Desperate Man
The Desperate Man is a famous early self-portrait by French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, known for its intense, wide-eyed expression and dramatic depiction of psychological turmoil.
-
B.
The Capital Punisher
The Capital Punisher is the nickname of Frank Howard, a towering power-hitting Major League Baseball slugger best known for his time with the Washington Senators in the 1960s and early 1970s.
-
C.
The Man with the Gun
The Man with the Gun is a 1955 Soviet historical drama film about the Russian Revolution, notable for featuring actress Jarma Lewis among its cast.
-
D.
Blackmail
Blackmail is a 1929 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, often cited as one of the first successful sound films and an early example of his suspenseful style.
-
E.
To the Unknown Man
"To the Unknown Man" is a melodic, synthesizer-driven instrumental piece by Vangelis, noted for its atmospheric, emotive build and enduring popularity in his catalog.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brother Cadfael novel
ⓘ
crime novel ⓘ historical mystery novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Ellis Peters ⓘ |
| containsElement |
political intrigue
ⓘ
romantic subplot ⓘ whodunit structure ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| features |
criminal investigation
ⓘ
hostage exchange ⓘ medieval warfare ⓘ monastic life ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist |
Cadfael
ⓘ
linked to:
Brother Cadfael
|
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conflict between law and conscience
ⓘ
effects of war ⓘ justice ⓘ love and duty ⓘ loyalty ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literarySettingContext | medieval England ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Brother Cadfael ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOf |
Brother Cadfael series
ⓘ
linked to:
The Cadfael Chronicles
|
| protagonistOccupation | Benedictine monk ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | amateur detective ⓘ |
| series | Brother Cadfael ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 12th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | England ⓘ |
| subgenre |
medieval mystery
ⓘ
monastic mystery ⓘ |
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: Dead Man’s Ransom Description of subject: Dead Man’s Ransom is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century England and blending monastic life with intricate crime investigation.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dead Man’s Ransom