The Dain Curse
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The Dain Curse is a 1929 hardboiled detective novel by Dashiell Hammett featuring the Continental Op as he investigates a series of bizarre, seemingly supernatural crimes surrounding a wealthy, ill-fated family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Dain Curse canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10088862 — 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 Dain Curse Context triple: [Dashiell Hammett, notableWork, The Dain Curse]
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A.
The Curse
The Curse is a 1987 horror film loosely based on H. P. Lovecraft’s short story "The Colour Out of Space," depicting the terrifying effects of a mysterious meteorite on a rural farming community.
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B.
The Curse
The Curse is the independent supporters’ group known for its passionate backing of the USL Championship soccer club New Mexico United.
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C.
The Curse
The Curse is a song featured on the album "Out of Exile" by the American rock band Audioslave.
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D.
The Cursed Ones
The Cursed Ones is a Ghanaian-Nigerian drama film that explores themes of superstition, injustice, and religious exploitation in a rural African community.
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E.
The Demon
"The Demon" is a narrative poem by Russian Romantic writer Mikhail Lermontov that tells the tragic love story between a fallen spirit and a mortal Georgian princess.
- 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 Dain Curse Target entity description: The Dain Curse is a 1929 hardboiled detective novel by Dashiell Hammett featuring the Continental Op as he investigates a series of bizarre, seemingly supernatural crimes surrounding a wealthy, ill-fated family.
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A.
The Curse
The Curse is a 1987 horror film loosely based on H. P. Lovecraft’s short story "The Colour Out of Space," depicting the terrifying effects of a mysterious meteorite on a rural farming community.
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B.
The Curse
The Curse is the independent supporters’ group known for its passionate backing of the USL Championship soccer club New Mexico United.
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C.
The Curse
The Curse is a song featured on the album "Out of Exile" by the American rock band Audioslave.
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D.
The Cursed Ones
The Cursed Ones is a Ghanaian-Nigerian drama film that explores themes of superstition, injustice, and religious exploitation in a rural African community.
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E.
The Demon
"The Demon" is a narrative poem by Russian Romantic writer Mikhail Lermontov that tells the tragic love story between a fallen spirit and a mortal Georgian princess.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hardboiled detective novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | E.W. Swackhamer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationFormat | television miniseries ⓘ |
| adaptationNetwork | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| adaptationStarred | James Coburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | The Dain Curse (1978 miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Dashiell Hammett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | Gabrielle Leggett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
cult rituals
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locked-room mystery ⓘ murder mystery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| era | Golden Age of detective fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Continental Op NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Maltese Falcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFamilyAtCenter | Dain family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSupernaturalAppearance | yes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime investigation
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deception ⓘ drug addiction ⓘ family curse ⓘ religious cults ⓘ supernatural ambiguity ⓘ |
| includedIn | Dashiell Hammett collected works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | hardboiled school ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Continental Op NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of hardboiled detective fiction
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use of a nameless detective narrator ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Alfred A. Knopf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotDevice | supposed family curse ⓘ |
| precededBy | Red Harvest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | private detective ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| publisherCategory | American crime novel ⓘ |
| series | Continental Op stories ⓘ |
| setInCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| style | hardboiled prose ⓘ |
| supernaturalExplainedNaturalistically | yes ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1920s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Dain Curse Description of subject: The Dain Curse is a 1929 hardboiled detective novel by Dashiell Hammett featuring the Continental Op as he investigates a series of bizarre, seemingly supernatural crimes surrounding a wealthy, ill-fated family.
Referenced by (1)
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