The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling
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The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling is a comic mystery novel by Lawrence Block featuring bookish burglar and bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr as he becomes entangled in a murder investigation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20663634 — 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 Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling Context triple: [Lawrence Block, notableWork, The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling]
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A.
The Burglar
The Burglar is a 1957 American film noir crime drama about a jewel thief whose carefully planned heist unravels amid betrayal and pursuit.
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B.
The Barracks Thief
The Barracks Thief is a novella by American author Tobias Wolff that follows three paratrooper trainees during the Vietnam War era, exploring themes of fear, betrayal, and moral ambiguity.
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C.
The Pleasure of Being Robbed
The Pleasure of Being Robbed is a 2008 low-budget American indie film, associated with the Safdie brothers, that follows a young woman's impulsive kleptomania across New York City.
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D.
The Thief and the Dogs
The Thief and the Dogs is a 1961 existential and psychological novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that follows a recently released thief seeking revenge in post-revolutionary Cairo.
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E.
The Khaki Mafia
The Khaki Mafia is a nonfiction book by Robin Moore that exposes corruption and misconduct within the U.S. military during the Vietnam War era.
- 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 Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling Target entity description: The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling is a comic mystery novel by Lawrence Block featuring bookish burglar and bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr as he becomes entangled in a murder investigation.
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A.
The Burglar
The Burglar is a 1957 American film noir crime drama about a jewel thief whose carefully planned heist unravels amid betrayal and pursuit.
-
B.
The Barracks Thief
The Barracks Thief is a novella by American author Tobias Wolff that follows three paratrooper trainees during the Vietnam War era, exploring themes of fear, betrayal, and moral ambiguity.
-
C.
The Pleasure of Being Robbed
The Pleasure of Being Robbed is a 2008 low-budget American indie film, associated with the Safdie brothers, that follows a young woman's impulsive kleptomania across New York City.
-
D.
The Thief and the Dogs
The Thief and the Dogs is a 1961 existential and psychological novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that follows a recently released thief seeking revenge in post-revolutionary Cairo.
-
E.
The Khaki Mafia
The Khaki Mafia is a nonfiction book by Robin Moore that exposes corruption and misconduct within the U.S. military during the Vietnam War era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.