Point of Impact
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Point of Impact is a thriller novel by Stephen Hunter that introduces Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger, whose story was later adapted into the film Shooter (2007).
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Point of Impact canonical | 5 |
| Point of Impact (novel) | 1 |
| novel Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3067863 — 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: Point of Impact Context triple: [Shooter (2007 film), basedOn, Point of Impact]
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A.
A Gunfight
A Gunfight is a 1971 Western film starring Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash that explores aging gunfighters facing one last deadly showdown staged as a public spectacle.
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B.
Blowback
Blowback is a political nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic actions abroad can provoke unintended and often violent consequences.
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C.
Call for the Dead
Call for the Dead is John le Carré’s debut espionage novel that introduces the introspective British intelligence officer George Smiley in a bleak, psychologically driven Cold War mystery.
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D.
The Hunt
The Hunt is a BBC nature documentary series that explores the dramatic strategies predators and prey use to survive in the wild.
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E.
The Gray Man
The Gray Man is a 2022 American action thriller film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in a globe-trotting espionage story based on Mark Greaney’s novel.
- 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: Point of Impact Target entity description: Point of Impact is a thriller novel by Stephen Hunter that introduces Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger, whose story was later adapted into the film Shooter (2007).
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A.
A Gunfight
A Gunfight is a 1971 Western film starring Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash that explores aging gunfighters facing one last deadly showdown staged as a public spectacle.
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B.
Blowback
Blowback is a political nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic actions abroad can provoke unintended and often violent consequences.
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C.
Call for the Dead
Call for the Dead is John le Carré’s debut espionage novel that introduces the introspective British intelligence officer George Smiley in a bleak, psychologically driven Cold War mystery.
-
D.
The Hunt
The Hunt is a BBC nature documentary series that explores the dramatic strategies predators and prey use to survive in the wild.
-
E.
The Gray Man
The Gray Man is a 2022 American action thriller film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in a globe-trotting espionage story based on Mark Greaney’s novel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feature film
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novel ⓘ thriller novel ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Hunter ⓘ |
| basedOn | Point of Impact self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| characterIntroduced | Bob Lee Swagger ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fictionalGenre | military thriller ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Shooter
ⓘ
surface form:
Shooter (film)
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| hasISBN | 9780553563511 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySeriesOrder | first Bob Lee Swagger novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bob Lee Swagger ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the basis for the 2007 film Shooter
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introducing the character Bob Lee Swagger ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 400–500 pages ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| publisher | Bantam Books ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| series |
Bob Lee Swagger
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surface form:
Bob Lee Swagger series
|
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| settingPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| subject |
United States Marine Corps
ⓘ
assassination plots ⓘ snipers ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Point of Impact Description of subject: Point of Impact is a thriller novel by Stephen Hunter that introduces Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger, whose story was later adapted into the film Shooter (2007).
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shooter (film)
subject surface form:
Charles F. Meachum
this entity surface form:
novel Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter
this entity surface form:
Point of Impact (novel)