The Skating Rink
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The Skating Rink is a short novel by Roberto Bolaño that blends crime, obsession, and political undercurrents in a fragmented, multi-perspective narrative set in a Spanish seaside town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Skating Rink canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10697221 — 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 Skating Rink Context triple: [Roberto Bolaño, notableWork, The Skating Rink]
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A.
The Rink
The Rink is a 1916 silent comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, featuring him as a clumsy waiter and roller-skating rink attendant.
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B.
Rink of Dreams
Rink of Dreams is an outdoor public skating rink in downtown Ottawa that serves as a popular recreational attraction and community gathering spot.
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C.
The Carousel
The Carousel is a themed section of Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, styled after classic Victorian-era carousel architecture and décor.
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D.
Jane’s Carousel
Jane’s Carousel is a restored historic wooden merry-go-round housed in a glass pavilion along the Brooklyn waterfront, offering scenic views of the Manhattan skyline.
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E.
The Patent Leather Kid
The Patent Leather Kid is a 1927 silent drama film about a cocky prizefighter whose life changes when he goes to war in World War I.
- 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 Skating Rink Target entity description: The Skating Rink is a short novel by Roberto Bolaño that blends crime, obsession, and political undercurrents in a fragmented, multi-perspective narrative set in a Spanish seaside town.
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A.
The Rink
The Rink is a 1916 silent comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, featuring him as a clumsy waiter and roller-skating rink attendant.
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B.
Rink of Dreams
Rink of Dreams is an outdoor public skating rink in downtown Ottawa that serves as a popular recreational attraction and community gathering spot.
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C.
The Carousel
The Carousel is a themed section of Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, styled after classic Victorian-era carousel architecture and décor.
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D.
Jane’s Carousel
Jane’s Carousel is a restored historic wooden merry-go-round housed in a glass pavilion along the Brooklyn waterfront, offering scenic views of the Manhattan skyline.
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E.
The Patent Leather Kid
The Patent Leather Kid is a 1927 silent drama film about a cocky prizefighter whose life changes when he goes to war in World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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short novel ⓘ |
| author | Roberto Bolaño NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEvent | murder ⓘ |
| centralMotif | ice skating rink ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Carmen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caro NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuria Martí NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | Yes ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
experimental narrative
ⓘ
postmodern ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 200 ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corruption
ⓘ
crime ⓘ jealousy ⓘ obsession ⓘ political undercurrents ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| hasTone |
dark
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American post-boom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Enric Rosquelles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaspar Heredia NERFINISHED ⓘ Remo Morán NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | multi-perspective narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | fragmented ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending crime plot with political commentary
ⓘ
use of multiple unreliable narrators ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La pista de hielo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Roberto Bolaño bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherFirstEdition | Editorial Anagrama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Spanish seaside town ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
| toldFromPerspectiveOf |
Enric Rosquelles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaspar Heredia NERFINISHED ⓘ Remo Morán NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatorToEnglish | Chris Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Skating Rink Description of subject: The Skating Rink is a short novel by Roberto Bolaño that blends crime, obsession, and political undercurrents in a fragmented, multi-perspective narrative set in a Spanish seaside town.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.