The Killings at Badger's Drift
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The Killings at Badger's Drift is a British television crime drama episode that serves as the first case in the long-running Midsomer Murders series, introducing DCI Tom Barnaby and the sinister goings-on in the fictional English county of Midsomer.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Killings at Badger’s Drift | 3 |
| The Killings at Badger's Drift canonical | 2 |
| The Killings at Badger's Drift (TV episode) | 1 |
| The Killings at Badger's Drift (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4577584 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Killings at Badger's Drift Context triple: [Midsomer Murders, pilotTitle, The Killings at Badger's Drift]
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The Killing Place
The Killing Place is a crime thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen featuring medical examiner Maura Isles stranded with a group of travelers in a remote, snowbound Wyoming village where a sinister mystery unfolds.
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The Killing Ground
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 Dry White Season
A Dry White Season is a 1989 anti-apartheid drama film set in South Africa, based on André Brink’s novel, that explores racial injustice through the story of a white teacher who investigates the death of a Black friend in police custody.
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D.
Laid Black
Laid Black is a contemporary jazz-funk album by bassist and producer Marcus Miller that blends groove-oriented compositions with elements of R&B, hip-hop, and world music.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Killings at Badger's Drift Target entity description: The Killings at Badger's Drift is a British television crime drama episode that serves as the first case in the long-running Midsomer Murders series, introducing DCI Tom Barnaby and the sinister goings-on in the fictional English county of Midsomer.
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A.
The Killing Place
The Killing Place is a crime thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen featuring medical examiner Maura Isles stranded with a group of travelers in a remote, snowbound Wyoming village where a sinister mystery unfolds.
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B.
The Killing Ground
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.
-
C.
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season is a 1989 anti-apartheid drama film set in South Africa, based on André Brink’s novel, that explores racial injustice through the story of a white teacher who investigates the death of a Black friend in police custody.
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D.
Laid Black
Laid Black is a contemporary jazz-funk album by bassist and producer Marcus Miller that blends groove-oriented compositions with elements of R&B, hip-hop, and world music.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Killings at Badger's Drift Description of subject: The Killings at Badger's Drift is a British television crime drama episode that serves as the first case in the long-running Midsomer Murders series, introducing DCI Tom Barnaby and the sinister goings-on in the fictional English county of Midsomer.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby
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