A Horse Walks into a Bar
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A Horse Walks into a Bar is a dark, psychologically intense novel by Israeli author David Grossman that unfolds during a stand-up comedy performance, exploring trauma, memory, and personal reckoning.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Horse Walks into a Bar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: A Horse Walks into a Bar Context triple: [David Grossman, notableWork, A Horse Walks into a Bar]
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A.
Bringing Down the Horse
Bringing Down the Horse is the 1996 breakthrough album by American rock band The Wallflowers, featuring Jakob Dylan and known for hits like "One Headlight."
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B.
The Horse Without a Head
The Horse Without a Head is a 1963 Disney adventure film about a group of French children who become entangled with criminals after discovering that their headless wooden hobby horse has been used to hide stolen money.
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C.
A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story is a 2005 British metafictional comedy film, loosely adapting Laurence Sterne’s novel Tristram Shandy and playfully blurring the lines between filmmaking and reality.
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D.
A Horse Called Music
"A Horse Called Music" is a country song best known for Willie Nelson’s 1989 recording, which became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
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E.
My Brother Talks to Horses
My Brother Talks to Horses is a 1947 American comedy film about a young boy who can communicate with racehorses, starring Jackie "Butch" Jenkins.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Horse Walks into a Bar Target entity description: A Horse Walks into a Bar is a dark, psychologically intense novel by Israeli author David Grossman that unfolds during a stand-up comedy performance, exploring trauma, memory, and personal reckoning.
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A.
Bringing Down the Horse
Bringing Down the Horse is the 1996 breakthrough album by American rock band The Wallflowers, featuring Jakob Dylan and known for hits like "One Headlight."
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B.
The Horse Without a Head
The Horse Without a Head is a 1963 Disney adventure film about a group of French children who become entangled with criminals after discovering that their headless wooden hobby horse has been used to hide stolen money.
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C.
A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story is a 2005 British metafictional comedy film, loosely adapting Laurence Sterne’s novel Tristram Shandy and playfully blurring the lines between filmmaking and reality.
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D.
A Horse Called Music
"A Horse Called Music" is a country song best known for Willie Nelson’s 1989 recording, which became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
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E.
My Brother Talks to Horses
My Brother Talks to Horses is a 1947 American comedy film about a young boy who can communicate with racehorses, starring Jackie "Butch" Jenkins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | David Grossman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Man Booker International Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardSharedWith | Jessica Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| centralCharacterOccupation | stand-up comedian ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| englishPublicationYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| explores |
Holocaust-related trauma
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childhood experiences ⓘ grief ⓘ guilt ⓘ the ethics of spectatorship ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
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literary fiction ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-1-910700-27-3 ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
dialogue-driven
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fragmented ⓘ intense ⓘ |
| includesCharacter | retired judge ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Hebrew ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
memory
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personal reckoning ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | stand-up comedy performance ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person observer ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intense psychological exploration
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single-evening narrative structure ⓘ use of performance as narrative frame ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| originalTitle | סוס אחד נכנס לבר NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | contemporary Israeli literature ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| publisher | HaKibbutz HaMeuchad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Israeli society
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfNarrative | one evening ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translator | Jessica Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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