The Road to Omaha
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The Road to Omaha is a satirical thriller novel by Robert Ludlum that follows a bumbling military officer and his eccentric ally as they uncover a secret treaty granting the U.S. rights to Nebraska.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Road to Omaha canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8498705 — 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 Road to Omaha Context triple: [Robert Ludlum, notableWork, The Road to Omaha]
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A.
Winner's Circle
Winner's Circle is the high-stakes final round of the game show "The $100,000 Pyramid," where contestants attempt to guess categories to win the top prize.
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B.
Glory Road
Glory Road is a 2006 sports drama film based on the true story of the Texas Western College basketball team that broke racial barriers by winning the 1966 NCAA championship with an all-Black starting lineup.
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C.
Glory Road
Glory Road is a 1963 science fantasy novel by Robert A. Heinlein that blends adventure, satire, and speculative fiction in a quest across multiple dimensions.
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D.
Battle for the Bluegrass
Battle for the Bluegrass is the annual college basketball rivalry game between the University of Louisville Cardinals and the University of Kentucky Wildcats, one of the most intense and storied matchups in NCAA basketball.
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E.
The Great American Race
The Great American Race is a prestigious annual NASCAR Cup Series event held at Daytona International Speedway, widely regarded as the sport’s most important and iconic stock car race.
- 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 Road to Omaha Target entity description: The Road to Omaha is a satirical thriller novel by Robert Ludlum that follows a bumbling military officer and his eccentric ally as they uncover a secret treaty granting the U.S. rights to Nebraska.
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A.
Winner's Circle
Winner's Circle is the high-stakes final round of the game show "The $100,000 Pyramid," where contestants attempt to guess categories to win the top prize.
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B.
Glory Road
Glory Road is a 2006 sports drama film based on the true story of the Texas Western College basketball team that broke racial barriers by winning the 1966 NCAA championship with an all-Black starting lineup.
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C.
Glory Road
Glory Road is a 1963 science fantasy novel by Robert A. Heinlein that blends adventure, satire, and speculative fiction in a quest across multiple dimensions.
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D.
Battle for the Bluegrass
Battle for the Bluegrass is the annual college basketball rivalry game between the University of Louisville Cardinals and the University of Kentucky Wildcats, one of the most intense and storied matchups in NCAA basketball.
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E.
The Great American Race
The Great American Race is a prestigious annual NASCAR Cup Series event held at Daytona International Speedway, widely regarded as the sport’s most important and iconic stock car race.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
satirical thriller novel ⓘ |
| author | Robert Ludlum ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Robert Ludlum ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
abuse of power
ⓘ
legal and constitutional absurdities ⓘ military bureaucracy ⓘ political satire of the U.S. government ⓘ |
| follows | The Road to Gandolfo ⓘ |
| genre |
political satire
ⓘ
satire ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Brigadier General Mackenzie Hawkins
ⓘ
linked to:
General MacKenzie Hawkins
Sam Devereaux ⓘ |
| hasConflict | attempt to exploit a forgotten treaty for territorial rights ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
absurdist comedy
ⓘ
farce ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist |
Mackenzie Hawkins
ⓘ
Sam Devereaux ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
U.S. constitutional law
ⓘ
legal maneuvering ⓘ military politics ⓘ secret international treaties ⓘ |
| hasTone |
comic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| isSequelTo | The Road to Gandolfo ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literarySeries | Mackenzie Hawkins series ⓘ |
| mainSetting |
Nebraska
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A bumbling military officer and his eccentric ally uncover a secret treaty granting the United States rights to Nebraska. ⓘ |
| workOf | Robert Ludlum ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Road to Omaha Description of subject: The Road to Omaha is a satirical thriller novel by Robert Ludlum that follows a bumbling military officer and his eccentric ally as they uncover a secret treaty granting the U.S. rights to Nebraska.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.