A Flash of Green
E888098
A Flash of Green is a 1962 novel by American author John D. MacDonald that explores small-town corruption, environmental conflict, and moral compromise in coastal Florida.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Flash of Green canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10808886 — 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: A Flash of Green Context triple: [John D. MacDonald, notableWork, A Flash of Green]
-
A.
Green for Danger
Green for Danger is a 1946 British mystery film set in a wartime hospital, renowned for its blend of whodunit suspense and dark humor.
-
B.
The Green One
The Green One is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian cobra goddess Wadjet, who served as a protective deity and symbol of royal authority, especially associated with Lower Egypt and the pharaoh.
-
C.
Flickers
Flickers is a pioneering modern dance piece choreographed by American dancer and choreographer Charles Weidman.
-
D.
The Shock of the Lightning
"The Shock of the Lightning" is a high-energy rock single by English band Oasis, known for its driving rhythm and psychedelic-tinged sound.
-
E.
Flicker
Flicker is the debut solo studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Niall Horan, blending pop and folk influences and released in 2017.
- 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: A Flash of Green Target entity description: A Flash of Green is a 1962 novel by American author John D. MacDonald that explores small-town corruption, environmental conflict, and moral compromise in coastal Florida.
-
A.
Green for Danger
Green for Danger is a 1946 British mystery film set in a wartime hospital, renowned for its blend of whodunit suspense and dark humor.
-
B.
The Green One
The Green One is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian cobra goddess Wadjet, who served as a protective deity and symbol of royal authority, especially associated with Lower Egypt and the pharaoh.
-
C.
Flickers
Flickers is a pioneering modern dance piece choreographed by American dancer and choreographer Charles Weidman.
-
D.
The Shock of the Lightning
"The Shock of the Lightning" is a high-energy rock single by English band Oasis, known for its driving rhythm and psychedelic-tinged sound.
-
E.
Flicker
Flicker is the debut solo studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Niall Horan, blending pop and folk influences and released in 2017.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | John D. MacDonald ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
environmental fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | male ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
civic activism
ⓘ
land development ⓘ local politics ⓘ press and journalism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
environmental conflict
ⓘ
moral compromise ⓘ small-town corruption ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| publicationYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingLocation | coastal Florida ⓘ |
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: A Flash of Green Description of subject: A Flash of Green is a 1962 novel by American author John D. MacDonald that explores small-town corruption, environmental conflict, and moral compromise in coastal Florida.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.