The Housebreaker of Shady Hill
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The Housebreaker of Shady Hill is a short story by American author John Cheever that explores suburban malaise and moral crisis through the misadventures of a financially desperate businessman.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Housebreaker of Shady Hill canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12023066 — 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 Housebreaker of Shady Hill Context triple: [John Cheever, notableWork, The Housebreaker of Shady Hill]
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The House on Carroll Street
The House on Carroll Street is a 1988 neo-noir thriller film set in 1950s America, involving political paranoia and espionage against the backdrop of McCarthy-era anti-communist hysteria.
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B.
The Mystery of the Hidden House
The Mystery of the Hidden House is a children's detective novel in Enid Blyton's "Five Find-Outers" series, featuring young sleuths solving a puzzling case in a seemingly ordinary village.
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C.
The House in the Square
The House in the Square is a film featuring British actor Jeremy Spenser, known for its time-slip romance plot set between contemporary London and the early 19th century.
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D.
The Secret Houses
The Secret Houses is a spy novel by British author John Gardner that continues his series of intricate, character-driven espionage thrillers.
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E.
Notes from a Dead House
Notes from a Dead House is a semi-autobiographical novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that portrays life in a Siberian prison camp through the experiences of a nobleman sentenced to hard labor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Housebreaker of Shady Hill Target entity description: The Housebreaker of Shady Hill is a short story by American author John Cheever that explores suburban malaise and moral crisis through the misadventures of a financially desperate businessman.
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A.
The House on Carroll Street
The House on Carroll Street is a 1988 neo-noir thriller film set in 1950s America, involving political paranoia and espionage against the backdrop of McCarthy-era anti-communist hysteria.
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B.
The Mystery of the Hidden House
The Mystery of the Hidden House is a children's detective novel in Enid Blyton's "Five Find-Outers" series, featuring young sleuths solving a puzzling case in a seemingly ordinary village.
-
C.
The House in the Square
The House in the Square is a film featuring British actor Jeremy Spenser, known for its time-slip romance plot set between contemporary London and the early 19th century.
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D.
The Secret Houses
The Secret Houses is a spy novel by British author John Gardner that continues his series of intricate, character-driven espionage thrillers.
-
E.
Notes from a Dead House
Notes from a Dead House is a semi-autobiographical novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that portrays life in a Siberian prison camp through the experiences of a nobleman sentenced to hard labor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.