Ray Atlee is summoned by his dying father, a prominent judge, to discuss his estate.
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The Summons is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows law professor Ray Atlee as he uncovers secrets and complications surrounding his dying father's hidden fortune and estate.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ray Atlee is summoned by his dying father, a prominent judge, to discuss his estate. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10211041 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Atlee is summoned by his dying father, a prominent judge, to discuss his estate. Context triple: [The Summons, plotSummary, Ray Atlee is summoned by his dying father, a prominent judge, to discuss his estate.]
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A.
Father Callahan
Father Callahan is a troubled, once-disgraced Catholic priest from Stephen King’s interconnected universe whose battle with vampires and inner demons leads him into the epic quest of the Dark Tower series.
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B.
Judge Tyrone Kipler
Judge Tyrone Kipler is a fictional judge featured in John Grisham’s legal drama "The Rainmaker," known for presiding over key courtroom proceedings in the story.
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C.
Judge Mathis
Judge Mathis is a long-running American arbitration-based reality court show featuring former Michigan judge Greg Mathis presiding over small-claims disputes.
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D.
Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver
Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver is a fictional prosecutor character from the television series "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," portrayed by actor Courtney B. Vance.
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E.
attorney Percy Foreman
Percy Foreman was a prominent American criminal defense attorney best known for representing high-profile clients, including James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ray Atlee is summoned by his dying father, a prominent judge, to discuss his estate. Target entity description: The Summons is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows law professor Ray Atlee as he uncovers secrets and complications surrounding his dying father's hidden fortune and estate.
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A.
Father Callahan
Father Callahan is a troubled, once-disgraced Catholic priest from Stephen King’s interconnected universe whose battle with vampires and inner demons leads him into the epic quest of the Dark Tower series.
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B.
Judge Tyrone Kipler
Judge Tyrone Kipler is a fictional judge featured in John Grisham’s legal drama "The Rainmaker," known for presiding over key courtroom proceedings in the story.
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C.
Judge Mathis
Judge Mathis is a long-running American arbitration-based reality court show featuring former Michigan judge Greg Mathis presiding over small-claims disputes.
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D.
Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver
Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver is a fictional prosecutor character from the television series "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," portrayed by actor Courtney B. Vance.
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E.
attorney Percy Foreman
Percy Foreman was a prominent American criminal defense attorney best known for representing high-profile clients, including James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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legal thriller ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Summons
NERFINISHED
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The Summons NERFINISHED ⓘ The Summons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | John Grisham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| familyName | Atlee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Forrest Atlee
NERFINISHED
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Judge Reuben V. Atlee NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Atlee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | The King of Torts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsCharacter | Ray Atlee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | print ⓘ |
| genre | legal thriller ⓘ |
| hasBrother |
Forrest Atlee
NERFINISHED
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Ray Atlee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasElement |
legal procedure
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mystery ⓘ suspense ⓘ |
| hasFather | Judge Reuben V. Atlee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Clanton, Mississippi
NERFINISHED
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Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
greed
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morality ⓘ responsibility ⓘ secrecy ⓘ trust ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Forrest Atlee
NERFINISHED
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Judge Reuben V. Atlee NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Atlee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | thriller ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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law professor ⓘ |
| plotFocus |
estate dispute
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family secrets ⓘ hidden fortune ⓘ |
| precededBy | Skipping Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistName | Ray Atlee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | law professor ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
family relationships
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inheritance ⓘ judicial corruption ⓘ legal ethics ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| writtenBy | John Grisham 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: Ray Atlee is summoned by his dying father, a prominent judge, to discuss his estate. Description of subject: The Summons is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows law professor Ray Atlee as he uncovers secrets and complications surrounding his dying father's hidden fortune and estate.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Summons
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plotSummary
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Ray Atlee is summoned by his dying father, a prominent judge, to discuss his estate.
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