The Houdini Box
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The Houdini Box is a children's picture book by Brian Selznick that blends illustration and text to tell a magical, historically inspired story about a boy obsessed with the legendary escape artist Harry Houdini.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Houdini Box canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23535999 — 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 Houdini Box Context triple: [Brian Selznick, notableWork, The Houdini Box]
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A.
Houdini's Great Escape
Houdini's Great Escape is a haunted-house–themed illusion ride at Six Flags Great Adventure that combines theatrical effects with motion-simulation to create a disorienting escape-room experience.
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B.
The Magic Box
The Magic Box is a 1951 British biographical drama film about cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene, featuring Glynis Johns among its notable cast.
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C.
“Houdini”
"Houdini" is a 2023 dance-pop single by English-Albanian singer Dua Lipa, noted for its disco-inspired production and confident, escapist lyrics.
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D.
Lemarchand's Box
Lemarchand's Box is a fictional puzzle box from the Hellraiser franchise that serves as a gateway to another dimension, summoning the Cenobites when solved.
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E.
The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist is a 1982 coming-of-age mystery film about a young aspiring magician who becomes entangled in crime and corruption while trying to prove himself.
- 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 Houdini Box Target entity description: The Houdini Box is a children's picture book by Brian Selznick that blends illustration and text to tell a magical, historically inspired story about a boy obsessed with the legendary escape artist Harry Houdini.
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A.
Houdini's Great Escape
Houdini's Great Escape is a haunted-house–themed illusion ride at Six Flags Great Adventure that combines theatrical effects with motion-simulation to create a disorienting escape-room experience.
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B.
The Magic Box
The Magic Box is a 1951 British biographical drama film about cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene, featuring Glynis Johns among its notable cast.
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C.
“Houdini”
"Houdini" is a 2023 dance-pop single by English-Albanian singer Dua Lipa, noted for its disco-inspired production and confident, escapist lyrics.
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D.
Lemarchand's Box
Lemarchand's Box is a fictional puzzle box from the Hellraiser franchise that serves as a gateway to another dimension, summoning the Cenobites when solved.
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E.
The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist is a 1982 coming-of-age mystery film about a young aspiring magician who becomes entangled in crime and corruption while trying to prove himself.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.