A Gambler’s Anatomy
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A Gambler’s Anatomy is a darkly comic novel by Jonathan Lethem that follows a telepathic backgammon hustler whose life unravels after a medical crisis forces him to confront his past.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Gambler’s Anatomy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3101115 — 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: A Gambler’s Anatomy Context triple: [Jonathan Lethem, notableWork, A Gambler’s Anatomy]
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A.
The Gambler
The Gambler is a classic country song and album by Kenny Rogers that tells the story of life lessons learned from a seasoned card player, becoming one of his signature hits.
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B.
The Gambler
The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores obsession, addiction, and psychological turmoil through the story of a tutor ensnared by roulette and destructive love.
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C.
The Gin Game
The Gin Game is a Pulitzer Prize–winning two-character play by D.L. Coburn that uses a series of gin rummy games between elderly nursing home residents to explore themes of aging, loneliness, and human frailty.
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D.
Cardroom Estate
Cardroom Estate was a former public housing estate in Manchester, England, that was extensively redeveloped into the modern New Islington urban regeneration area.
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E.
The King of Marvin Gardens
The King of Marvin Gardens is a 1972 American drama film directed by Bob Rafelson, known for its melancholic tone and exploration of fractured family relationships and failed dreams in Atlantic City.
- 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: A Gambler’s Anatomy Target entity description: A Gambler’s Anatomy is a darkly comic novel by Jonathan Lethem that follows a telepathic backgammon hustler whose life unravels after a medical crisis forces him to confront his past.
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A.
The Gambler
The Gambler is a classic country song and album by Kenny Rogers that tells the story of life lessons learned from a seasoned card player, becoming one of his signature hits.
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B.
The Gambler
The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores obsession, addiction, and psychological turmoil through the story of a tutor ensnared by roulette and destructive love.
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C.
The Gin Game
The Gin Game is a Pulitzer Prize–winning two-character play by D.L. Coburn that uses a series of gin rummy games between elderly nursing home residents to explore themes of aging, loneliness, and human frailty.
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D.
Cardroom Estate
Cardroom Estate was a former public housing estate in Manchester, England, that was extensively redeveloped into the modern New Islington urban regeneration area.
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E.
The King of Marvin Gardens
The King of Marvin Gardens is a 1972 American drama film directed by Bob Rafelson, known for its melancholic tone and exploration of fractured family relationships and failed dreams in Atlantic City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Jonathan Lethem ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| centralConflict | protagonist confronting his past ⓘ |
| centralPlotElement |
high-stakes backgammon games
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medical crisis ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Keith Hayes ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Feral Detective ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
backgammon
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brain surgery ⓘ gambling ⓘ telepathy ⓘ |
| hasTone |
darkly comic
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satirical ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 0385539900 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9780385539906 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Alexander Bruno ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 300 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Dissident Gardens ⓘ |
| protagonistAbility | telepathy ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | backgammon hustler ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setting |
Berkeley
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Berlin ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| theme |
capitalism
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chance ⓘ fate ⓘ friendship ⓘ identity ⓘ illness ⓘ past and memory ⓘ self-deception ⓘ |
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Subject: A Gambler’s Anatomy Description of subject: A Gambler’s Anatomy is a darkly comic novel by Jonathan Lethem that follows a telepathic backgammon hustler whose life unravels after a medical crisis forces him to confront his past.
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