Tucker’s People
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Tucker’s People is a 1943 crime novel by Ira Wolfert that explores corruption and racketeering in New York’s numbers racket.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tucker’s People canonical | 3 |
| Tucker's People | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4033426 — 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: Tucker’s People Context triple: [Force of Evil, basedOn, Tucker’s People]
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A.
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B.
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C.
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D.
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E.
The Righteous
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- 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: Tucker’s People Target entity description: Tucker’s People is a 1943 crime novel by Ira Wolfert that explores corruption and racketeering in New York’s numbers racket.
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A.
The Ruckus
The Ruckus is a passionate supporters’ group known for leading chants, displays, and matchday atmosphere for Major League Soccer club Orlando City SC.
-
B.
As He Saw It
"As He Saw It" is a memoir by Elliott Roosevelt that offers an insider’s account of his father Franklin D. Roosevelt’s views and experiences during World War II.
-
C.
Hesher
Hesher is a 2010 dark comedy-drama film about a disruptive, anarchic drifter who upends the lives of a grieving family.
-
D.
The Last Rung on the Ladder
"The Last Rung on the Ladder" is a poignant, emotionally driven short story by Stephen King about childhood, guilt, and tragic loss.
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E.
The Righteous
The Righteous is a film written by and starring Mark O'Brien, known as a brooding psychological horror drama with strong religious and moral themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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film ⓘ novel ⓘ person ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Force of Evil ⓘ |
| author | Ira Wolfert ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| basedOn | Tucker’s People ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depicts |
New York numbers racket
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organized crime in New York City ⓘ |
| director | Abraham Polonsky ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
corruption
ⓘ
numbers racket ⓘ organized crime ⓘ political corruption ⓘ racketeering ⓘ urban crime ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of capitalism and political collusion with organized crime
ⓘ
depiction of the numbers racket as a corporate-style enterprise ⓘ |
| notableWork | Tucker’s People ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| publisher | L. B. Fischer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Tucker’s People Description of subject: Tucker’s People is a 1943 crime novel by Ira Wolfert that explores corruption and racketeering in New York’s numbers racket.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Tucker’s People
subject linked to:
Tucker’s People
linked to: Tucker’s People
subject linked to:
Ira Wolfert
linked to: Tucker’s People