The Killing of the Unicorn
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The Killing of the Unicorn is a nonfiction book by Peter Bogdanovich that examines the life, career, and tragic murder of Playboy model and actress Dorothy Stratten.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Killing of the Unicorn canonical | 2 |
| book The Killing of the Unicorn | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8546134 — 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 Killing of the Unicorn Context triple: [Dorothy Stratten, subjectOf, The Killing of the Unicorn]
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A.
The Unicorn
"The Unicorn" is a whimsical folk song, popularized by The Irish Rovers, that humorously tells the story of how unicorns missed boarding Noah’s Ark.
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B.
The Pale Horse
The Pale Horse is a British television adaptation of Agatha Christie's mystery novel, featuring Rita Tushingham in a prominent role.
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C.
The Secret of the Unicorn
The Secret of the Unicorn is a classic Tintin comic adventure by Hergé in which Tintin uncovers a centuries-old treasure mystery linked to Captain Haddock’s seafaring ancestor.
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D.
The Pearl of Death
The Pearl of Death is a 1944 Sherlock Holmes mystery film in which Basil Rathbone stars as Holmes and Nigel Bruce portrays Dr. Watson.
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E.
The Ebony Horse
The Ebony Horse is a fantastical tale from The Arabian Nights about a magical mechanical steed that can fly its rider to distant lands, blending romance, adventure, and wonder.
- 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 Killing of the Unicorn Target entity description: The Killing of the Unicorn is a nonfiction book by Peter Bogdanovich that examines the life, career, and tragic murder of Playboy model and actress Dorothy Stratten.
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A.
The Unicorn
"The Unicorn" is a whimsical folk song, popularized by The Irish Rovers, that humorously tells the story of how unicorns missed boarding Noah’s Ark.
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B.
The Pale Horse
The Pale Horse is a British television adaptation of Agatha Christie's mystery novel, featuring Rita Tushingham in a prominent role.
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C.
The Secret of the Unicorn
The Secret of the Unicorn is a classic Tintin comic adventure by Hergé in which Tintin uncovers a centuries-old treasure mystery linked to Captain Haddock’s seafaring ancestor.
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D.
The Pearl of Death
The Pearl of Death is a 1944 Sherlock Holmes mystery film in which Basil Rathbone stars as Holmes and Nigel Bruce portrays Dr. Watson.
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E.
The Ebony Horse
The Ebony Horse is a fantastical tale from The Arabian Nights about a magical mechanical steed that can fly its rider to distant lands, blending romance, adventure, and wonder.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nonfiction book ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | murder of Dorothy Stratten in 1980 ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| author | Peter Bogdanovich ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizes |
Hugh Hefner
ⓘ
Playboy culture ⓘ |
| describes |
career of Dorothy Stratten as Playboy model
ⓘ
career of Dorothy Stratten as actress ⓘ life of Dorothy Stratten ⓘ murder–suicide of Dorothy Stratten and Paul Snider ⓘ relationship between Dorothy Stratten and Paul Snider ⓘ relationship between Dorothy Stratten and Peter Bogdanovich ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
ⓘ
true crime ⓘ |
| hasAuthorRole | Peter Bogdanovich as narrator and participant ⓘ |
| hasISBN | unknown (not specified here) ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person account by Peter Bogdanovich ⓘ |
| hasSubjectOccupation |
Dorothy Stratten as Playboy Playmate of the Year
ⓘ
Dorothy Stratten as film actress ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Dorothy Stratten
ⓘ
Hollywood film industry ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood films
Playboy magazine ⓘ
linked to:
Playboy
exploitation of women ⓘ murder of Dorothy Stratten ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial portrayal of Playboy and Hugh Hefner
ⓘ
detailed account of Dorothy Stratten’s final months ⓘ |
| pages | approximately 300 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1984 ⓘ |
| publisher | William Morrow and Company ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 1970s Hollywood ⓘ |
| subtitle | Dorothy Stratten 1960–1980 ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 1960–1980 ⓘ |
| title | The Killing of the Unicorn ⓘ |
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: The Killing of the Unicorn Description of subject: The Killing of the Unicorn is a nonfiction book by Peter Bogdanovich that examines the life, career, and tragic murder of Playboy model and actress Dorothy Stratten.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Killing of the Unicorn