By the Sword
E628071
"By the Sword" is a thriller novel by F. Paul Wilson that forms part of his long-running Repairman Jack series, blending supernatural elements with fast-paced suspense.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| By the Sword canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6910349 — 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: By the Sword Context triple: [F. Paul Wilson, notableWork, By the Sword]
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A.
Sword of State
The Sword of State is an ornate ceremonial sword symbolizing royal authority and the monarch’s power to govern, prominently carried during the State Opening of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
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B.
Die by the Sword
Die by the Sword is a 1998 fantasy action-adventure video game known for its innovative, physics-based sword-fighting system that allowed precise control of weapon movements.
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C.
The Shape of the Sword
"The Shape of the Sword" is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, included in his collection *Ficciones*, that explores themes of identity, betrayal, and narrative unreliability through a framed tale of a mysterious scarred man.
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D.
Sword of Mercy
Sword of Mercy is a ceremonial British coronation sword, traditionally associated with the legend of Tristan and used as one of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom.
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E.
This Is Your Sword
"This Is Your Sword" is a folk-influenced rock song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2014 album *High Hopes*.
- 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: By the Sword Target entity description: "By the Sword" is a thriller novel by F. Paul Wilson that forms part of his long-running Repairman Jack series, blending supernatural elements with fast-paced suspense.
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A.
Sword of State
The Sword of State is an ornate ceremonial sword symbolizing royal authority and the monarch’s power to govern, prominently carried during the State Opening of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
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B.
Die by the Sword
Die by the Sword is a 1998 fantasy action-adventure video game known for its innovative, physics-based sword-fighting system that allowed precise control of weapon movements.
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C.
The Shape of the Sword
"The Shape of the Sword" is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, included in his collection *Ficciones*, that explores themes of identity, betrayal, and narrative unreliability through a framed tale of a mysterious scarred man.
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D.
Sword of Mercy
Sword of Mercy is a ceremonial British coronation sword, traditionally associated with the legend of Tristan and used as one of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom.
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E.
This Is Your Sword
"This Is Your Sword" is a folk-influenced rock song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2014 album *High Hopes*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Repairman Jack novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | F. Paul Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToFranchise | The Adversary Cycle / Repairman Jack universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresCharacter | Repairman Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
supernatural fiction
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thriller ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | F. Paul Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Repairman Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
good versus evil
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mystery ⓘ supernatural conflict ⓘ suspense ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | supernatural elements ⓘ |
| narrativePace | fast-paced ⓘ |
| partOf | Repairman Jack series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Repairman Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: By the Sword Description of subject: "By the Sword" is a thriller novel by F. Paul Wilson that forms part of his long-running Repairman Jack series, blending supernatural elements with fast-paced suspense.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.