Angela’s Ashes
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Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s Pulitzer Prize–winning memoir recounting his impoverished Irish Catholic childhood in Limerick during the 1930s and 1940s.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Angela’s Ashes canonical | 11 |
| Angela's Ashes | 4 |
| Angela's Ashes (film) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3400675 — 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: Angela’s Ashes Context triple: [Limerick, literaryWorkSetIn, Angela’s Ashes]
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A.
The Magdalene Laundries
The Magdalene Laundries were a network of Irish Catholic-run institutions where so-called “fallen” women were confined and forced into unpaid labor under harsh, abusive conditions throughout much of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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B.
Jo's Boys
"Jo's Boys" is Louisa May Alcott’s sequel to "Little Men," continuing the story of Jo March and the grown-up students of Plumfield as they navigate adulthood and moral challenges.
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C.
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules is a novel by John Irving that follows an orphan named Homer Wells and explores complex themes of morality, abortion, and personal choice in mid-20th-century America.
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D.
This Boy's Life
"This Boy's Life" is a 1993 coming-of-age drama film, based on Tobias Wolff's memoir, in which a young Leonardo DiCaprio stars opposite Robert De Niro as a boy struggling with his abusive stepfather.
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E.
The Devil’s Backbone
The Devil’s Backbone is a 2001 Spanish gothic horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro that blends ghost story elements with the trauma of the Spanish Civil War.
- 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: Angela’s Ashes Target entity description: Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s Pulitzer Prize–winning memoir recounting his impoverished Irish Catholic childhood in Limerick during the 1930s and 1940s.
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A.
The Magdalene Laundries
The Magdalene Laundries were a network of Irish Catholic-run institutions where so-called “fallen” women were confined and forced into unpaid labor under harsh, abusive conditions throughout much of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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B.
Jo's Boys
"Jo's Boys" is Louisa May Alcott’s sequel to "Little Men," continuing the story of Jo March and the grown-up students of Plumfield as they navigate adulthood and moral challenges.
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C.
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules is a novel by John Irving that follows an orphan named Homer Wells and explores complex themes of morality, abortion, and personal choice in mid-20th-century America.
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D.
This Boy's Life
"This Boy's Life" is a 1993 coming-of-age drama film, based on Tobias Wolff's memoir, in which a young Leonardo DiCaprio stars opposite Robert De Niro as a boy struggling with his abusive stepfather.
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E.
The Devil’s Backbone
The Devil’s Backbone is a 2001 Spanish gothic horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro that blends ghost story elements with the trauma of the Spanish Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Angela’s Ashes Description of subject: Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s Pulitzer Prize–winning memoir recounting his impoverished Irish Catholic childhood in Limerick during the 1930s and 1940s.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Angela’s Ashes
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Frank
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Morgan McCourt
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