The People vs. Alex Cross
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The People vs. Alex Cross is a crime thriller novel by James Patterson in which detective and psychologist Alex Cross faces trial for his actions while simultaneously pursuing a dangerous criminal case.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The People vs. Alex Cross canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8085448 — 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 People vs. Alex Cross Context triple: [Alex Cross series, hasPart, The People vs. Alex Cross]
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A.
I, Alex Cross
"I, Alex Cross" is a crime thriller novel by James Patterson that follows detective Alex Cross as he investigates the brutal murder of a family member, uncovering a high-level conspiracy.
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B.
Alex Cross’s Trial
"Alex Cross’s Trial" is a historical legal thriller by James Patterson (with Richard DiLallo) that shifts from the usual Alex Cross detective format to recount a harrowing story of racism, lynching, and courtroom drama in early 20th-century Mississippi.
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C.
Kill Alex Cross
Kill Alex Cross is a crime thriller novel by James Patterson, following detective and psychologist Alex Cross as he investigates a high-profile kidnapping and a related terrorist plot in Washington, D.C.
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D.
Alex Cross Must Die
"Alex Cross Must Die" is a crime thriller novel in James Patterson’s long-running Alex Cross series, following the famed detective as he confronts a high-stakes, fast-paced new case.
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E.
Alex Cross series
The Alex Cross series is a popular collection of crime and thriller novels following a Washington, D.C. detective and psychologist as he investigates complex and often brutal cases.
- 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 People vs. Alex Cross Target entity description: The People vs. Alex Cross is a crime thriller novel by James Patterson in which detective and psychologist Alex Cross faces trial for his actions while simultaneously pursuing a dangerous criminal case.
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A.
I, Alex Cross
"I, Alex Cross" is a crime thriller novel by James Patterson that follows detective Alex Cross as he investigates the brutal murder of a family member, uncovering a high-level conspiracy.
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B.
Alex Cross’s Trial
"Alex Cross’s Trial" is a historical legal thriller by James Patterson (with Richard DiLallo) that shifts from the usual Alex Cross detective format to recount a harrowing story of racism, lynching, and courtroom drama in early 20th-century Mississippi.
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C.
Kill Alex Cross
Kill Alex Cross is a crime thriller novel by James Patterson, following detective and psychologist Alex Cross as he investigates a high-profile kidnapping and a related terrorist plot in Washington, D.C.
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D.
Alex Cross Must Die
"Alex Cross Must Die" is a crime thriller novel in James Patterson’s long-running Alex Cross series, following the famed detective as he confronts a high-stakes, fast-paced new case.
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E.
Alex Cross series
The Alex Cross series is a popular collection of crime and thriller novels following a Washington, D.C. detective and psychologist as he investigates complex and often brutal cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime thriller novel
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fiction book ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | James Patterson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | Target: Alex Cross ⓘ |
| franchise | Alex Cross franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Alex Cross
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bree Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ John Sampson NERFINISHED ⓘ Nana Mama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Alex Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Alex Cross faces trial for his actions
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Alex Cross pursues a dangerous criminal case ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| partOf | Alex Cross book series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Cross the Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
detective
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psychologist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| publisher | Little, Brown and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Alex Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 People vs. Alex Cross Description of subject: The People vs. Alex Cross is a crime thriller novel by James Patterson in which detective and psychologist Alex Cross faces trial for his actions while simultaneously pursuing a dangerous criminal case.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.