The Last Best Year
E207960
The Last Best Year is a memoir by Victoria Riskin that reflects on her relationship with her mother, actress Fay Wray, and their family’s Hollywood legacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Last Best Year canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1861414 — 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 Last Best Year Context triple: [Victoria Riskin, notableWork, The Last Best Year]
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A.
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B.
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C.
The Seven Good Years
The Seven Good Years is a celebrated work of Yiddish literature by I. L. Peretz that reflects Jewish life and culture with a blend of realism, folklore, and moral insight.
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D.
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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: The Last Best Year Target entity description: The Last Best Year is a memoir by Victoria Riskin that reflects on her relationship with her mother, actress Fay Wray, and their family’s Hollywood legacy.
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A.
Our Last Summer
"Our Last Summer" is a nostalgic pop song by the Swedish group ABBA, featured in the musical and film adaptation of Mamma Mia!.
-
B.
The Harvest
The Harvest is an Impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro depicting rural agricultural laborers working in the fields.
-
C.
The Seven Good Years
The Seven Good Years is a celebrated work of Yiddish literature by I. L. Peretz that reflects Jewish life and culture with a blend of realism, folklore, and moral insight.
-
D.
Last of the American Girls
"Last of the American Girls" is a politically charged punk rock song by Green Day that celebrates a rebellious, nonconformist woman as a symbol of resistance.
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E.
The Rains Came
The Rains Came is a 1939 American drama film set in India that is renowned for its groundbreaking special effects and won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Special Effects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ |
| about |
family history of Victoria Riskin and Fay Wray
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life of actress Fay Wray ⓘ |
| author | Victoria Riskin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts | Hollywood’s Golden Age through family memories ⓘ |
| featuresPerson |
Fay Wray
ⓘ
Victoria Riskin ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
family’s Hollywood legacy
ⓘ
relationship between Victoria Riskin and her mother Fay Wray ⓘ |
| genre | memoir ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Hollywood ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
aging
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ legacy ⓘ memory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | non-fiction ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Fay Wray
ⓘ
Hollywood film industry ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood
Victoria Riskin ⓘ mother–daughter relationship ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Last Best Year Description of subject: The Last Best Year is a memoir by Victoria Riskin that reflects on her relationship with her mother, actress Fay Wray, and their family’s Hollywood legacy.
Referenced by (1)
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