The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce
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The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce is a darkly comic British novel that follows a man's life unraveling through his obsessive passion for fine wine, told in reverse chronological order.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7382983 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce Context triple: [Paul Torday, authorOf, The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce]
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William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner
"William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner" is a biographical book by British politician and historian William Hague that chronicles the life and political career of abolitionist William Wilberforce and his role in ending the British slave trade.
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B.
Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes is a historical ledger compiled by the British in 1783 that records the names and details of thousands of Black Loyalists who were evacuated from the United States to British territories after the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Enlightenment’s Wake
Enlightenment’s Wake is a philosophical work by John Gray that critically examines and challenges the legacy of Enlightenment rationalism and liberal humanism in modern political thought.
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D.
The Story of William
"The Story of William" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the character Mr Mulliner, known for its lighthearted wit and comic situations.
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E.
The Abolition of Britain
The Abolition of Britain is a polemical book by journalist Peter Hitchens arguing that Britain has undergone a profound moral, cultural, and political decline since the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce Target entity description: The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce is a darkly comic British novel that follows a man's life unraveling through his obsessive passion for fine wine, told in reverse chronological order.
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A.
William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner
"William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner" is a biographical book by British politician and historian William Hague that chronicles the life and political career of abolitionist William Wilberforce and his role in ending the British slave trade.
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B.
Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes is a historical ledger compiled by the British in 1783 that records the names and details of thousands of Black Loyalists who were evacuated from the United States to British territories after the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Enlightenment’s Wake
Enlightenment’s Wake is a philosophical work by John Gray that critically examines and challenges the legacy of Enlightenment rationalism and liberal humanism in modern political thought.
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D.
The Story of William
"The Story of William" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the character Mr Mulliner, known for its lighthearted wit and comic situations.
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E.
The Abolition of Britain
The Abolition of Britain is a polemical book by journalist Peter Hitchens arguing that Britain has undergone a profound moral, cultural, and political decline since the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dark comedy
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Paul Torday ⓘ |
| authorOf | Paul Torday bibliography ⓘ |
| centralCharacterOccupation | IT entrepreneur ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| follows | a man whose life unravels through his passion for fine wine ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fiction
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
middle-aged crisis
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personal decline ⓘ wine collecting ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
addiction
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alcoholism ⓘ fine wine ⓘ obsession ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFormat | reverse chronological order ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| precededBy | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen ⓘ |
| protagonistName | Wilberforce ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson ⓘ |
| setting | England ⓘ |
| structure | told backwards in time ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce Description of subject: The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce is a darkly comic British novel that follows a man's life unraveling through his obsessive passion for fine wine, told in reverse chronological order.
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