Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing.
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"Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing." is a nostalgic memoir by Robert Paul Smith that affectionately recalls the unstructured, imaginative childhood freedoms of mid-20th-century American kids.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing. canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4509935 — 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: Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing. Context triple: [Robert Paul Smith, notableWork, Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing.]
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A.
Where Did You Go?
"Where Did You Go?" is one of the individual song settings within John Harbison’s vocal cycle *Mirabai Songs*, based on the ecstatic poetry of the 16th-century Indian mystic Mirabai.
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B.
There You Go
"There You Go" is the 2000 debut single by American singer Pink, an R&B-influenced breakup song that helped launch her music career.
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C.
Where Have You Been
"Where Have You Been" is a dance-pop and EDM-influenced song by Rihanna from her 2011 album "Talk That Talk," known for its energetic production and club appeal.
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D.
Don’t Go, Don’t Go
"Don’t Go, Don’t Go" is one of the individual song movements from John Harbison’s vocal cycle *Mirabai Songs*, which sets mystical poetry by the 16th-century Indian poet Mirabai to contemporary classical music.
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E.
But Where Are You?
"But Where Are You?" is a popular song from the 1936 Fred Astaire–Ginger Rogers musical film "Follow the Fleet," known for its romantic, melancholic tone.
- 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: Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing. Target entity description: "Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing." is a nostalgic memoir by Robert Paul Smith that affectionately recalls the unstructured, imaginative childhood freedoms of mid-20th-century American kids.
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A.
Where Did You Go?
"Where Did You Go?" is one of the individual song settings within John Harbison’s vocal cycle *Mirabai Songs*, based on the ecstatic poetry of the 16th-century Indian mystic Mirabai.
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B.
There You Go
"There You Go" is the 2000 debut single by American singer Pink, an R&B-influenced breakup song that helped launch her music career.
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C.
Where Have You Been
"Where Have You Been" is a dance-pop and EDM-influenced song by Rihanna from her 2011 album "Talk That Talk," known for its energetic production and club appeal.
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D.
Don’t Go, Don’t Go
"Don’t Go, Don’t Go" is one of the individual song movements from John Harbison’s vocal cycle *Mirabai Songs*, which sets mystical poetry by the 16th-century Indian poet Mirabai to contemporary classical music.
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E.
But Where Are You?
"But Where Are You?" is a popular song from the 1936 Fred Astaire–Ginger Rogers musical film "Follow the Fleet," known for its romantic, melancholic tone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ |
| author | Robert Paul Smith ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| culturalContext | mid-20th-century American middle-class life ⓘ |
| depicts |
informal neighborhood communities
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lack of adult supervision in play ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
self-directed exploration by children
ⓘ
value of boredom for creativity ⓘ |
| explores | contrast between past and modern childhoods ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
childhood experiences
ⓘ
unsupervised outdoor play ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
children playing outdoors
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imaginative games ⓘ parental attitudes toward play ⓘ |
| intendedEffect | evoke nostalgia for readers' own childhoods ⓘ |
| literaryForm | essay-like vignettes ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
anecdotal
ⓘ
conversational ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
childhood freedom
ⓘ
imagination ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ unstructured play ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of unstructured, imaginative childhood freedoms ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
neighborhood-based play
ⓘ
pre-digital childhood ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| settingRegion | America ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adults
ⓘ
readers interested in childhood and parenting ⓘ |
| tone |
affectionate
ⓘ
humorous ⓘ nostalgic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing. Description of subject: "Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing." is a nostalgic memoir by Robert Paul Smith that affectionately recalls the unstructured, imaginative childhood freedoms of mid-20th-century American kids.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
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subject linked to:
The Man with the Key