Dead Man's Hand (poker hand)
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Dead Man's Hand (poker hand) is a legendary poker combination, traditionally two pairs of black aces and eights, made famous as the hand supposedly held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was shot dead.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dead Man’s Hand | 2 |
| Dead Man's Hand (poker hand) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9286280 — 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: Dead Man's Hand (poker hand) Context triple: [Wild Bill Hickok, associatedWith, Dead Man's Hand (poker hand)]
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A.
Seven-Card Stud
Seven-Card Stud is a classic poker variant in which players receive a combination of face-up and face-down cards over multiple betting rounds, traditionally popular before the rise of Texas Hold'em.
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B.
Deuces
"Deuces" is an R&B song by American singer Chris Brown, known for its smooth production and breakup-themed lyrics.
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C.
Royal Flush
"Royal Flush" is a critically acclaimed mixtape by rapper CyHi the Prynce that helped establish his reputation for intricate wordplay and lyrical skill.
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D.
Deuces Wild
Deuces Wild is a 2002 crime drama film set in 1950s Brooklyn that follows rival street gangs and stars actors including Norman Reedus, Stephen Dorff, and Matt Dillon.
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E.
The Four Aces
The Four Aces were a popular American traditional pop vocal quartet of the 1950s known for smooth harmonies and hit recordings such as "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" and "Stranger in Paradise."
- 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: Dead Man's Hand (poker hand) Target entity description: Dead Man's Hand (poker hand) is a legendary poker combination, traditionally two pairs of black aces and eights, made famous as the hand supposedly held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was shot dead.
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A.
Seven-Card Stud
Seven-Card Stud is a classic poker variant in which players receive a combination of face-up and face-down cards over multiple betting rounds, traditionally popular before the rise of Texas Hold'em.
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B.
Deuces
"Deuces" is an R&B song by American singer Chris Brown, known for its smooth production and breakup-themed lyrics.
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C.
Royal Flush
"Royal Flush" is a critically acclaimed mixtape by rapper CyHi the Prynce that helped establish his reputation for intricate wordplay and lyrical skill.
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D.
Deuces Wild
Deuces Wild is a 2002 crime drama film set in 1950s Brooklyn that follows rival street gangs and stars actors including Norman Reedus, Stephen Dorff, and Matt Dillon.
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E.
The Four Aces
The Four Aces were a popular American traditional pop vocal quartet of the 1950s known for smooth harmonies and hit recordings such as "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" and "Stranger in Paradise."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legendary poker hand
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poker hand ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | death of Wild Bill Hickok ⓘ |
| associatedWithGame | poker ⓘ |
| associatedWithGameVariant | five-card stud GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation | Deadwood, Dakota Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Wild Bill Hickok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalStatus |
American Old West legend
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Western folklore symbol ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Hoyle-style card game rule books
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poker lore and histories ⓘ |
| firstWidelyRecorded | early 20th century GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeComposition | full house aces over eights (non-traditional) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeInterpretation | any hand held by a player at the moment of death ⓘ |
| hasCardColor | black ⓘ |
| hasCardRank |
ace
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eight ⓘ |
| hasCardSuit |
clubs
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spades ⓘ |
| hasCombinationType | two pair GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
omen of death
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unlucky hand ⓘ |
| legendaryOrigin | supposed final hand of Wild Bill Hickok ⓘ |
| namedAfter | a dead man’s last poker hand ⓘ |
| themeOf |
novels
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role-playing game adventures ⓘ short stories ⓘ songs ⓘ tabletop games ⓘ |
| traditionalComposition | pair of black aces and pair of black eights ⓘ |
| usedAsSymbolIn |
comic books
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films ⓘ gambling iconography ⓘ literature ⓘ tattoos ⓘ television ⓘ video games ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dead Man's Hand (poker hand) Description of subject: Dead Man's Hand (poker hand) is a legendary poker combination, traditionally two pairs of black aces and eights, made famous as the hand supposedly held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was shot dead.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dead Man’s Hand
this entity surface form:
Dead Man’s Hand