Life's That Way
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Life's That Way is a memoir by actor and writer Jim Beaver, drawn from his personal emails chronicling his wife's battle with cancer and his experiences as a single father.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Life's That Way canonical | 2 |
| Life’s That Way | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5108450 — 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: Life's That Way Context triple: [Jim Beaver, notableWork, Life's That Way]
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A.
The Way Life Goes
"The Way Life Goes" is a melodic, introspective hip-hop song by Lil Uzi Vert that reflects on heartbreak and moving on, featured on his 2017 album *Luv Is Rage 2*.
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B.
That Way
"That Way" is a melodic hip-hop single by Lil Uzi Vert, best known for its nostalgic interpolation of the Backstreet Boys’ "I Want It That Way" and its popularity in the late 2010s rap landscape.
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C.
The Way Life Used to Be
"The Way Life Used to Be" is a track by Snoop Dogg from his album *Doggumentary*, reflecting on nostalgia and changes over time in his life and surroundings.
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D.
That’s the Way It Is
"That’s the Way It Is" is an upbeat pop song by Celine Dion, released in 1999 and known for its empowering lyrics and strong vocal performance.
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E.
Road of Life
The Road of Life was the vital transport route across Lake Ladoga that sustained besieged Leningrad with food and supplies during World War II.
- 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: Life's That Way Target entity description: Life's That Way is a memoir by actor and writer Jim Beaver, drawn from his personal emails chronicling his wife's battle with cancer and his experiences as a single father.
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A.
The Way Life Goes
"The Way Life Goes" is a melodic, introspective hip-hop song by Lil Uzi Vert that reflects on heartbreak and moving on, featured on his 2017 album *Luv Is Rage 2*.
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B.
That Way
"That Way" is a melodic hip-hop single by Lil Uzi Vert, best known for its nostalgic interpolation of the Backstreet Boys’ "I Want It That Way" and its popularity in the late 2010s rap landscape.
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C.
The Way Life Used to Be
"The Way Life Used to Be" is a track by Snoop Dogg from his album *Doggumentary*, reflecting on nostalgia and changes over time in his life and surroundings.
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D.
That’s the Way It Is
"That’s the Way It Is" is an upbeat pop song by Celine Dion, released in 1999 and known for its empowering lyrics and strong vocal performance.
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E.
Road of Life
The Road of Life was the vital transport route across Lake Ladoga that sustained besieged Leningrad with food and supplies during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| about |
Jim Beaver's daughter
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Jim Beaver's wife ⓘ battle with cancer ⓘ |
| author | Jim Beaver ⓘ |
| basedOn | personal emails ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creatorOccupationOfAuthor |
actor
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writer ⓘ |
| genre | memoir ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Jim Beaver ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coping with terminal illness
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everyday life during crisis ⓘ mourning and healing ⓘ parent-child relationship ⓘ resilience ⓘ |
| hasTone |
emotional
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humorous moments ⓘ intimate ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | non-fiction ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cancer
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family ⓘ grief ⓘ loss ⓘ love ⓘ parenting ⓘ single fatherhood ⓘ widower ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| notableFor |
detailed account of a spouse's terminal illness
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originating as email updates to friends and family ⓘ portrayal of single fatherhood after loss ⓘ |
| notableWork | Life's That Way ⓘ |
| perspective | first-person ⓘ |
| toldThrough |
chronological diary-like format
ⓘ
email entries ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Life's That Way Description of subject: Life's That Way is a memoir by actor and writer Jim Beaver, drawn from his personal emails chronicling his wife's battle with cancer and his experiences as a single father.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.