The 158-Pound Marriage
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The 158-Pound Marriage is a darkly comic 1973 novel by American author John Irving that explores marital infidelity, partner-swapping, and the emotional fallout of sexual experimentation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The 158-Pound Marriage canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2021236 — 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 158-Pound Marriage Context triple: [John Irving, notableWork, The 158-Pound Marriage]
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A.
The Marrying Kind
The Marrying Kind is a 1952 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor that explores the ups and downs of a working-class couple’s troubled marriage.
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B.
The Eternal Husband
The Eternal Husband is a psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores guilt, jealousy, and obsession through the tense relationship between a widower and his late wife's former lover.
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C.
The Wedding
"The Wedding" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of courtship, marriage, and social manners.
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D.
The Marrying Man
The Marrying Man is a 1991 romantic comedy film starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, centered on a playboy whose repeated marriages to the same woman lead to a series of comedic misadventures.
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E.
An Ordinary Couple
An Ordinary Couple is a romantic song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music."
- 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 158-Pound Marriage Target entity description: The 158-Pound Marriage is a darkly comic 1973 novel by American author John Irving that explores marital infidelity, partner-swapping, and the emotional fallout of sexual experimentation.
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A.
The Marrying Kind
The Marrying Kind is a 1952 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor that explores the ups and downs of a working-class couple’s troubled marriage.
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B.
The Eternal Husband
The Eternal Husband is a psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores guilt, jealousy, and obsession through the tense relationship between a widower and his late wife's former lover.
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C.
The Wedding
"The Wedding" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of courtship, marriage, and social manners.
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D.
The Marrying Man
The Marrying Man is a 1991 romantic comedy film starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, centered on a playboy whose repeated marriages to the same woman lead to a series of comedic misadventures.
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E.
An Ordinary Couple
An Ordinary Couple is a romantic song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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novel ⓘ |
| author | John Irving ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
consequences of sexual freedom
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jealousy in relationships ⓘ power dynamics in marriage ⓘ |
| followedBy | The World According to Garp ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
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erotic fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Edith
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Severin ⓘ Uta ⓘ unnamed male narrator ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780345417961 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
sports and athletics
ⓘ
weight and physicality ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 256 ⓘ |
| hasStructure | linear narrative ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
realist prose
ⓘ
satirical elements ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
middle-class American life
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open marriage ⓘ sexual mores in the 1970s ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTone |
cynical
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darkly comic ⓘ ironic ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
emotional fallout of infidelity
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marital infidelity ⓘ partner-swapping ⓘ sexual experimentation ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical examination of liberal sexual ethics
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frank depiction of sexuality ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | John Irving bibliography ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Water-Method Man ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| timePeriodOfPlot |
early 1970s
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late 1960s ⓘ |
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