Ray Atlee, a law professor
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Ray Atlee is a fictional law professor who becomes embroiled in a family and legal mystery at the center of John Grisham’s novel "The Summons."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ray Atlee, a law professor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10211040 — 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: Ray Atlee, a law professor Context triple: [The Summons, follows, Ray Atlee, a law professor]
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A.
John Forsyth
John Forsyth was a 19th-century American politician and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State, governor of Georgia, and a prominent member of Congress.
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B.
Jon Richard Argersinger
Jon Richard Argersinger was the defendant whose case led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision extending the right to counsel to defendants in misdemeanor cases that could result in imprisonment.
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C.
Lawrence Weingarten
Lawrence Weingarten was an American film producer best known for his work at MGM during Hollywood’s classic studio era, overseeing numerous popular comedies and dramas.
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D.
Mark Robarts
Mark Robarts is an ambitious young clergyman in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Framley Parsonage," whose social aspirations and financial imprudence drive much of the story’s conflict.
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E.
Lt. Daniel Kaffee
Lt. Daniel Kaffee is a young, initially reluctant but sharp-witted U.S. Navy lawyer who becomes determined to uncover the truth in the military courtroom drama "A Few Good Men."
- 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: Ray Atlee, a law professor Target entity description: Ray Atlee is a fictional law professor who becomes embroiled in a family and legal mystery at the center of John Grisham’s novel "The Summons."
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A.
John Forsyth
John Forsyth was a 19th-century American politician and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State, governor of Georgia, and a prominent member of Congress.
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B.
Jon Richard Argersinger
Jon Richard Argersinger was the defendant whose case led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision extending the right to counsel to defendants in misdemeanor cases that could result in imprisonment.
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C.
Lawrence Weingarten
Lawrence Weingarten was an American film producer best known for his work at MGM during Hollywood’s classic studio era, overseeing numerous popular comedies and dramas.
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D.
Mark Robarts
Mark Robarts is an ambitious young clergyman in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Framley Parsonage," whose social aspirations and financial imprudence drive much of the story’s conflict.
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E.
Lt. Daniel Kaffee
Lt. Daniel Kaffee is a young, initially reluctant but sharp-witted U.S. Navy lawyer who becomes determined to uncover the truth in the military courtroom drama "A Few Good Men."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
law professor ⓘ novel character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Summons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterInGenre | legal fiction ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | John Grisham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Atlee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Summons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | law ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkInWhichAppears |
legal thriller
ⓘ
mystery novel ⓘ |
| givenName | Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducation | law degree (fictional) ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Forrest Atlee
NERFINISHED
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Ray Atlee’s father ⓘ Reuben Atlee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
family mystery
ⓘ
legal mystery ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | inheritance dispute ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation | law professor ⓘ |
| partOf | works of John Grisham ⓘ |
| publicationAuthorOfWorkInWhichAppears | John Grisham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfWorkInWhichAppears | 2002 ⓘ |
| settingOfActivities | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | The Summons (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teachesAt | fictional law school ⓘ |
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: Ray Atlee, a law professor Description of subject: Ray Atlee is a fictional law professor who becomes embroiled in a family and legal mystery at the center of John Grisham’s novel "The Summons."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.