She Has Her Mother’s Laugh
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She Has Her Mother’s Laugh is a popular science book by Carl Zimmer that explores the history, science, and cultural impact of heredity and genetics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| She Has Her Mother’s Laugh canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7305109 — 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: She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Context triple: [Carl Zimmer, notableWork, She Has Her Mother’s Laugh]
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A.
A Mother's Kisses
A Mother's Kisses is a darkly comic coming-of-age novel by Bruce Jay Friedman about an overprotected young man leaving home for college and confronting the absurdities of adult life.
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B.
The Young Mother
The Young Mother is a 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Gerrit Dou, celebrated for its meticulous detail and intimate domestic scene.
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C.
Mother's Daughter
"Mother's Daughter" is a song by the American heavy metal band Santana from their influential 1970 album "Abraxas."
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D.
Four Mothers
Four Mothers is a 1941 American drama film that continues the story of the Lemp family introduced in Four Daughters and its first sequel, Four Wives.
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E.
With a Smile and a Song
"With a Smile and a Song" is a cheerful, optimistic musical number sung by Snow White in Disney’s classic animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- 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: She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Target entity description: She Has Her Mother’s Laugh is a popular science book by Carl Zimmer that explores the history, science, and cultural impact of heredity and genetics.
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A.
A Mother's Kisses
A Mother's Kisses is a darkly comic coming-of-age novel by Bruce Jay Friedman about an overprotected young man leaving home for college and confronting the absurdities of adult life.
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B.
The Young Mother
The Young Mother is a 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Gerrit Dou, celebrated for its meticulous detail and intimate domestic scene.
-
C.
Mother's Daughter
"Mother's Daughter" is a song by the American heavy metal band Santana from their influential 1970 album "Abraxas."
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D.
Four Mothers
Four Mothers is a 1941 American drama film that continues the story of the Lemp family introduced in Four Daughters and its first sequel, Four Wives.
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E.
With a Smile and a Song
"With a Smile and a Song" is a cheerful, optimistic musical number sung by Snow White in Disney’s classic animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Carl Zimmer ⓘ |
| authorOf | She Has Her Mother’s Laugh ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Academies Communication Award
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Science in Society Journalism Award (book category) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
non-fiction
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popular science ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Carl Zimmer ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 1101982113 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9781101982113 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
bioethics
ⓘ
eugenics ⓘ genetic testing ⓘ genetics ⓘ genomics ⓘ heredity ⓘ history of science ⓘ human variation ⓘ inheritance ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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e-book ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comprehensive narrative history of heredity
ⓘ
integrating scientific, historical, and personal stories ⓘ |
| pageCount | about 672 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2018 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Dutton
ⓘ
Dutton Books ⓘ
linked to:
Dutton
|
| shortlistedFor |
Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Society Science Book Prize
|
| topic |
CRISPR and gene editing
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DNA ⓘ Mendelian genetics ⓘ epigenetics ⓘ family pedigrees ⓘ genetic ancestry ⓘ genetic counseling ⓘ history of heredity ⓘ intelligence and heredity ⓘ race and genetics ⓘ twin studies ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Description of subject: She Has Her Mother’s Laugh is a popular science book by Carl Zimmer that explores the history, science, and cultural impact of heredity and genetics.
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She Has Her Mother’s Laugh