My Memories of Vernon Castle
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"My Memories of Vernon Castle" is a memoir by Irene Castle recounting her life and professional partnership with her husband, the famed ballroom dancer Vernon Castle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| My Memories of Vernon Castle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2546543 — 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: My Memories of Vernon Castle Context triple: [The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, basedOn, My Memories of Vernon Castle]
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A.
The Castle
The Castle is the iconic red sandstone building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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B.
The Castle
The Castle is a surreal, unfinished novel by Franz Kafka that follows a land surveyor’s futile attempts to gain access to a mysterious, bureaucratic authority that governs a remote village.
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C.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic fortification in Mumbai, India, that served as the original fortified settlement of the British East India Company in the city.
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D.
Harold’s Stones
Harold’s Stones is a prehistoric standing stone alignment near Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales, thought to date from the Bronze Age and associated with local legend.
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E.
Moortown Diary
Moortown Diary is a collection of poems by Ted Hughes that vividly chronicles life on a Devon farm, blending raw observations of nature with reflections on mortality and rural hardship.
- 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: My Memories of Vernon Castle Target entity description: "My Memories of Vernon Castle" is a memoir by Irene Castle recounting her life and professional partnership with her husband, the famed ballroom dancer Vernon Castle.
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A.
The Castle
The Castle is the iconic red sandstone building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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B.
The Castle
The Castle is a surreal, unfinished novel by Franz Kafka that follows a land surveyor’s futile attempts to gain access to a mysterious, bureaucratic authority that governs a remote village.
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C.
The Castle
The Castle is a historic fortification in Mumbai, India, that served as the original fortified settlement of the British East India Company in the city.
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D.
Harold’s Stones
Harold’s Stones is a prehistoric standing stone alignment near Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales, thought to date from the Bronze Age and associated with local legend.
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E.
Moortown Diary
Moortown Diary is a collection of poems by Ted Hughes that vividly chronicles life on a Devon farm, blending raw observations of nature with reflections on mortality and rural hardship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ |
| about |
World War I era
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linked to:
World War I
ballroom dancing ⓘ early 20th-century popular culture ⓘ entertainment industry ⓘ marriage ⓘ professional dance partnership ⓘ |
| author | Irene Castle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
career of Irene Castle
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career of Vernon Castle ⓘ rise of social dancing in the 1910s ⓘ |
| describes |
Vernon and Irene Castle’s partnership
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development of modern ballroom dance ⓘ impact of fame on personal life ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical literature
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dance memoir ⓘ |
| hasFormat | print ⓘ |
| hasPart |
accounts of dance instruction
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personal anecdotes about Vernon Castle ⓘ recollections of social life ⓘ recollections of stage performances ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | non-fiction ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Irene Castle
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Vernon Castle ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
World War I years
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linked to:
World War I
early 20th century ⓘ pre-World War I years ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: My Memories of Vernon Castle Description of subject: "My Memories of Vernon Castle" is a memoir by Irene Castle recounting her life and professional partnership with her husband, the famed ballroom dancer Vernon Castle.
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