The Big Short
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The Big Short is a nonfiction book by Michael Lewis that chronicles the build-up to the 2008 financial crisis through the stories of investors who bet against the U.S. housing market.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Big Short canonical | 2 |
| The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23502348 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Big Short Context triple: [Financial Times–Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, hasAwarded, The Big Short]
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The Big Short
The Big Short is a 2015 biographical comedy-drama film about the 2007–2008 financial crisis, focusing on investors who bet against the U.S. housing market.
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B.
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 biographical black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese that chronicles stockbroker Jordan Belfort’s rise and fall amid rampant Wall Street corruption and excess.
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Catching the Wolf of Wall Street
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street is Jordan Belfort’s memoir detailing his downfall, legal troubles, and life after the events chronicled in his earlier book, The Wolf of Wall Street.
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13 Bankers
13 Bankers is a nonfiction book by economist Simon Johnson that analyzes the rise of powerful financial institutions in the United States and argues that their unchecked influence poses a serious threat to democracy and economic stability.
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E.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is a 2010 financial drama film and sequel to the 1987 movie "Wall Street," exploring themes of greed, redemption, and the 2008 economic crisis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Big Short Target entity description: The Big Short is a nonfiction book by Michael Lewis that chronicles the build-up to the 2008 financial crisis through the stories of investors who bet against the U.S. housing market.
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A.
The Big Short
The Big Short is a 2015 biographical comedy-drama film about the 2007–2008 financial crisis, focusing on investors who bet against the U.S. housing market.
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B.
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 biographical black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese that chronicles stockbroker Jordan Belfort’s rise and fall amid rampant Wall Street corruption and excess.
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C.
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street is Jordan Belfort’s memoir detailing his downfall, legal troubles, and life after the events chronicled in his earlier book, The Wolf of Wall Street.
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D.
13 Bankers
13 Bankers is a nonfiction book by economist Simon Johnson that analyzes the rise of powerful financial institutions in the United States and argues that their unchecked influence poses a serious threat to democracy and economic stability.
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E.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is a 2010 financial drama film and sequel to the 1987 movie "Wall Street," exploring themes of greed, redemption, and the 2008 economic crisis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.