Meyer Landsman
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Meyer Landsman is a down-on-his-luck Jewish detective in an alternate-history Alaska, known as the hard-boiled, obsessive investigator at the center of Michael Chabon’s novel *The Yiddish Policemen’s Union*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Meyer Landsman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15757375 — 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: Meyer Landsman Context triple: [The Yiddish Policemen's Union, protagonist, Meyer Landsman]
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A.
Oscar Lerman
Oscar Lerman was a British nightclub owner and art dealer best known as the husband of novelist Jackie Collins.
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B.
Max Eitingon
Max Eitingon was a German-Jewish psychoanalyst and close associate of Sigmund Freud, known for helping institutionalize psychoanalytic training and practice in Europe and the Middle East.
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C.
Herman Lubinsky
Herman Lubinsky was an American record executive and entrepreneur best known as the controversial founder and head of the influential jazz and R&B label Savoy Records.
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D.
Harvey Rosenstock
Harvey Rosenstock is a film editor known for his work on major motion pictures, including the Western film "Tombstone."
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E.
Louis Hollander
Louis Hollander was a New York labor leader and public official who served as the state’s Industrial Commissioner, overseeing labor and employment policy.
- 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: Meyer Landsman Target entity description: Meyer Landsman is a down-on-his-luck Jewish detective in an alternate-history Alaska, known as the hard-boiled, obsessive investigator at the center of Michael Chabon’s novel *The Yiddish Policemen’s Union*.
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A.
Oscar Lerman
Oscar Lerman was a British nightclub owner and art dealer best known as the husband of novelist Jackie Collins.
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B.
Max Eitingon
Max Eitingon was a German-Jewish psychoanalyst and close associate of Sigmund Freud, known for helping institutionalize psychoanalytic training and practice in Europe and the Middle East.
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C.
Herman Lubinsky
Herman Lubinsky was an American record executive and entrepreneur best known as the controversial founder and head of the influential jazz and R&B label Savoy Records.
-
D.
Harvey Rosenstock
Harvey Rosenstock is a film editor known for his work on major motion pictures, including the Western film "Tombstone."
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E.
Louis Hollander
Louis Hollander was a New York labor leader and public official who served as the state’s Industrial Commissioner, overseeing labor and employment policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.