What Makes Sammy Run?
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"What Makes Sammy Run?" is a 1941 novel by Budd Schulberg that offers a scathing, insider critique of Hollywood ambition and the ruthless pursuit of success.
All labels observed (1)
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| What Makes Sammy Run? canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14584404 — 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: What Makes Sammy Run? Context triple: [Budd Schulberg, notableWork, What Makes Sammy Run?]
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A.
Remember Sammy Jankis
"Remember Sammy Jankis" is a recurring phrase and crucial memory cue in the film *Memento*, serving as a key to understanding Leonard Shelby’s condition and motivations.
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B.
Between Riverside and Crazy
"Between Riverside and Crazy" is a Pulitzer Prize–winning dark comedy-drama play by Stephen Adly Guirgis that explores race, family, and gentrification through the story of a retired New York City cop fighting eviction from his rent-controlled apartment.
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C.
The Choirboys
The Choirboys is a 1977 darkly comic crime drama film about a group of Los Angeles police officers whose off-duty antics expose the cynicism and dysfunction within the force.
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D.
A Regular Guy
A Regular Guy is a novel by American author Mona Simpson that explores family dynamics, identity, and the emotional complexities surrounding a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and his estranged daughter.
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E.
Sammy Going South
Sammy Going South is an adventure novel by W. H. Canaway that follows a young boy’s perilous journey across Africa after being orphaned.
- 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: What Makes Sammy Run? Target entity description: "What Makes Sammy Run?" is a 1941 novel by Budd Schulberg that offers a scathing, insider critique of Hollywood ambition and the ruthless pursuit of success.
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A.
Remember Sammy Jankis
"Remember Sammy Jankis" is a recurring phrase and crucial memory cue in the film *Memento*, serving as a key to understanding Leonard Shelby’s condition and motivations.
-
B.
Between Riverside and Crazy
"Between Riverside and Crazy" is a Pulitzer Prize–winning dark comedy-drama play by Stephen Adly Guirgis that explores race, family, and gentrification through the story of a retired New York City cop fighting eviction from his rent-controlled apartment.
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C.
The Choirboys
The Choirboys is a 1977 darkly comic crime drama film about a group of Los Angeles police officers whose off-duty antics expose the cynicism and dysfunction within the force.
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D.
A Regular Guy
A Regular Guy is a novel by American author Mona Simpson that explores family dynamics, identity, and the emotional complexities surrounding a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and his estranged daughter.
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E.
Sammy Going South
Sammy Going South is an adventure novel by W. H. Canaway that follows a young boy’s perilous journey across Africa after being orphaned.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.