Philip Larkin: A Writer’s Life
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Philip Larkin: A Writer’s Life is Andrew Motion’s acclaimed authorized biography of the poet Philip Larkin, exploring his life, work, and complex personality.
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| Philip Larkin: A Writer’s Life canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20285932 — 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: Philip Larkin: A Writer’s Life Context triple: [Andrew Motion, notableWork, Philip Larkin: A Writer’s Life]
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A.
Our Life in Poetry: Selected Essays and Reviews
Our Life in Poetry: Selected Essays and Reviews is a collection of critical essays and reviews by poet and critic M. L. Rosenthal, reflecting on modern poetry and its major figures.
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The Life of Poetry
The Life of Poetry is Muriel Rukeyser’s influential 1949 collection of essays that passionately argues for the social, emotional, and political necessity of poetry in modern life.
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C.
A Poet’s Life: Seventy Years in a Changing World
*A Poet’s Life: Seventy Years in a Changing World* is the autobiography of American poet and editor Harriet Monroe, chronicling her long literary career and the cultural transformations she witnessed.
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D.
Poems of John Cornford
Poems of John Cornford is a posthumously published collection of politically engaged and war-themed poetry by the young British communist poet killed in the Spanish Civil War.
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E.
The Love Poems of James Laughlin
The Love Poems of James Laughlin is a collection of lyrical, often understated verse that showcases the American poet-publisher’s wit, emotional nuance, and modernist sensibility in exploring love and desire.
- 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: Philip Larkin: A Writer’s Life Target entity description: Philip Larkin: A Writer’s Life is Andrew Motion’s acclaimed authorized biography of the poet Philip Larkin, exploring his life, work, and complex personality.
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A.
Our Life in Poetry: Selected Essays and Reviews
Our Life in Poetry: Selected Essays and Reviews is a collection of critical essays and reviews by poet and critic M. L. Rosenthal, reflecting on modern poetry and its major figures.
-
B.
The Life of Poetry
The Life of Poetry is Muriel Rukeyser’s influential 1949 collection of essays that passionately argues for the social, emotional, and political necessity of poetry in modern life.
-
C.
A Poet’s Life: Seventy Years in a Changing World
*A Poet’s Life: Seventy Years in a Changing World* is the autobiography of American poet and editor Harriet Monroe, chronicling her long literary career and the cultural transformations she witnessed.
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D.
Poems of John Cornford
Poems of John Cornford is a posthumously published collection of politically engaged and war-themed poetry by the young British communist poet killed in the Spanish Civil War.
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E.
The Love Poems of James Laughlin
The Love Poems of James Laughlin is a collection of lyrical, often understated verse that showcases the American poet-publisher’s wit, emotional nuance, and modernist sensibility in exploring love and desire.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.