The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
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The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is a 1970 novel by Austrian writer Peter Handke that explores alienation and psychological disintegration through the perspective of a troubled soccer goalkeeper.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13350819 — 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: The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick Context triple: [Peter Handke, notableWork, The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick]
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A.
The Penalty Kick
The Penalty Kick is a method of restarting play in association football that allows a player to take an uncontested shot on goal from the penalty mark, typically awarded after certain fouls in the penalty area.
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B.
Competing Against Luck
Competing Against Luck is a business strategy book by Clayton Christensen that introduces and applies the "Jobs to Be Done" theory to explain how companies can systematically innovate and create successful products.
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C.
The Beautiful Game
The Beautiful Game is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton that follows a group of young footballers in 1960s Belfast amid the backdrop of the Northern Ireland conflict.
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D.
The Ball In and Out of Play
The Ball In and Out of Play is a section of association football’s Laws of the Game that defines precisely when the ball is considered active or inactive during a match.
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E.
Go for the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life
"Go for the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life" is a book by legendary U.S. soccer star Mia Hamm that blends practical soccer instruction with personal insights on leadership, teamwork, and achieving success on and off the field.
- 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 Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick Target entity description: The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is a 1970 novel by Austrian writer Peter Handke that explores alienation and psychological disintegration through the perspective of a troubled soccer goalkeeper.
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A.
The Penalty Kick
The Penalty Kick is a method of restarting play in association football that allows a player to take an uncontested shot on goal from the penalty mark, typically awarded after certain fouls in the penalty area.
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B.
Competing Against Luck
Competing Against Luck is a business strategy book by Clayton Christensen that introduces and applies the "Jobs to Be Done" theory to explain how companies can systematically innovate and create successful products.
-
C.
The Beautiful Game
The Beautiful Game is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton that follows a group of young footballers in 1960s Belfast amid the backdrop of the Northern Ireland conflict.
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D.
The Ball In and Out of Play
The Ball In and Out of Play is a section of association football’s Laws of the Game that defines precisely when the ball is considered active or inactive during a match.
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E.
Go for the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life
"Go for the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life" is a book by legendary U.S. soccer star Mia Hamm that blends practical soccer instruction with personal insights on leadership, teamwork, and achieving success on and off the field.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | German-language literature ⓘ |
| author | Peter Handke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
alienation
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perception and reality ⓘ psychological disintegration ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| explores |
breakdown of communication
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everyday banality ⓘ fragmentation of identity ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Wim Wenders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| genre |
existential fiction
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psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | unreliable focalizer ⓘ |
| hasMotif | sports as metaphor for existential crisis ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (English translation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Josef Bloch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
focus on interior consciousness
ⓘ
minimalist style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | early works of Peter Handke ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | soccer goalkeeper ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| publisher | Suhrkamp Verlag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | short novel ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
association football
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crime ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick Description of subject: The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is a 1970 novel by Austrian writer Peter Handke that explores alienation and psychological disintegration through the perspective of a troubled soccer goalkeeper.
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