The Music of Chance
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The Music of Chance is a 1990 novel by Paul Auster that follows two drifters drawn into a bizarre, existential ordeal after a high-stakes poker game leaves them indebted to two eccentric millionaires.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Music of Chance canonical | 4 |
| The Music of Chance (1993 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6828196 — 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 Music of Chance Context triple: [Paul Auster, notableWork, The Music of Chance]
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A.
Seven Lively Arts
Seven Lively Arts is a 1944 Broadway musical revue produced by Billy Rose, featuring music by Cole Porter and a series of high-style theatrical, musical, and dance performances.
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B.
The Salesman
The Salesman is an acclaimed 2016 Iranian drama film directed by Asghar Farhadi that explores moral conflict and social tensions in contemporary Tehran.
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C.
The Uncertain Trumpet
The Uncertain Trumpet is a 1960 book by U.S. Army General Maxwell D. Taylor that critiques the doctrine of massive retaliation and advocates for a more flexible, conventional military strategy during the Cold War.
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D.
After Laughter
After Laughter is Paramore’s fifth studio album, marking a stylistic shift toward bright, 1980s-influenced pop-rock with introspective, emotionally candid lyrics.
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E.
Fools' Parade
Fools' Parade is a 1971 crime drama film, based on a Davis Grubb novel, about three ex-convicts facing corruption and violence when they try to collect their prison savings in a small West Virginia town.
- 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 Music of Chance Target entity description: The Music of Chance is a 1990 novel by Paul Auster that follows two drifters drawn into a bizarre, existential ordeal after a high-stakes poker game leaves them indebted to two eccentric millionaires.
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A.
Seven Lively Arts
Seven Lively Arts is a 1944 Broadway musical revue produced by Billy Rose, featuring music by Cole Porter and a series of high-style theatrical, musical, and dance performances.
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B.
The Salesman
The Salesman is an acclaimed 2016 Iranian drama film directed by Asghar Farhadi that explores moral conflict and social tensions in contemporary Tehran.
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C.
The Uncertain Trumpet
The Uncertain Trumpet is a 1960 book by U.S. Army General Maxwell D. Taylor that critiques the doctrine of massive retaliation and advocates for a more flexible, conventional military strategy during the Cold War.
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D.
After Laughter
After Laughter is Paramore’s fifth studio album, marking a stylistic shift toward bright, 1980s-influenced pop-rock with introspective, emotionally candid lyrics.
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E.
Fools' Parade
Fools' Parade is a 1971 crime drama film, based on a Davis Grubb novel, about three ex-convicts facing corruption and violence when they try to collect their prison savings in a small West Virginia town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
The Music of Chance (1993 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Music of Chance
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| adaptationType | film adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Paul Auster ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Jack Pozzi is a young professional poker player
ⓘ
Jim Nashe is a former fireman and drifter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| filmAdaptationActor |
James Spader
ⓘ
Mandy Patinkin ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Philip Haas ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Leviathan ⓘ |
| genre |
existential fiction
ⓘ
novel ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-670-82888-8 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
debt
ⓘ
labor and exploitation ⓘ poker ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jack Pozzi
ⓘ
Jim Nashe ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| motif |
games of chance
ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ walls ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | linear ⓘ |
| notableCharacters |
Flower
ⓘ
Stone ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 217 ⓘ |
| partOf | Paul Auster bibliography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two drifters lose a high-stakes poker game and become indebted to two eccentric millionaires, leading to a bizarre ordeal building a wall on their estate. ⓘ |
| precededBy | Moon Palace ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Viking Press
ⓘ
linked to:
The Viking Press
|
| setting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingDetail | primarily on the estate of two millionaires ⓘ |
| theme |
absurdity of existence
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alienation ⓘ chance ⓘ fate ⓘ free will ⓘ power and control ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Music of Chance Description of subject: The Music of Chance is a 1990 novel by Paul Auster that follows two drifters drawn into a bizarre, existential ordeal after a high-stakes poker game leaves them indebted to two eccentric millionaires.
Referenced by (5)
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linked to: The Music of Chance