With a Daughter’s Eye
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With a Daughter’s Eye is a reflective memoir and intellectual biography in which anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson explores the lives and work of her famous parents, Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, through her own perspective as their daughter.
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| With a Daughter’s Eye canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: With a Daughter’s Eye Context triple: [Mary Catherine Bateson, notableWork, With a Daughter’s Eye]
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A.
A Daughter’s Tale
A Daughter’s Tale is the memoir of Mary Soames, the youngest child of Winston and Clementine Churchill, recounting her family life and experiences during World War II.
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B.
The Daughter
The Daughter is a 2015 Australian drama film, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck," that explores buried family secrets and emotional fallout in a small town.
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C.
The New Daughter
The New Daughter is a 2009 supernatural horror film starring Kevin Costner and Ivana Baquero, centered on a father whose daughter begins exhibiting disturbing behavior after their move to a rural home.
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D.
My Father’s Daughter
My Father’s Daughter is a memoir by Tina Sinatra that offers an intimate look at the life and legacy of her father, legendary singer and actor Frank Sinatra.
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E.
Fathers and Daughters
Fathers and Daughters is a 2015 drama film that explores the emotional struggles of a widowed writer and his young daughter as they cope with loss and its long-term impact on their relationship.
- 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: With a Daughter’s Eye Target entity description: With a Daughter’s Eye is a reflective memoir and intellectual biography in which anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson explores the lives and work of her famous parents, Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, through her own perspective as their daughter.
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A.
A Daughter’s Tale
A Daughter’s Tale is the memoir of Mary Soames, the youngest child of Winston and Clementine Churchill, recounting her family life and experiences during World War II.
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B.
The Daughter
The Daughter is a 2015 Australian drama film, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck," that explores buried family secrets and emotional fallout in a small town.
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C.
The New Daughter
The New Daughter is a 2009 supernatural horror film starring Kevin Costner and Ivana Baquero, centered on a father whose daughter begins exhibiting disturbing behavior after their move to a rural home.
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D.
My Father’s Daughter
My Father’s Daughter is a memoir by Tina Sinatra that offers an intimate look at the life and legacy of her father, legendary singer and actor Frank Sinatra.
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E.
Fathers and Daughters
Fathers and Daughters is a 2015 drama film that explores the emotional struggles of a widowed writer and his young daughter as they cope with loss and its long-term impact on their relationship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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intellectual biography ⓘ |
| about |
development of Mary Catherine Bateson’s own intellectual identity
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growing up as the daughter of famous intellectuals ⓘ |
| audience |
readers interested in anthropology
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readers interested in biography ⓘ readers interested in family and intellectual history ⓘ |
| author | Mary Catherine Bateson ⓘ |
| authorProfession | anthropologist ⓘ |
| explores |
how family background shapes intellectual development
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how intellectual work shapes family life ⓘ |
| fieldDiscussed |
communication theory
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cultural anthropology ⓘ systems theory ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
intersection of personal life and scholarly work
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lives of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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memoir ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Gregory Bateson
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Margaret Mead ⓘ Mary Catherine Bateson ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | non-fiction ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
anthropology
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family relationships ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ parent–child relationships ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | reflective memoir ⓘ |
| perspective | first-person ⓘ |
| portrays |
Gregory Bateson’s work in anthropology and systems thinking
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Margaret Mead’s career as an anthropologist ⓘ |
| portraysAs |
Gregory Bateson as both theorist and father
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Margaret Mead as both public figure and private parent ⓘ |
| relationshipExplored |
collaboration and tension between Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson
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father–daughter relationship ⓘ mother–daughter relationship ⓘ |
| setting | 20th-century American intellectual life ⓘ |
| subject |
Gregory Bateson
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Margaret Mead ⓘ Mary Catherine Bateson ⓘ |
| tone |
analytical
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reflective ⓘ |
| writtenBy | an anthropologist ⓘ |
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