The Luzhin Defence
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The Luzhin Defence is a 2000 romantic drama film, based on a Vladimir Nabokov novel, about a troubled chess grandmaster whose life and career are transformed by an unexpected love affair.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Luzhin Defence canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17312097 — 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: The Luzhin Defence Context triple: [Orla Brady, notableWork, The Luzhin Defence]
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A.
A Game of Chess
"A Game of Chess" is the second section of T. S. Eliot’s modernist poem "The Waste Land," depicting fractured, anxiety-ridden domestic and social scenes that reflect the broader spiritual desolation of post–World War I Europe.
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B.
Le Joueur d’échecs
Le Joueur d’échecs is a French film featuring Victor Francen in a prominent role, centered around the world of chess and its psychological tensions.
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C.
The Chess Players
The Chess Players is a painting by Irish artist William Orpen, depicting figures absorbed in a game of chess with his characteristic realism and psychological insight.
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D.
The Rook
The Rook is a supernatural spy thriller television series centered on a woman with extraordinary abilities and amnesia who becomes embroiled in a secret British agency that monitors the paranormal.
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E.
The Pawn
The Pawn is the alias of John Black, a character typically portrayed as a strategically used operative or subordinate in a larger scheme.
- 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 Luzhin Defence Target entity description: The Luzhin Defence is a 2000 romantic drama film, based on a Vladimir Nabokov novel, about a troubled chess grandmaster whose life and career are transformed by an unexpected love affair.
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A.
A Game of Chess
"A Game of Chess" is the second section of T. S. Eliot’s modernist poem "The Waste Land," depicting fractured, anxiety-ridden domestic and social scenes that reflect the broader spiritual desolation of post–World War I Europe.
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B.
Le Joueur d’échecs
Le Joueur d’échecs is a French film featuring Victor Francen in a prominent role, centered around the world of chess and its psychological tensions.
-
C.
The Chess Players
The Chess Players is a painting by Irish artist William Orpen, depicting figures absorbed in a game of chess with his characteristic realism and psychological insight.
-
D.
The Rook
The Rook is a supernatural spy thriller television series centered on a woman with extraordinary abilities and amnesia who becomes embroiled in a secret British agency that monitors the paranormal.
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E.
The Pawn
The Pawn is the alias of John Black, a character typically portrayed as a strategically used operative or subordinate in a larger scheme.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.