Living to Tell the Tale
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Living to Tell the Tale is Gabriel García Márquez’s memoir, recounting his early life and the experiences that shaped him as a writer.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Living to Tell the Tale canonical | 2 |
| Living to Tell the Tale (English translation) | 1 |
| Vivir para contarla | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T150218 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Living to Tell the Tale Context triple: [Gabriel García Márquez, notableWork, Living to Tell the Tale]
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A.
This Is My Story
This Is My Story is an autobiographical book by Eleanor Roosevelt recounting her early life, personal challenges, and path to public service and activism.
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B.
Stories That Matter
Stories That Matter is the guiding motto of the Peabody Awards, emphasizing their focus on honoring impactful and socially significant storytelling in media.
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C.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
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D.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
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E.
This I Remember
"This I Remember" is Eleanor Roosevelt’s autobiographical memoir recounting her life, public service, and experiences as First Lady of the United States.
- 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: Living to Tell the Tale Target entity description: Living to Tell the Tale is Gabriel García Márquez’s memoir, recounting his early life and the experiences that shaped him as a writer.
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A.
This Is My Story
This Is My Story is an autobiographical book by Eleanor Roosevelt recounting her early life, personal challenges, and path to public service and activism.
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B.
Stories That Matter
Stories That Matter is the guiding motto of the Peabody Awards, emphasizing their focus on honoring impactful and socially significant storytelling in media.
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C.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
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D.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
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E.
This I Remember
"This I Remember" is Eleanor Roosevelt’s autobiographical memoir recounting her life, public service, and experiences as First Lady of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ |
| awarded | National Book Critics Circle Award finalist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Colombia ⓘ |
| depicts |
Gabriel García Márquez’s childhood in Aracataca
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Gabriel García Márquez’s early career as a journalist ⓘ political and social life in mid-20th-century Colombia ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Spanish language markets ⓘ |
| follows | News of a Kidnapping ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-307-26394-9 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 496 ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Gabriel García Márquez’s relationship with his family
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Latin American political history ⓘ influences on Gabriel García Márquez’s fiction ⓘ |
| isAbout | Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American literature ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
family
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journalism ⓘ memory ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Vivir para contarla
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linked to:
Living to Tell the Tale
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| partOf | planned autobiographical trilogy by Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
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Editorial Norma ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Love in the Time of Cholera
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One Hundred Years of Solitude ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Aracataca
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Barranquilla ⓘ Colombia ⓘ |
| structure | chronological narrative ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
early life of Gabriel García Márquez
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formative experiences of Gabriel García Márquez as a writer ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 1927–1950 ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | phrase referring to survival and narration of one’s life ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
| translator | Edith Grossman ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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