D’entre les morts
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D’entre les morts is a 1954 French crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that served as the literary basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| D’entre les morts canonical | 5 |
| the novel "D’entre les morts" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3884161 — 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: D’entre les morts Context triple: [Vertigo, basedOn, D’entre les morts]
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A.
Office of the Dead
The Office of the Dead is a traditional set of prayers in the Roman Catholic liturgy, recited for the souls of the deceased, especially in connection with funerals and All Souls’ Day.
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B.
The Dead and the Living
The Dead and the Living is a critically acclaimed poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, violence, and mortality in vivid, confessional verse.
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C.
Masses for the Dead
Masses for the Dead are Catholic liturgical celebrations offered for the repose of the souls of the deceased, with specific prayers, readings, and rites focused on mourning and intercession.
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D.
Porte des Morts passage
Porte des Morts passage is a treacherous strait off the tip of Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula in Lake Michigan, historically notorious for shipwrecks and dangerous sailing conditions.
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E.
Les Âmes grises
Les Âmes grises is a French film adaptation of Philippe Claudel’s novel, a somber World War I–era drama centered on a mysterious child’s murder and the moral ambiguities of the adults involved.
- 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: D’entre les morts Target entity description: D’entre les morts is a 1954 French crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that served as the literary basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo.
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A.
Office of the Dead
The Office of the Dead is a traditional set of prayers in the Roman Catholic liturgy, recited for the souls of the deceased, especially in connection with funerals and All Souls’ Day.
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B.
The Dead and the Living
The Dead and the Living is a critically acclaimed poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, violence, and mortality in vivid, confessional verse.
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C.
Masses for the Dead
Masses for the Dead are Catholic liturgical celebrations offered for the repose of the souls of the deceased, with specific prayers, readings, and rites focused on mourning and intercession.
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D.
Porte des Morts passage
Porte des Morts passage is a treacherous strait off the tip of Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula in Lake Michigan, historically notorious for shipwrecks and dangerous sailing conditions.
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E.
Les Âmes grises
Les Âmes grises is a French film adaptation of Philippe Claudel’s novel, a somber World War I–era drama centered on a mysterious child’s murder and the moral ambiguities of the adults involved.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French novel
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crime novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | Vertigo ⓘ |
| author |
Pierre Boileau
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Thomas Narcejac ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasCoauthorDuoName | Boileau-Narcejac ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
deception
ⓘ
guilt ⓘ identity ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
| literaryBasisFor | Vertigo ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | mid-20th-century French crime fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the source novel for Vertigo ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| setInCountry | France ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War II era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: D’entre les morts Description of subject: D’entre les morts is a 1954 French crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that served as the literary basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.