Peter May
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Peter May is a Scottish crime novelist best known for his Lewis Trilogy and other atmospheric mystery series set in Scotland and France.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter May canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3540620 — 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: Peter May Context triple: [May, hasNotableBearer, Peter May]
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A.
Peter Hamilton
Peter Hamilton is a British science fiction author best known for his expansive space opera series such as the Night's Dawn trilogy and the Commonwealth Saga.
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B.
Antony Johnston
Antony Johnston is a British comic book writer and novelist best known for creating the graphic novel "The Coldest City," which was adapted into the film "Atomic Blonde."
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C.
C. K. Robinson
C. K. Robinson was a 19th-century British architect best known for designing St. Paul’s Cathedral in Kolkata, a prominent example of Indo-Gothic architecture in India.
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D.
Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
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E.
Michael Fleming
Michael Fleming is a British author best known for writing the official biography of his uncle, James Bond creator Ian Fleming.
- 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: Peter May Target entity description: Peter May is a Scottish crime novelist best known for his Lewis Trilogy and other atmospheric mystery series set in Scotland and France.
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A.
Peter Hamilton
Peter Hamilton is a British science fiction author best known for his expansive space opera series such as the Night's Dawn trilogy and the Commonwealth Saga.
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B.
Antony Johnston
Antony Johnston is a British comic book writer and novelist best known for creating the graphic novel "The Coldest City," which was adapted into the film "Atomic Blonde."
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C.
C. K. Robinson
C. K. Robinson was a 19th-century British architect best known for designing St. Paul’s Cathedral in Kolkata, a prominent example of Indo-Gothic architecture in India.
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D.
Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
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E.
Michael Fleming
Michael Fleming is a British author best known for writing the official biography of his uncle, James Bond creator Ian Fleming.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime writer
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Barry Award
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Prix des Lecteurs ⓘ Scottish Crime Book of the Year ⓘ |
| birthName | Peter May ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasSeries |
China Thrillers
ⓘ
Enzo Files ⓘ
linked to:
The Enzo Files
Lewis Trilogy ⓘ
linked to:
The Lewis Trilogy
Standalone novels ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Scottish crime fiction
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atmospheric settings ⓘ mystery series set in Scotland and France ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Coffin Road
ⓘ
Entry Island ⓘ Lockdown ⓘ Runaway ⓘ The Blackhouse ⓘ The Chessmen ⓘ The China Thrillers ⓘ The Enzo Files ⓘ The Lewis Man ⓘ The Lewis Trilogy ⓘ |
| occupation |
crime novelist
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novelist ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Glasgow ⓘ |
| settingOfWork |
France
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Isle of Lewis ⓘ Outer Hebrides ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
forensic science
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island life ⓘ police investigations ⓘ rural communities ⓘ |
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: Peter May Description of subject: Peter May is a Scottish crime novelist best known for his Lewis Trilogy and other atmospheric mystery series set in Scotland and France.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.