Apple Tree Yard (novel)
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Apple Tree Yard is a psychological thriller novel by Louise Doughty that follows a respected scientist whose impulsive affair leads to a shocking act of violence and a high-profile trial.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Apple Tree Yard (novel) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10396641 — 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: Apple Tree Yard (novel) Context triple: [Apple Tree Yard, basedOn, Apple Tree Yard (novel)]
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A.
The Apple Tree
The Apple Tree is a notable theatrical work associated with actress and singer Barbara Harris, showcasing her talent in musical theatre.
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B.
The Basket of Apples
The Basket of Apples is a famous still-life painting by Paul Cézanne that exemplifies his innovative approach to form, perspective, and color in Post-Impressionist art.
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C.
The Three Apples
The Three Apples is a murder-mystery tale from the medieval Arabic collection One Thousand and One Nights, notable for its early use of detective-story elements and intricate storytelling.
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D.
The Laughing Apple
The Laughing Apple is a 1967 song by British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, known for its whimsical, folk-pop style and reflective lyrics from his early career.
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E.
The Lawrence Tree
The Lawrence Tree is a famous painting by Georgia O’Keeffe depicting an upward view into the branches of a towering tree at night, inspired by the landscape at D. H. Lawrence’s New Mexico ranch.
- 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: Apple Tree Yard (novel) Target entity description: Apple Tree Yard is a psychological thriller novel by Louise Doughty that follows a respected scientist whose impulsive affair leads to a shocking act of violence and a high-profile trial.
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A.
The Apple Tree
The Apple Tree is a notable theatrical work associated with actress and singer Barbara Harris, showcasing her talent in musical theatre.
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B.
The Basket of Apples
The Basket of Apples is a famous still-life painting by Paul Cézanne that exemplifies his innovative approach to form, perspective, and color in Post-Impressionist art.
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C.
The Three Apples
The Three Apples is a murder-mystery tale from the medieval Arabic collection One Thousand and One Nights, notable for its early use of detective-story elements and intricate storytelling.
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D.
The Laughing Apple
The Laughing Apple is a 1967 song by British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, known for its whimsical, folk-pop style and reflective lyrics from his early career.
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E.
The Lawrence Tree
The Lawrence Tree is a famous painting by Georgia O’Keeffe depicting an upward view into the branches of a towering tree at night, inspired by the landscape at D. H. Lawrence’s New Mexico ranch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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psychological thriller novel ⓘ |
| adaptationCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Jessica Hobbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationNetwork | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| adaptationScreenwriter | Amanda Coe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationStars |
Ben Chaplin
NERFINISHED
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Emily Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Bonnar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television miniseries ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Apple Tree Yard (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Louise Doughty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
adultery
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criminal trial ⓘ power and gender ⓘ secrecy ⓘ sexual obsession ⓘ violence against women ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtPublisherEdition | Faber and Faber first edition ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780571278640 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Yvonne Carmichael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Black Water (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| market | adult fiction ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of domestic drama and courtroom thriller
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depiction of a middle-aged woman in a sexual and legal crisis ⓘ |
| originalPublicationFormat | print ⓘ |
| pageCount | 400 ⓘ |
| plotElement |
courtroom drama
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impulsive affair ⓘ murder trial ⓘ rape ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
geneticist
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scientist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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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: Apple Tree Yard (novel) Description of subject: Apple Tree Yard is a psychological thriller novel by Louise Doughty that follows a respected scientist whose impulsive affair leads to a shocking act of violence and a high-profile trial.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.