Before the Fact
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Before the Fact is a 1932 psychological crime novel by Anthony Berkeley Cox (writing as Francis Iles), best known as the dark, suspenseful source material for Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Suspicion."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Before the Fact canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5528376 — 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: Before the Fact Context triple: [Suspicion (1941 film), basedOn, Before the Fact]
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A.
The Brass Check
The Brass Check is a 1919 exposé by Upton Sinclair that harshly criticizes the American newspaper industry for corruption, bias, and manipulation of public opinion.
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B.
The Challenge of Facts
"The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
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C.
The Age of Spin
The Age of Spin is a 2017 Netflix stand-up comedy special by Dave Chappelle that marked his high-profile return to long-form televised comedy.
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D.
The Myth of the Liberal Media
The Myth of the Liberal Media is a critical work that challenges the notion of media objectivity in the United States, arguing that mainstream news outlets systematically reflect and reinforce corporate and elite interests.
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E.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
"Democracy Dies in Darkness" is the investigative-journalism-focused slogan of The Washington Post, emphasizing the importance of transparency and a free press to a functioning democracy.
- 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: Before the Fact Target entity description: Before the Fact is a 1932 psychological crime novel by Anthony Berkeley Cox (writing as Francis Iles), best known as the dark, suspenseful source material for Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Suspicion."
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A.
The Brass Check
The Brass Check is a 1919 exposé by Upton Sinclair that harshly criticizes the American newspaper industry for corruption, bias, and manipulation of public opinion.
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B.
The Challenge of Facts
"The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
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C.
The Age of Spin
The Age of Spin is a 2017 Netflix stand-up comedy special by Dave Chappelle that marked his high-profile return to long-form televised comedy.
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D.
The Myth of the Liberal Media
The Myth of the Liberal Media is a critical work that challenges the notion of media objectivity in the United States, arguing that mainstream news outlets systematically reflect and reinforce corporate and elite interests.
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E.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
"Democracy Dies in Darkness" is the investigative-journalism-focused slogan of The Washington Post, emphasizing the importance of transparency and a free press to a functioning democracy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
psychological crime novel ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Suspicion (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Suspicion (1941 film)
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| author | Anthony Berkeley Cox ⓘ |
| authorPseudonym | Francis Iles ⓘ |
| basedOn | Before the Fact ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasPseudonymousAuthor | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Golden Age detective fiction ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early example of inverted or psychological crime novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Johnnie Aysgarth
ⓘ
Lina McLaidlaw ⓘ
linked to:
Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
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| narrativeMode | psychological exploration of a potential murderer’s wife ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor | being source material for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Suspicion ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| structure | character-focused crime narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
marital distrust
ⓘ
murder suspicion ⓘ psychological manipulation ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
ⓘ
suspenseful ⓘ |
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: Before the Fact Description of subject: Before the Fact is a 1932 psychological crime novel by Anthony Berkeley Cox (writing as Francis Iles), best known as the dark, suspenseful source material for Alfred Hitchcock’s film "Suspicion."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.