The Switch
E344106
The Switch is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that follows a pair of small-time crooks whose kidnapping scheme spirals into darkly comic complications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Switch canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3286104 — 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: The Switch Context triple: [Rum Punch, hasSequelRelation, The Switch]
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A.
SWITCH
SWITCH is the Swiss national research and education network organization that provides internet infrastructure, security, and related digital services for Swiss universities and the .ch domain.
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B.
Nintendo Switch
The Nintendo Switch is a hybrid video game console by Nintendo that functions as both a home console and portable handheld system, featuring detachable controllers and a diverse library of games.
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C.
Wii U
The Wii U is Nintendo’s eighth-generation home video game console that introduced a tablet-like GamePad controller with a built-in touchscreen for dual-screen and asymmetric gameplay.
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D.
Nintendo 3DS
The Nintendo 3DS is a handheld gaming console that features glasses-free stereoscopic 3D visuals and access to a large library of Nintendo games and digital content.
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E.
Nintendo Switch 2
Nintendo Switch 2 is the anticipated next-generation hybrid gaming console from Nintendo, expected to build on the original Switch with improved performance and updated hardware features.
- 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: The Switch Target entity description: The Switch is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that follows a pair of small-time crooks whose kidnapping scheme spirals into darkly comic complications.
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A.
SWITCH
SWITCH is the Swiss national research and education network organization that provides internet infrastructure, security, and related digital services for Swiss universities and the .ch domain.
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B.
Nintendo Switch
The Nintendo Switch is a hybrid video game console by Nintendo that functions as both a home console and portable handheld system, featuring detachable controllers and a diverse library of games.
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C.
Wii U
The Wii U is Nintendo’s eighth-generation home video game console that introduced a tablet-like GamePad controller with a built-in touchscreen for dual-screen and asymmetric gameplay.
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D.
Nintendo 3DS
The Nintendo 3DS is a handheld gaming console that features glasses-free stereoscopic 3D visuals and access to a large library of Nintendo games and digital content.
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E.
Nintendo Switch 2
Nintendo Switch 2 is the anticipated next-generation hybrid gaming console from Nintendo, expected to build on the original Switch with improved performance and updated hardware features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptationBasedOn | Life of Crime ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseTitle | Life of Crime ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Life of Crime ⓘ |
| author | Elmore Leonard ⓘ |
| conflictType | criminal scheme gone wrong ⓘ |
| containsElement |
dialogue-driven scenes
ⓘ
irony ⓘ suspense ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresCharacterAlsoIn | Rum Punch ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Frank Dawson
ⓘ
Louis Gara ⓘ Mickey Dawson ⓘ Ordell Robbie ⓘ |
| hasMotive | financial gain ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Rum Punch ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
caper novel
ⓘ
comic crime novel ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
betrayal
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crime ⓘ dark humor ⓘ greed ⓘ kidnapping ⓘ marital discord ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American crime fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacters |
Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara
ⓘ
linked to:
Ordell Robbie
|
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two small-time crooks kidnap a wealthy man’s wife, only to discover he does not want her back, leading to darkly comic complications. ⓘ |
| protagonistType | small-time crooks ⓘ |
| publisher | American publisher ⓘ |
| setting |
Detroit
ⓘ
Florida ⓘ |
| sharesCharactersWith | Rum Punch ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Elmore Leonard ⓘ |
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: The Switch Description of subject: The Switch is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard that follows a pair of small-time crooks whose kidnapping scheme spirals into darkly comic complications.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.