Freaks of Fortune
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Freaks of Fortune is a nonfiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles the high-risk, high-reward world of professional gamblers and financial risk-takers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Freaks of Fortune canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10364607 — 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: Freaks of Fortune Context triple: [Ben Mezrich, wrote, Freaks of Fortune]
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A.
Doubtful Fortune
Doubtful Fortune is a 19th-century genre painting by British artist Abraham Solomon, known for its detailed depiction of Victorian domestic life and emotional drama.
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B.
Fortune’s Fool
Fortune’s Fool is a stage play best known from its acclaimed Broadway production, in which Alan Bates delivered an award-winning performance.
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C.
Fortune’s Fool
"Fortune’s Fool" is a historical adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini, featuring his characteristic blend of swashbuckling action, romance, and intrigue set against a richly detailed past.
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D.
A Hazard of New Fortunes
A Hazard of New Fortunes is an 1890 realist novel by William Dean Howells that portrays the social, economic, and cultural tensions of Gilded Age New York City through the experiences of a literary magazine’s staff.
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E.
That Fortune
"That Fortune" is a lesser-known novel by American essayist and editor Charles Dudley Warner, reflecting his characteristic blend of social observation and genteel humor.
- 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: Freaks of Fortune Target entity description: Freaks of Fortune is a nonfiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles the high-risk, high-reward world of professional gamblers and financial risk-takers.
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A.
Doubtful Fortune
Doubtful Fortune is a 19th-century genre painting by British artist Abraham Solomon, known for its detailed depiction of Victorian domestic life and emotional drama.
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B.
Fortune’s Fool
Fortune’s Fool is a stage play best known from its acclaimed Broadway production, in which Alan Bates delivered an award-winning performance.
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C.
Fortune’s Fool
"Fortune’s Fool" is a historical adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini, featuring his characteristic blend of swashbuckling action, romance, and intrigue set against a richly detailed past.
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D.
A Hazard of New Fortunes
A Hazard of New Fortunes is an 1890 realist novel by William Dean Howells that portrays the social, economic, and cultural tensions of Gilded Age New York City through the experiences of a literary magazine’s staff.
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E.
That Fortune
"That Fortune" is a lesser-known novel by American essayist and editor Charles Dudley Warner, reflecting his characteristic blend of social observation and genteel humor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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person ⓘ |
| author | Ben Mezrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
narrative nonfiction
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nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorProfession | Ben Mezrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | Freaks of Fortune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | author ⓘ |
| subject |
financial risk-taking
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high-risk investing ⓘ high-stakes betting ⓘ professional gambling ⓘ risk management ⓘ speculation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Freaks of Fortune Description of subject: Freaks of Fortune is a nonfiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles the high-risk, high-reward world of professional gamblers and financial risk-takers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.