The Beast Must Die
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The Beast Must Die is a 1938 crime novel by Cecil Day-Lewis (writing as Nicholas Blake), renowned for its innovative diary-format narrative about a crime writer plotting the murder of his son’s killer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Beast Must Die canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5884991 — 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 Beast Must Die Context triple: [Cecil Day-Lewis, notableWork, The Beast Must Die]
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A.
The Beast
The Beast was the fearsome nickname of Jimmie Foxx, a legendary power-hitting Major League Baseball slugger of the early 20th century.
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B.
The Beast
The Beast is a song by Bill Callahan featured on his album "Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest."
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C.
The Beast Within
The Beast Within is a horror novel by Tom Holland that explores themes of transformation and inner monstrosity.
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D.
the Beast
The Beast is a symbolic, apocalyptic figure in the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, often interpreted as representing oppressive worldly powers or ultimate evil opposing God.
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E.
Beast of the Apocalypse
The Beast of the Apocalypse is the prophesied world-ending demon form of Hellboy, destined to bring about the destruction of Earth in the Hellboy comic universe.
- 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 Beast Must Die Target entity description: The Beast Must Die is a 1938 crime novel by Cecil Day-Lewis (writing as Nicholas Blake), renowned for its innovative diary-format narrative about a crime writer plotting the murder of his son’s killer.
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A.
The Beast
The Beast was the fearsome nickname of Jimmie Foxx, a legendary power-hitting Major League Baseball slugger of the early 20th century.
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B.
The Beast
The Beast is a song by Bill Callahan featured on his album "Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest."
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C.
The Beast Within
The Beast Within is a horror novel by Tom Holland that explores themes of transformation and inner monstrosity.
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D.
the Beast
The Beast is a symbolic, apocalyptic figure in the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, often interpreted as representing oppressive worldly powers or ultimate evil opposing God.
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E.
Beast of the Apocalypse
The Beast of the Apocalypse is the prophesied world-ending demon form of Hellboy, destined to bring about the destruction of Earth in the Hellboy comic universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptedTo | film ⓘ |
| author |
Cecil Day-Lewis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nicholas Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
novelist
ⓘ
poet ⓘ |
| authorPseudonym | Nicholas Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorRealName | Cecil Day-Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorWroteUnderPseudonym | Nicholas Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
justice
ⓘ
murder ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| containsElement |
confessional narrative
ⓘ
investigation ⓘ whodunit mystery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Nigel Strangeways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
La Bestia debe morir (1952 Argentine film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Que la bête meure (1969 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beast Must Die (1952 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMotiveInPlot | revenge for son’s death ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | psychological crime novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | crime writer ⓘ |
| narrativeFormat | diary format ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative diary-format narrative
ⓘ
psychological depth ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Golden Age of detective fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A crime writer plans to murder the man he believes killed his son. ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| publisherCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Nigel Strangeways series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Cecil Day-Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOfPseudonymousAuthor | Nicholas Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Beast Must Die Description of subject: The Beast Must Die is a 1938 crime novel by Cecil Day-Lewis (writing as Nicholas Blake), renowned for its innovative diary-format narrative about a crime writer plotting the murder of his son’s killer.
Referenced by (3)
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