The Hanging Tree
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"The Hanging Tree" is an urban fantasy novel in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, blending police procedural elements with magic in contemporary London.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Hanging Tree canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6796470 — 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 Hanging Tree Context triple: [Ben Aaronovitch, notableWork, The Hanging Tree]
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A.
The Noose
"The Noose" is a 1928 American silent crime drama film starring Richard Barthelmess, noted for its intense melodrama and early sound-era experimentation.
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B.
The Killing Tree
The Killing Tree is a hardcore punk side project formed by Rise Against vocalist Tim McIlrath, known for its heavier, darker sound compared to his main band.
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C.
The Copse of Trees
The Copse of Trees is a small, distinctive stand of trees that serves as a recognizable natural landmark in the landscape.
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D.
The Tree of Blood
The Tree of Blood is a Spanish drama film that intertwines family secrets and romantic relationships across generations, featuring Úrsula Corberó in a prominent role.
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E.
The Tree
"The Tree" is a minimalist abstract painting by American artist Agnes Martin, exemplifying her serene grid-based style and meditative approach to art.
- 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 Hanging Tree Target entity description: "The Hanging Tree" is an urban fantasy novel in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, blending police procedural elements with magic in contemporary London.
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A.
The Noose
"The Noose" is a 1928 American silent crime drama film starring Richard Barthelmess, noted for its intense melodrama and early sound-era experimentation.
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B.
The Killing Tree
The Killing Tree is a hardcore punk side project formed by Rise Against vocalist Tim McIlrath, known for its heavier, darker sound compared to his main band.
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C.
The Copse of Trees
The Copse of Trees is a small, distinctive stand of trees that serves as a recognizable natural landmark in the landscape.
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D.
The Tree of Blood
The Tree of Blood is a Spanish drama film that intertwines family secrets and romantic relationships across generations, featuring Úrsula Corberó in a prominent role.
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E.
The Tree
"The Tree" is a minimalist abstract painting by American artist Agnes Martin, exemplifying her serene grid-based style and meditative approach to art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
urban fantasy novel ⓘ |
| author | Ben Aaronovitch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Beverley Brook
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lesley May NERFINISHED ⓘ Nightingale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
magic
ⓘ
police investigation ⓘ |
| followedBy | Lies Sleeping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ urban fantasy ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
police work in a magical context
ⓘ
supernatural crime ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Peter Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Rivers of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Foxglove Summer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gollancz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 6 ⓘ |
| setInUniverse | Rivers of London universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| settingTime | contemporary era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Hanging Tree Description of subject: "The Hanging Tree" is an urban fantasy novel in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, blending police procedural elements with magic in contemporary London.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.