Last Exit to Brooklyn
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Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1989 film adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr.'s controversial novel, known for its bleak portrayal of 1950s Brooklyn and featuring a critically acclaimed performance by Jennifer Jason Leigh.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Last Exit to Brooklyn canonical | 3 |
| Last Exit to Brooklyn (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3660850 — 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 Exit to Brooklyn Context triple: [Jennifer Jason Leigh, notableWork, Last Exit to Brooklyn]
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Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn is a crime novel by Jonathan Lethem that follows a detective with Tourette’s syndrome as he investigates his mentor’s murder in a noir-inflected, character-driven mystery.
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B.
The Goodbye Girl
The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 romantic comedy-drama film written by Neil Simon, best known for Richard Dreyfuss’s Oscar-winning performance as a struggling actor who unexpectedly shares an apartment with a single mother and her daughter.
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C.
Room in Brooklyn
Room in Brooklyn is a 1932 painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper that depicts a solitary woman in a sparsely furnished interior, exemplifying his signature themes of urban isolation and quiet introspection.
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D.
Manhattan Transfer
Manhattan Transfer is a modernist novel by John Dos Passos that portrays the fragmented, fast-paced life of early 20th-century New York City through a collage-like narrative style.
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E.
The Only Living Boy in New York
"The Only Living Boy in New York" is a reflective folk-rock song by Simon & Garfunkel, noted for its lush harmonies and introspective lyrics about isolation and friendship.
- 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 Exit to Brooklyn Target entity description: Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1989 film adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr.'s controversial novel, known for its bleak portrayal of 1950s Brooklyn and featuring a critically acclaimed performance by Jennifer Jason Leigh.
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A.
Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn is a crime novel by Jonathan Lethem that follows a detective with Tourette’s syndrome as he investigates his mentor’s murder in a noir-inflected, character-driven mystery.
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B.
The Goodbye Girl
The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 romantic comedy-drama film written by Neil Simon, best known for Richard Dreyfuss’s Oscar-winning performance as a struggling actor who unexpectedly shares an apartment with a single mother and her daughter.
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C.
Room in Brooklyn
Room in Brooklyn is a 1932 painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper that depicts a solitary woman in a sparsely furnished interior, exemplifying his signature themes of urban isolation and quiet introspection.
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D.
Manhattan Transfer
Manhattan Transfer is a modernist novel by John Dos Passos that portrays the fragmented, fast-paced life of early 20th-century New York City through a collage-like narrative style.
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E.
The Only Living Boy in New York
"The Only Living Boy in New York" is a reflective folk-rock song by Simon & Garfunkel, noted for its lush harmonies and introspective lyrics about isolation and friendship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Last Exit to Brooklyn Description of subject: Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1989 film adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr.'s controversial novel, known for its bleak portrayal of 1950s Brooklyn and featuring a critically acclaimed performance by Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Last Exit to Brooklyn (novel)