The Executioners
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The Executioners is a 1957 crime thriller novel by John D. MacDonald that tells the story of a lawyer and his family terrorized by a vengeful ex-convict, later famously adapted into the film Cape Fear.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Executioners canonical | 7 |
| The Executioners (1957 novel) | 1 |
| The Executioners (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2326025 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Executioners Context triple: [Cape Fear (1962 film), basedOn, The Executioners]
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A.
The Executioner’s Song
The Executioner’s Song is a Pulitzer Prize–winning nonfiction novel by Norman Mailer that chronicles the life, crimes, and execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
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The Capital Punisher
The Capital Punisher is the nickname of Frank Howard, a towering power-hitting Major League Baseball slugger best known for his time with the Washington Senators in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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C.
Guilty Men
Guilty Men is a 1940 polemical book, co-authored by Michael Foot under a pseudonym, that fiercely condemned British appeasement policies toward Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
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D.
Whipping Post
"Whipping Post" is a landmark blues-rock song by the Allman Brothers Band, renowned for its emotional intensity, extended improvisations, and central place in their live performances.
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E.
The Fratricide
The Fratricide is a dramatic painting by Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela that depicts a violent, emotionally charged scene of brother killing brother, reflecting themes of guilt and moral conflict.
- 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 Executioners Target entity description: The Executioners is a 1957 crime thriller novel by John D. MacDonald that tells the story of a lawyer and his family terrorized by a vengeful ex-convict, later famously adapted into the film Cape Fear.
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A.
The Executioner’s Song
The Executioner’s Song is a Pulitzer Prize–winning nonfiction novel by Norman Mailer that chronicles the life, crimes, and execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
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B.
The Capital Punisher
The Capital Punisher is the nickname of Frank Howard, a towering power-hitting Major League Baseball slugger best known for his time with the Washington Senators in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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C.
Guilty Men
Guilty Men is a 1940 polemical book, co-authored by Michael Foot under a pseudonym, that fiercely condemned British appeasement policies toward Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
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D.
Whipping Post
"Whipping Post" is a landmark blues-rock song by the Allman Brothers Band, renowned for its emotional intensity, extended improvisations, and central place in their live performances.
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E.
The Fratricide
The Fratricide is a dramatic painting by Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela that depicts a violent, emotionally charged scene of brother killing brother, reflecting themes of guilt and moral conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ thriller novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
Cape Fear (1962 film)
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Cape Fear (1991 film) ⓘ |
| author | John D. MacDonald ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| hasAntagonist | Max Cady ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Sam Bowden ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family in peril
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justice and retribution ⓘ psychological terror ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | standalone novel ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the basis for the film Cape Fear ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A lawyer and his family are terrorized by a vengeful ex-convict he helped send to prison. ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| publisher | Fawcett Publications ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Executioners Description of subject: The Executioners is a 1957 crime thriller novel by John D. MacDonald that tells the story of a lawyer and his family terrorized by a vengeful ex-convict, later famously adapted into the film Cape Fear.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Executioners (1957 novel)
this entity surface form:
The Executioners (novel)