The Killing Ground
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The Killing Ground is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring his recurring character Sean Dillon in a high-stakes tale of terrorism, kidnapping, and covert operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Killing Ground canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3794184 — 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: The Killing Ground Context triple: [Jack Higgins, notableWork, The Killing Ground]
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A.
On Deadly Ground
On Deadly Ground is a 1994 action film directed by and starring Steven Seagal, centered on an environmentalist oil-rig firefighter battling corporate corruption in Alaska.
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B.
Call for the Dead
Call for the Dead is John le Carré’s debut espionage novel that introduces the introspective British intelligence officer George Smiley in a bleak, psychologically driven Cold War mystery.
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C.
The Outpost
The Outpost is a 2020 war drama film depicting the Battle of Kamdesh in Afghanistan, known for its intense combat realism and an ensemble cast including Scott Eastwood and Orlando Bloom.
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D.
Field of Blood
Field of Blood is the biblical name traditionally given to the plot of land associated with Judas Iscariot’s betrayal of Jesus and his subsequent death.
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E.
No Man's Land
No Man's Land was an unorganized and sparsely populated region in the late 19th century United States that later became the Oklahoma Panhandle.
- 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: The Killing Ground Target entity description: The Killing Ground is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring his recurring character Sean Dillon in a high-stakes tale of terrorism, kidnapping, and covert operations.
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A.
On Deadly Ground
On Deadly Ground is a 1994 action film directed by and starring Steven Seagal, centered on an environmentalist oil-rig firefighter battling corporate corruption in Alaska.
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B.
Call for the Dead
Call for the Dead is John le Carré’s debut espionage novel that introduces the introspective British intelligence officer George Smiley in a bleak, psychologically driven Cold War mystery.
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C.
The Outpost
The Outpost is a 2020 war drama film depicting the Battle of Kamdesh in Afghanistan, known for its intense combat realism and an ensemble cast including Scott Eastwood and Orlando Bloom.
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D.
Field of Blood
Field of Blood is the biblical name traditionally given to the plot of land associated with Judas Iscariot’s betrayal of Jesus and his subsequent death.
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E.
No Man's Land
No Man's Land was an unorganized and sparsely populated region in the late 19th century United States that later became the Oklahoma Panhandle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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thriller novel ⓘ |
| author | Jack Higgins ⓘ |
| authorPseudonym | Jack Higgins ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Blake Johnson
ⓘ
Ferguson ⓘ Hannah Bernstein ⓘ Sean Dillon ⓘ |
| genre |
spy fiction
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thriller ⓘ |
| hasAuthorRealName | Henry Patterson ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistRole | covert operative ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
hostage rescue
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intelligence agencies ⓘ international terrorism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainThemes |
covert operations
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kidnapping ⓘ terrorism ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| protagonist | Sean Dillon ⓘ |
| publisher |
G. P. Putnam's Sons
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linked to:
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
HarperCollins ⓘ |
| series | Sean Dillon series ⓘ |
| setting |
Middle East
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Killing Ground Description of subject: The Killing Ground is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring his recurring character Sean Dillon in a high-stakes tale of terrorism, kidnapping, and covert operations.
Referenced by (1)
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