They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel)
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a 1935 novel by Horace McCoy that portrays the desperation and psychological breakdown of Depression-era contestants in a brutal marathon dance competition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9720167 — 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: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel) Context triple: [James Poe, basedOnWorkAdapted, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel)]
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A.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
"They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" is a 1969 American drama film directed by Sydney Pollack, renowned for its bleak depiction of a Depression-era dance marathon and its exploration of human desperation.
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B.
A Man Called Horse
A Man Called Horse is a 1970 Western film in which an English aristocrat, played by Richard Harris, is captured by a Native American tribe and gradually assimilates into their culture.
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C.
True Grit (novel)
True Grit is a 1968 Western novel by Charles Portis that follows a determined 14-year-old girl seeking to avenge her father's murder with the help of a tough U.S. Marshal.
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D.
The Man in the Saddle
The Man in the Saddle is a film associated with American actor and comedian Eddie Bracken, known for his work in mid-20th-century cinema.
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E.
The Lonesome Crowded West
The Lonesome Crowded West is a critically acclaimed 1997 indie rock album by Modest Mouse, often regarded as one of the defining records of the American indie scene of the late 1990s.
- 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: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel) Target entity description: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a 1935 novel by Horace McCoy that portrays the desperation and psychological breakdown of Depression-era contestants in a brutal marathon dance competition.
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A.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
"They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" is a 1969 American drama film directed by Sydney Pollack, renowned for its bleak depiction of a Depression-era dance marathon and its exploration of human desperation.
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B.
A Man Called Horse
A Man Called Horse is a 1970 Western film in which an English aristocrat, played by Richard Harris, is captured by a Native American tribe and gradually assimilates into their culture.
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C.
True Grit (novel)
True Grit is a 1968 Western novel by Charles Portis that follows a determined 14-year-old girl seeking to avenge her father's murder with the help of a tough U.S. Marshal.
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D.
The Man in the Saddle
The Man in the Saddle is a film associated with American actor and comedian Eddie Bracken, known for his work in mid-20th-century cinema.
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E.
The Lonesome Crowded West
The Lonesome Crowded West is a critically acclaimed 1997 indie rock album by Modest Mouse, often regarded as one of the defining records of the American indie scene of the late 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Sydney Pollack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| adaptationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Horace McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEvent | marathon dance competition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
Depression-era fiction
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| hasTitle | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | hardboiled fiction ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | Depression-era classic ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Gloria Beatty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Syverten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrator | Robert Syverten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
economic hardship during the Great Depression
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marathon dance marathons as endurance contests ⓘ psychological toll of prolonged competition ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| publisher | United States publisher (unspecified in prompt) ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | framed by courtroom scenes ⓘ |
| theme |
desperation
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exploitation ⓘ hopelessness ⓘ poverty ⓘ psychological breakdown ⓘ |
| titlePunctuation | includes question mark ⓘ |
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Subject: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel) Description of subject: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a 1935 novel by Horace McCoy that portrays the desperation and psychological breakdown of Depression-era contestants in a brutal marathon dance competition.
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