The Cold Six Thousand
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The Cold Six Thousand is a hard-boiled historical crime novel by James Ellroy that continues his American Underworld Trilogy, exploring the violent political and criminal undercurrents of 1960s America.
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| The Cold Six Thousand canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cold Six Thousand Context triple: [James Ellroy, notableWork, The Cold Six Thousand]
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A.
The Cold and the Dark
The Cold and the Dark is a 1984 scientific assessment of the potential global climatic and environmental consequences of nuclear war, co-authored by Carl Sagan and colleagues.
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B.
The Enduring Chill
"The Enduring Chill" is a short story by Flannery O’Connor that follows a disillusioned intellectual’s return to his rural Southern home, where illness and spiritual crisis force him to confront his pride and beliefs.
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C.
The Spearhead
The Spearhead is the nickname of the U.S. 5th Marine Division, a World War II Marine Corps unit renowned for its pivotal role in the Battle of Iwo Jima.
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D.
The Hothouse
The Hothouse is a darkly comic stage play by Harold Pinter that satirizes bureaucratic power and institutional cruelty within a mysterious government-run facility.
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E.
A Mind of Winter
A Mind of Winter is a contemporary classical composition by British composer George Benjamin, noted for its atmospheric, finely detailed orchestral writing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cold Six Thousand Target entity description: The Cold Six Thousand is a hard-boiled historical crime novel by James Ellroy that continues his American Underworld Trilogy, exploring the violent political and criminal undercurrents of 1960s America.
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A.
The Cold and the Dark
The Cold and the Dark is a 1984 scientific assessment of the potential global climatic and environmental consequences of nuclear war, co-authored by Carl Sagan and colleagues.
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B.
The Enduring Chill
"The Enduring Chill" is a short story by Flannery O’Connor that follows a disillusioned intellectual’s return to his rural Southern home, where illness and spiritual crisis force him to confront his pride and beliefs.
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C.
The Spearhead
The Spearhead is the nickname of the U.S. 5th Marine Division, a World War II Marine Corps unit renowned for its pivotal role in the Battle of Iwo Jima.
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D.
The Hothouse
The Hothouse is a darkly comic stage play by Harold Pinter that satirizes bureaucratic power and institutional cruelty within a mysterious government-run facility.
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E.
A Mind of Winter
A Mind of Winter is a contemporary classical composition by British composer George Benjamin, noted for its atmospheric, finely detailed orchestral writing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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hard-boiled fiction ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | James Ellroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | Blood's a Rover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | American Tabloid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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historical crime fiction ⓘ noir fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalCharacter |
Pete Bondurant
NERFINISHED
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Ward Littell NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Tedrow Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-375-40392-4 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Las Vegas development and casinos
ⓘ
Vietnam War era NERFINISHED ⓘ civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesEvent |
assassination of John F. Kennedy
ⓘ
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ assassination of Robert F. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | neo-noir ⓘ |
| literarySeriesNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
corruption in politics
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organized crime ⓘ political violence in the United States ⓘ racism in America ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | staccato prose ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dense, telegraphic prose style
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depiction of CIA and mob involvement in U.S. politics ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 672 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | American Underworld Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfNarrative | 1963–1968 ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
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violent ⓘ |
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