Unreliable Memoirs
E441384
Unreliable Memoirs is Clive James’s acclaimed, humorous autobiographical book recounting his eccentric childhood and youth in Australia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Unreliable Memoirs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4462715 — 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: Unreliable Memoirs Context triple: [Clive James, notableWork, Unreliable Memoirs]
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A.
Memoirs
Memoirs is a scholarly publication series of the Geological Society of London featuring in-depth monographs and comprehensive studies in the geosciences.
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B.
Memoirs
Memoirs is the autobiography of American banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller, chronicling his life, career, and influence in global finance and politics.
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C.
Memoirs
Memoirs is the autobiographical work of Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, reflecting on his life, politics, and literary career.
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D.
Meine ungeschriebenen Memoiren
Meine ungeschriebenen Memoiren is the autobiographical work of Katia Mann, offering personal recollections and insights into her life with the writer Thomas Mann and their family.
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E.
Souvenirs (memoirs)
*Souvenirs* is the multi-volume memoir of celebrated French portraitist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, offering detailed recollections of her life, artistic career, and encounters with European high society before and after the French Revolution.
- 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: Unreliable Memoirs Target entity description: Unreliable Memoirs is Clive James’s acclaimed, humorous autobiographical book recounting his eccentric childhood and youth in Australia.
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A.
Memoirs
Memoirs is a scholarly publication series of the Geological Society of London featuring in-depth monographs and comprehensive studies in the geosciences.
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B.
Memoirs
Memoirs is the autobiography of American banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller, chronicling his life, career, and influence in global finance and politics.
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C.
Memoirs
Memoirs is the autobiographical work of Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, reflecting on his life, politics, and literary career.
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D.
Meine ungeschriebenen Memoiren
Meine ungeschriebenen Memoiren is the autobiographical work of Katia Mann, offering personal recollections and insights into her life with the writer Thomas Mann and their family.
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E.
Souvenirs (memoirs)
*Souvenirs* is the multi-volume memoir of celebrated French portraitist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, offering detailed recollections of her life, artistic career, and encounters with European high society before and after the French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiography
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book ⓘ |
| author | Clive James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
Clive James’s early attempts at writing
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Clive James’s early life in Kogarah ⓘ Clive James’s school experiences ⓘ |
| followedBy | Falling Towards England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical humour
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memoir ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | modern comic memoirs in English ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0224017940 ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 200–250 pages ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Falling Towards England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
May Week Was In June NERFINISHED ⓘ North Face of Soho NERFINISHED ⓘ The Blaze of Obscurity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
family relationships
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memory and recollection ⓘ personal identity ⓘ post-war Australia ⓘ |
| hasTone |
ironic
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nostalgic ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
anecdotal
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humorous ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Clive James
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
childhood ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic depiction of Australian childhood
ⓘ
wry self-deprecating tone ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Clive James autobiographical series ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publicationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Australia
NERFINISHED
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Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Clive James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Unreliable Memoirs Description of subject: Unreliable Memoirs is Clive James’s acclaimed, humorous autobiographical book recounting his eccentric childhood and youth in Australia.
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