The Executioner’s Song
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Executioner’s Song canonical | 9 |
| The Executioner's Song | 4 |
| The Executioner’s Song (1982 film) | 1 |
| The Executioner’s Song universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T472946 — 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 Executioner’s Song Context triple: [Norman Mailer, notableWork, The Executioner’s Song]
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A.
The Browning Version
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B.
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C.
Life in Cold Blood
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D.
The Green Mile
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E.
The Killer Inside Me
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- 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 Executioner’s Song Target entity description: 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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A.
The Browning Version
The Browning Version is a 1948 stage play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan that portrays the emotional and professional decline of a repressed, aging schoolmaster at an English public school.
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B.
Last Rites
Last Rites is a traditional set of Catholic sacramental practices given to a gravely ill or dying person to prepare their soul for death.
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C.
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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D.
The Green Mile
The Green Mile is a serialized novel by Stephen King that blends supernatural elements with a poignant death-row drama set in a 1930s Southern prison.
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E.
The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me is a 2010 neo-noir crime thriller film, based on Jim Thompson’s novel, in which Casey Affleck plays a seemingly mild-mannered small-town deputy sheriff hiding a violent psychopathic nature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonfiction novel
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true crime book ⓘ |
| about |
executions by firing squad in Utah
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first U.S. execution after 1972–1976 death penalty moratorium ⓘ |
| author | Norman Mailer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Pulitzer Prize
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ |
| basedOn | real events ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationPlace |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
biographical literature
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nonfiction ⓘ true crime ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Executioner’s Song
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Executioner’s Song (1982 film)
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| hasISBN | 0316544960 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“Eastern Voices” section
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“Western Voices” section ⓘ |
| inception | 1970s ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryAwardYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
documentary novel
ⓘ
reportage ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Gary Gilmore
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Utah criminal justice system ⓘ capital punishment in the United States ⓘ murder ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
crimes of Gary Gilmore
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life of Gary Gilmore ⓘ trial and execution of Gary Gilmore ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Gary Gilmore
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Nicole Baker ⓘ Vern Damico ⓘ |
| pageCount | over 1000 pages ⓘ |
| placeOfSetting |
Provo, Utah
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Salt Lake City ⓘ
surface form:
Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| publisher | Little, Brown and Company ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| theme |
American criminal justice system
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death penalty ⓘ media and crime ⓘ personal responsibility ⓘ violence in American society ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | 1976 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Executioner’s Song Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Norman Mailer
this entity surface form:
The Executioner's Song
this entity surface form:
The Executioner’s Song (1982 film)
this entity surface form:
The Executioner's Song
subject surface form:
Western Voices section
subject surface form:
Eastern Voices section
this entity surface form:
The Executioner’s Song universe
this entity surface form:
The Executioner's Song
this entity surface form:
The Executioner's Song