City of Thieves
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City of Thieves is a historical novel by David Benioff that follows two young men on a darkly comic and harrowing quest across besieged Leningrad during World War II.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| City of Thieves canonical | 6 |
| City of Thieves (novel) | 2 |
| City of Thieves (2008 novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T614771 — 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: City of Thieves Context triple: [David Benioff, authorOf, City of Thieves]
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A.
War Cross
War Cross is a military decoration awarded by several countries, notably France, to recognize acts of bravery in combat.
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B.
The Drowned and the Saved
The Drowned and the Saved is Primo Levi’s final, reflective work of essays examining the moral, psychological, and historical complexities of the Holocaust and its survivors.
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C.
The Backbone of Night
"The Backbone of Night" is an episode of the science documentary series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" in which Carl Sagan explores humanity’s evolving understanding of the Milky Way and our place in the universe.
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D.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
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E.
L’Enfant
L’Enfant is the surname of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for designing the basic plan for Washington, D.C.
- 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: City of Thieves Target entity description: City of Thieves is a historical novel by David Benioff that follows two young men on a darkly comic and harrowing quest across besieged Leningrad during World War II.
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A.
War Cross
War Cross is a military decoration awarded by several countries, notably France, to recognize acts of bravery in combat.
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B.
The Drowned and the Saved
The Drowned and the Saved is Primo Levi’s final, reflective work of essays examining the moral, psychological, and historical complexities of the Holocaust and its survivors.
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C.
The Backbone of Night
"The Backbone of Night" is an episode of the science documentary series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" in which Carl Sagan explores humanity’s evolving understanding of the Milky Way and our place in the universe.
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D.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
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E.
L’Enfant
L’Enfant is the surname of Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the French-born American architect and civil engineer best known for designing the basic plan for Washington, D.C.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | David Benioff ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
coming-of-age novel ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationStatus | optioned for film ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
novelist
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ |
| hasConflictType |
man versus society
ⓘ
man versus war ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtForm | illustrated dust jacket ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEventDepicted | Siege of Leningrad ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-670-01870-3 ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStructure | quest narrative ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | Lev Beniov ⓘ |
| hasPlaceDepicted | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| hasPublisherImprint | Viking ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
cinematic
ⓘ
fast-paced ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriodDepicted | early 1940s ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Kolya
ⓘ
Lev Beniov ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalTitle | City of Thieves ⓘ |
| pageCount | 272 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two young men are sent on a mission to find a dozen eggs in besieged Leningrad. ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | teenager ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2008 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Viking Press
ⓘ
linked to:
The Viking Press
|
| setting | Leningrad ⓘ |
| settingTime |
Siege of Leningrad
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| theme |
absurdity of war
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ loss of innocence ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
ⓘ
harrowing ⓘ |
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Subject: City of Thieves Description of subject: City of Thieves is a historical novel by David Benioff that follows two young men on a darkly comic and harrowing quest across besieged Leningrad during World War II.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
David Friedman
linked to: City of Thieves
linked to: City of Thieves
linked to: City of Thieves