Last Night in Twisted River
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Last Night in Twisted River is a 2009 novel by American author John Irving that follows a cook and his son over five decades as they flee a tragic accident in a New Hampshire logging camp.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Last Night in Twisted River canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2021242 — 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: Last Night in Twisted River Context triple: [John Irving, notableWork, Last Night in Twisted River]
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A.
The Ditch
The Ditch is a colloquial nickname for the Tasman Sea, the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand.
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B.
Midnight Yell
Midnight Yell is a famous Texas A&M University tradition in which students and fans gather at midnight before football games for a spirited pep rally led by the Yell Leaders.
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C.
The Trail of Your Blood in the Snow
The Trail of Your Blood in the Snow is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez, included in his collection Strange Pilgrims, that follows a young Colombian couple in Europe whose honeymoon turns tragic after a minor injury leads to a mysterious and fatal medical ordeal.
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D.
The Night
The Night is a haunting Expressionist painting by Max Beckmann that depicts the brutal terror and psychological trauma of a violent home invasion.
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E.
Sunken Road
Sunken Road, later known as Bloody Lane, was a crucial defensive position and the site of some of the fiercest fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.
- 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: Last Night in Twisted River Target entity description: Last Night in Twisted River is a 2009 novel by American author John Irving that follows a cook and his son over five decades as they flee a tragic accident in a New Hampshire logging camp.
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A.
The Ditch
The Ditch is a colloquial nickname for the Tasman Sea, the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand.
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B.
Midnight Yell
Midnight Yell is a famous Texas A&M University tradition in which students and fans gather at midnight before football games for a spirited pep rally led by the Yell Leaders.
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C.
The Trail of Your Blood in the Snow
The Trail of Your Blood in the Snow is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez, included in his collection Strange Pilgrims, that follows a young Colombian couple in Europe whose honeymoon turns tragic after a minor injury leads to a mysterious and fatal medical ordeal.
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D.
The Night
The Night is a haunting Expressionist painting by Max Beckmann that depicts the brutal terror and psychological trauma of a violent home invasion.
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E.
Sunken Road
Sunken Road, later known as Bloody Lane, was a crucial defensive position and the site of some of the fiercest fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | John Irving ⓘ |
| centralEvent | tragic accident in a New Hampshire logging camp ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followedBy | In One Person ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | John Irving ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781400063840 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dominic Baciagalupo
ⓘ
surface form:
Daniel Baciagalupo
Dominic Baciagalupo ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
father–son relationship
ⓘ
flight and pursuit ⓘ guilt ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| notableWork | Last Night in Twisted River self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 576 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Until I Find You ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | cook ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
New Hampshire
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| timeSpanOfNarrative | five decades ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Last Night in Twisted River Description of subject: Last Night in Twisted River is a 2009 novel by American author John Irving that follows a cook and his son over five decades as they flee a tragic accident in a New Hampshire logging camp.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Irving