The Drowner
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The Drowner is a crime novel by John D. MacDonald that blends suspense and psychological tension in a story of murder and moral ambiguity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Drowner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10808888 — 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 Drowner Context triple: [John D. MacDonald, notableWork, The Drowner]
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A.
Found Drowned
Found Drowned is a somber 19th-century painting by George Frederic Watts depicting the tragic aftermath of a woman's suicide, reflecting Victorian social concerns and moral themes.
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B.
Waters of Death
Waters of Death is a perilous, mythic boundary of lethal waters in the Epic of Gilgamesh that separates the mortal world from the distant realm of the gods.
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C.
The Seacoast of Despair
The Seacoast of Despair is an essay by Joan Didion that reflects her characteristically stark, introspective examination of place, disillusionment, and the emotional landscape of contemporary American life.
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D.
After the Dark
After the Dark is a 2013 philosophical science-fiction thriller film that explores moral dilemmas through a series of apocalyptic thought experiments conducted by a high school philosophy class.
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E.
Rain on the Dead
"Rain on the Dead" is a modern thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring his recurring character Sean Dillon in a high-stakes counterterrorism plot.
- 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 Drowner Target entity description: The Drowner is a crime novel by John D. MacDonald that blends suspense and psychological tension in a story of murder and moral ambiguity.
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A.
Found Drowned
Found Drowned is a somber 19th-century painting by George Frederic Watts depicting the tragic aftermath of a woman's suicide, reflecting Victorian social concerns and moral themes.
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B.
Waters of Death
Waters of Death is a perilous, mythic boundary of lethal waters in the Epic of Gilgamesh that separates the mortal world from the distant realm of the gods.
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C.
The Seacoast of Despair
The Seacoast of Despair is an essay by Joan Didion that reflects her characteristically stark, introspective examination of place, disillusionment, and the emotional landscape of contemporary American life.
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D.
After the Dark
After the Dark is a 2013 philosophical science-fiction thriller film that explores moral dilemmas through a series of apocalyptic thought experiments conducted by a high school philosophy class.
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E.
Rain on the Dead
"Rain on the Dead" is a modern thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring his recurring character Sean Dillon in a high-stakes counterterrorism plot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | John D. MacDonald ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| featuresElement |
murder investigation
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psychological characterization ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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psychological thriller ⓘ suspense fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasConflictType |
man vs. man
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man vs. self ⓘ |
| hasMotiveElement | psychological conflict ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
moral ambiguity
ⓘ
murder ⓘ psychological tension ⓘ |
| hasTone |
dark
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suspenseful ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| isFictional | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | crime investigation ⓘ |
| primaryMedium | print ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | John D. MacDonald ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: The Drowner Description of subject: The Drowner is a crime novel by John D. MacDonald that blends suspense and psychological tension in a story of murder and moral ambiguity.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.