The Thief Who Came to Dinner
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The Thief Who Came to Dinner is a 1973 comedic crime film about a charming computer programmer-turned-jewel thief who becomes entangled in high-society heists and romantic intrigue.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Thief Who Came to Dinner canonical | 2 |
| The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973 film) | 1 |
| The Thief Who Came to Dinner (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9329182 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Thief Who Came to Dinner Context triple: [Philip H. Lathrop, notableWork, The Thief Who Came to Dinner]
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A.
Thieves’ Carnival
Thieves’ Carnival is a science fiction work by American author Karen Haber, known for its imaginative world-building and genre-blending storytelling.
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B.
The Burglar
The Burglar is a 1957 American film noir crime drama about a jewel thief whose carefully planned heist unravels amid betrayal and pursuit.
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C.
Once a Thief
Once a Thief is a 1965 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Nelson, centered on an ex-convict struggling to go straight while being pulled back into the criminal underworld.
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D.
The Thief and the Dogs
The Thief and the Dogs is a 1961 existential and psychological novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that follows a recently released thief seeking revenge in post-revolutionary Cairo.
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E.
The Good Thief
The Good Thief is a 2002 crime drama film directed by Neil Jordan that follows an aging gambler and thief attempting one last elaborate heist on the French Riviera.
- 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 Thief Who Came to Dinner Target entity description: The Thief Who Came to Dinner is a 1973 comedic crime film about a charming computer programmer-turned-jewel thief who becomes entangled in high-society heists and romantic intrigue.
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A.
Thieves’ Carnival
Thieves’ Carnival is a science fiction work by American author Karen Haber, known for its imaginative world-building and genre-blending storytelling.
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B.
The Burglar
The Burglar is a 1957 American film noir crime drama about a jewel thief whose carefully planned heist unravels amid betrayal and pursuit.
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C.
Once a Thief
Once a Thief is a 1965 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Nelson, centered on an ex-convict struggling to go straight while being pulled back into the criminal underworld.
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D.
The Thief and the Dogs
The Thief and the Dogs is a 1961 existential and psychological novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that follows a recently released thief seeking revenge in post-revolutionary Cairo.
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E.
The Good Thief
The Good Thief is a 2002 crime drama film directed by Neil Jordan that follows an aging gambler and thief attempting one last elaborate heist on the French Riviera.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
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 Thief Who Came to Dinner Description of subject: The Thief Who Came to Dinner is a 1973 comedic crime film about a charming computer programmer-turned-jewel thief who becomes entangled in high-society heists and romantic intrigue.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Thief Who Came to Dinner
subject linked to:
Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset
linked to: The Thief Who Came to Dinner