Becoming
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"Becoming" is a bestselling memoir by former First Lady Michelle Obama that chronicles her life from childhood through her years in the White House and beyond.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Becoming canonical | 4 |
| Becoming (2020 documentary film) | 1 |
| Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T78555 — 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: Becoming Context triple: [Michelle Obama, notableWork, Becoming]
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A.
City of Firsts
City of Firsts is a historic Massachusetts city known for its early industrial innovations and numerous pioneering achievements in American manufacturing and technology.
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B.
A Promised Land
A Promised Land is a presidential memoir by Barack Obama that chronicles his early political career and first term in the White House.
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C.
Notorious RBG
Notorious RBG is the popular cultural nickname for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, celebrating her as a trailblazing feminist icon and champion of gender equality.
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D.
Dreams from My Father
Dreams from My Father is Barack Obama’s acclaimed memoir that explores his early life, family history, and search for identity across the United States, Kenya, and Indonesia.
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E.
The Apprentice
The Apprentice is a reality television series in which contestants compete in business-related challenges for a chance to work for a high-profile executive.
- 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: Becoming Target entity description: "Becoming" is a bestselling memoir by former First Lady Michelle Obama that chronicles her life from childhood through her years in the White House and beyond.
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A.
City of Firsts
City of Firsts is a historic Massachusetts city known for its early industrial innovations and numerous pioneering achievements in American manufacturing and technology.
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B.
A Promised Land
A Promised Land is a presidential memoir by Barack Obama that chronicles his early political career and first term in the White House.
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C.
Notorious RBG
Notorious RBG is the popular cultural nickname for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, celebrating her as a trailblazing feminist icon and champion of gender equality.
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D.
Dreams from My Father
Dreams from My Father is Barack Obama’s acclaimed memoir that explores his early life, family history, and search for identity across the United States, Kenya, and Indonesia.
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E.
The Apprentice
The Apprentice is a reality television series in which contestants compete in business-related challenges for a chance to work for a high-profile executive.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ |
| author | Michelle Obama ⓘ |
| awarded | Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| bestsellerList | The New York Times Best Seller list ⓘ |
| bestsellerStatus | number-one bestseller ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| documentaryDistributor |
Netflix
ⓘ
linked to:
Netflix, Inc.
|
| followedBy |
Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice
ⓘ
linked to:
Becoming
|
| genre |
autobiography
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Becoming (2020 documentary film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Becoming
|
| hasAudiobookNarrator | Michelle Obama ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 1524763136 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9781524763138 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePeriodCovered |
Barack Obama's presidency
ⓘ
linked to:
Barack Obama presidency
Barack Obama's presidential campaigns ⓘ
linked to:
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign
Michelle Obama's childhood ⓘ Michelle Obama's early career ⓘ
linked to:
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama's education ⓘ post-White House life ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
education
ⓘ
family ⓘ gender and expectations ⓘ public service ⓘ race and identity ⓘ |
| numberOfPages | 448 ⓘ |
| oclcNumber | 1044779851 ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Becoming ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2018-11-13 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Crown Publishing Group
ⓘ
linked to:
Crown Publishers
|
| sales | millions of copies worldwide ⓘ |
| setting |
Chicago
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Harvard Law School ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| subject |
Barack Obama
ⓘ
First Ladies of the United States ⓘ
linked to:
First Lady of the United States
Michelle Obama ⓘ White House ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general readership ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Becoming Description of subject: "Becoming" is a bestselling memoir by former First Lady Michelle Obama that chronicles her life from childhood through her years in the White House and beyond.
Referenced by (6)
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linked to: Becoming
linked to: Becoming