Thumbsucker
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Thumbsucker is a coming-of-age novel by Walter Kirn that follows an anxious teenage boy’s struggles with addiction, identity, and family dysfunction.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thumbsucker canonical | 9 |
| Thumbsucker (2005 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15960032 — 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: Thumbsucker Context triple: [Walter Kirn, notableWork, Thumbsucker]
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A.
The Pacifier
The Pacifier is a 2005 family action-comedy film starring Vin Diesel as a Navy SEAL assigned to protect a group of children.
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B.
The Squid and the Whale
The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 semi-autobiographical indie drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach that explores the emotional fallout of a bitter divorce on a Brooklyn family in the 1980s.
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C.
Tootsie
Tootsie is a 1982 American comedy film in which Dustin Hoffman plays an out-of-work actor who disguises himself as a woman to land a role, leading to unexpected fame and complications.
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D.
The Nance
The Nance is a Broadway play by Douglas Carter Beane that explores the life and struggles of a gay burlesque performer in 1930s New York.
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E.
Big Eyes
Big Eyes is a 2014 biographical drama film directed by Tim Burton that tells the story of painter Margaret Keane and the legal battle over the credit for her distinctive big-eyed children paintings.
- 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: Thumbsucker Target entity description: Thumbsucker is a coming-of-age novel by Walter Kirn that follows an anxious teenage boy’s struggles with addiction, identity, and family dysfunction.
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A.
The Pacifier
The Pacifier is a 2005 family action-comedy film starring Vin Diesel as a Navy SEAL assigned to protect a group of children.
-
B.
The Squid and the Whale
The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 semi-autobiographical indie drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach that explores the emotional fallout of a bitter divorce on a Brooklyn family in the 1980s.
-
C.
Tootsie
Tootsie is a 1982 American comedy film in which Dustin Hoffman plays an out-of-work actor who disguises himself as a woman to land a role, leading to unexpected fame and complications.
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D.
The Nance
The Nance is a Broadway play by Douglas Carter Beane that explores the life and struggles of a gay burlesque performer in 1930s New York.
-
E.
Big Eyes
Big Eyes is a 2014 biographical drama film directed by Tim Burton that tells the story of painter Margaret Keane and the legal battle over the credit for her distinctive big-eyed children paintings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.