Red Harvest
E723186
Red Harvest is a 1929 hardboiled crime novel by Dashiell Hammett that helped define the noir genre with its violent tale of a corrupt town cleaned up by an unnamed detective.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red Harvest canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8278837 — 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: Red Harvest Context triple: [Miller's Crossing, influencedBy, Red Harvest]
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A.
True Grit (novel)
True Grit is a 1968 Western novel by Charles Portis that follows a determined 14-year-old girl seeking to avenge her father's murder with the help of a tough U.S. Marshal.
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B.
The Lonesome Crowded West
The Lonesome Crowded West is a critically acclaimed 1997 indie rock album by Modest Mouse, often regarded as one of the defining records of the American indie scene of the late 1990s.
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C.
The Phantom of the Range
The Phantom of the Range is a 1930s American Western film featuring actress Joan Barclay in its cast.
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D.
McTeague
McTeague is a naturalist novel by Frank Norris that follows the brutal moral and psychological decline of a San Francisco dentist consumed by greed and violence.
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E.
They Live by Night
They Live by Night is a 1948 American film noir crime drama, directed by Nicholas Ray, about a young fugitive couple on the run.
- 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: Red Harvest Target entity description: Red Harvest is a 1929 hardboiled crime novel by Dashiell Hammett that helped define the noir genre with its violent tale of a corrupt town cleaned up by an unnamed detective.
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A.
True Grit (novel)
True Grit is a 1968 Western novel by Charles Portis that follows a determined 14-year-old girl seeking to avenge her father's murder with the help of a tough U.S. Marshal.
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B.
The Lonesome Crowded West
The Lonesome Crowded West is a critically acclaimed 1997 indie rock album by Modest Mouse, often regarded as one of the defining records of the American indie scene of the late 1990s.
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C.
The Phantom of the Range
The Phantom of the Range is a 1930s American Western film featuring actress Joan Barclay in its cast.
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D.
McTeague
McTeague is a naturalist novel by Frank Norris that follows the brutal moral and psychological decline of a San Francisco dentist consumed by greed and violence.
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E.
They Live by Night
They Live by Night is a 1948 American film noir crime drama, directed by Nicholas Ray, about a young fugitive couple on the run.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
ⓘ
hardboiled novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | The Glass Key (influential but not direct adaptation) ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Poisonville
ⓘ
linked to:
Darksville
|
| author | Dashiell Hammett ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresOrganization | Continental Detective Agency ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serialized novel ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
hardboiled fiction ⓘ noir fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
corrupt police chief
ⓘ
corrupt politicians ⓘ local gangsters ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | regarded as classic of American crime fiction ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance |
helped define noir fiction conventions
ⓘ
major work of hardboiled detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStyle |
dialogue-driven
ⓘ
terse prose ⓘ |
| hasSettingCharacteristic | corrupt mining town ⓘ |
| hasTone |
cynical
ⓘ
dark ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| influenced |
hardboiled detective fiction
ⓘ
noir genre ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | hardboiled school ⓘ |
| mainConflict | detective cleans up corrupt town ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCareerPhase | early novels of Dashiell Hammett ⓘ |
| precededBy | serialized stories in Black Mask magazine ⓘ |
| protagonist | The Continental Op ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | unnamed private detective ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| setIn |
Personville
ⓘ
linked to:
The Town
|
| theme |
moral ambiguity
ⓘ
urban corruption ⓘ vigilante justice ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Red Harvest Description of subject: Red Harvest is a 1929 hardboiled crime novel by Dashiell Hammett that helped define the noir genre with its violent tale of a corrupt town cleaned up by an unnamed detective.
Referenced by (7)
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