The Bone Garden
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The Bone Garden is a historical medical thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen that intertwines a modern-day mystery with a series of gruesome murders in 19th-century Boston.
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| The Bone Garden canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4556033 — 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 Bone Garden Context triple: [Tess Gerritsen, notableWork, The Bone Garden]
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A.
The Garden
The Garden is the famous nickname for Madison Square Garden, the iconic multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City known for major sports, concerts, and entertainment events.
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B.
The Garden
The Garden was the philosophical school and communal space in Athens where Epicurus taught his influential system of atomism, ethics of pleasure, and tranquil living.
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C.
The Garden
"The Garden" is a dark, atmospheric hard rock song by Guns N' Roses from their 1991 album Use Your Illusion I, featuring guest vocals by Alice Cooper.
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D.
The Garden
The Garden is the famous nickname for Boston Garden, the historic indoor arena in Boston that hosted the NBA’s Celtics, the NHL’s Bruins, and numerous iconic sports and entertainment events.
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Kingdom of Bone
The Kingdom of Bone was a historical Bugis state in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its influential role in regional politics and trade before and during the early colonial period.
- 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 Bone Garden Target entity description: The Bone Garden is a historical medical thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen that intertwines a modern-day mystery with a series of gruesome murders in 19th-century Boston.
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A.
The Garden
The Garden is the famous nickname for Madison Square Garden, the iconic multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City known for major sports, concerts, and entertainment events.
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B.
The Garden
The Garden is the famous nickname for Boston Garden, the historic indoor arena in Boston that hosted the NBA’s Celtics, the NHL’s Bruins, and numerous iconic sports and entertainment events.
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C.
The Garden
The Garden was the philosophical school and communal space in Athens where Epicurus taught his influential system of atomism, ethics of pleasure, and tranquil living.
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D.
The Garden
"The Garden" is a dark, atmospheric hard rock song by Guns N' Roses from their 1991 album Use Your Illusion I, featuring guest vocals by Alice Cooper.
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E.
Kingdom of Bone
The Kingdom of Bone was a historical Bugis state in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its influential role in regional politics and trade before and during the early colonial period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical thriller novel
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medical thriller novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Tess Gerritsen ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
body snatching
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class and social inequality ⓘ early surgical practices ⓘ medical history ⓘ murder investigation ⓘ women’s vulnerability in the 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| coverArtFeatures | imagery related to a garden and bones ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Henry Warren
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Julia Hamill ⓘ Norris Marshall ⓘ Rose Connolly ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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medical thriller ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780345497604 ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | dual timeline ⓘ |
| notableAspect |
depicts early anesthesia and surgical techniques
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interweaves real historical medical details with fiction ⓘ |
| partOf | Tess Gerritsen bibliography ⓘ |
| plotElement |
connection between present-day discovery and past murders
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discovery of old human remains in a garden ⓘ series of murders linked to a medical school ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ballantine Books ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Boston ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Bone Garden Description of subject: The Bone Garden is a historical medical thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen that intertwines a modern-day mystery with a series of gruesome murders in 19th-century Boston.
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