And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
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And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks is a collaboratively written early Beat Generation novel by Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, based on the real-life 1944 killing involving their friend Lucien Carr.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21100843 — 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: And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks Context triple: [Lucien Carr, notableWork, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks]
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A.
Being Boiled
"Being Boiled" is an early electronic synth-pop song by The Human League, noted for its dark, minimalist sound and status as a pioneering track in electronic music.
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B.
March of the Pigs
"March of the Pigs" is an aggressive, fast-paced industrial rock song by Nine Inch Nails, known for its shifting time signatures and explosive dynamics.
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C.
A Fish in the Bathtub
A Fish in the Bathtub is a 1999 American comedy-drama film about an aging couple’s marital tensions, directed by Joan Micklin Silver and starring Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.
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D.
Elephants on Acid
Elephants on Acid is a psychedelic, experimental hip-hop album by Cypress Hill known for its trippy production and surreal atmosphere.
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E.
The Zoo
The Zoo is the energetic student cheering section for the University of Montana Grizzlies football team, known for its loud, passionate game-day atmosphere.
- 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: And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks Target entity description: And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks is a collaboratively written early Beat Generation novel by Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, based on the real-life 1944 killing involving their friend Lucien Carr.
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A.
Being Boiled
"Being Boiled" is an early electronic synth-pop song by The Human League, noted for its dark, minimalist sound and status as a pioneering track in electronic music.
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B.
March of the Pigs
"March of the Pigs" is an aggressive, fast-paced industrial rock song by Nine Inch Nails, known for its shifting time signatures and explosive dynamics.
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C.
A Fish in the Bathtub
A Fish in the Bathtub is a 1999 American comedy-drama film about an aging couple’s marital tensions, directed by Joan Micklin Silver and starring Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.
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D.
Elephants on Acid
Elephants on Acid is a psychedelic, experimental hip-hop album by Cypress Hill known for its trippy production and surreal atmosphere.
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E.
The Zoo
The Zoo is the energetic student cheering section for the University of Montana Grizzlies football team, known for its loud, passionate game-day atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.