In Cold Blood
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In Cold Blood is Truman Capote’s pioneering nonfiction novel that reconstructs the 1959 murder of a Kansas family and is widely credited with helping create the true crime genre.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T307763 — 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: In Cold Blood Context triple: [Truman Capote, notableWork, In Cold Blood]
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A.
Life in Cold Blood
Life in Cold Blood is a BBC nature documentary series presented by David Attenborough that explores the biology, behavior, and evolution of reptiles and amphibians.
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B.
Murder, Inc.
Murder, Inc. was a notorious organized crime group in the 1930s–1940s that served as the enforcement arm of the American Mafia, carrying out contract killings for various crime families.
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C.
Murder on Capitol Hill
Murder on Capitol Hill is a political mystery novel by Margaret Truman set in Washington, D.C., involving intrigue and murder within the halls of the U.S. Congress.
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D.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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E.
The Accused
The Accused is a 1988 American legal drama film that powerfully examines sexual assault and victim-blaming, featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Jodie Foster.
- 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: In Cold Blood Target entity description: In Cold Blood is Truman Capote’s pioneering nonfiction novel that reconstructs the 1959 murder of a Kansas family and is widely credited with helping create the true crime genre.
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A.
Life in Cold Blood
Life in Cold Blood is a BBC nature documentary series presented by David Attenborough that explores the biology, behavior, and evolution of reptiles and amphibians.
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B.
Murder, Inc.
Murder, Inc. was a notorious organized crime group in the 1930s–1940s that served as the enforcement arm of the American Mafia, carrying out contract killings for various crime families.
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C.
Murder on Capitol Hill
Murder on Capitol Hill is a political mystery novel by Margaret Truman set in Washington, D.C., involving intrigue and murder within the halls of the U.S. Congress.
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D.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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E.
The Accused
The Accused is a 1988 American legal drama film that powerfully examines sexual assault and victim-blaming, featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Jodie Foster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary journalism
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nonfiction novel ⓘ true crime book ⓘ |
| author | Truman Capote ⓘ |
| controversy |
ethical issues in true crime writing
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questions about factual accuracy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widespread acclaim ⓘ |
| firstSerializedIn | The New Yorker ⓘ |
| genre |
new journalism
ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ true crime ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
In Cold Blood
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
In Cold Blood (1967 film)
In Cold Blood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
In Cold Blood (1996 television film)
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| influenced |
literary nonfiction
ⓘ
true crime genre ⓘ |
| isAboutEventDate | 1959-11-15 ⓘ |
| mainCharacters |
Alvin Dewey
ⓘ
Bonnie Clutter ⓘ Herb Clutter ⓘ Nancy Clutter ⓘ
surface form:
Kenyon Clutter
Nancy Clutter ⓘ Perry Smith ⓘ Perry Smith ⓘ
surface form:
Richard Hickock
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| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person omniscient ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | novelistic reconstruction of real events ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping establish true crime as a literary genre
ⓘ
pioneering nonfiction novel form ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pages | 343 ⓘ |
| placeOfMurder | Clutter family farmhouse ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| researchMethod |
court records
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extensive interviews ⓘ police files ⓘ |
| serializationStartYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| setInCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| setInLocation |
Garden City, Kansas
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Holcomb, Kansas ⓘ Kansas ⓘ |
| setInYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| subject |
Clutter family murders
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capital punishment ⓘ criminal investigation ⓘ murder ⓘ psychological portrait of killers ⓘ |
| timeToWrite | approximately six years ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: In Cold Blood Description of subject: In Cold Blood is Truman Capote’s pioneering nonfiction novel that reconstructs the 1959 murder of a Kansas family and is widely credited with helping create the true crime genre.
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