Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
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"Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir" is a critically acclaimed autobiographical work by cultural critic Margo Jefferson that blends personal history with reflections on race, class, gender, and art in American life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5711897 — 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: Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir Context triple: [Margo Jefferson, notableWork, Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir]
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A.
The Emotion Machine
The Emotion Machine is a 2006 book by artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky that explores how human thinking and emotions can be understood as computational processes of the mind.
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B.
How to Create a Mind
"How to Create a Mind" is a nonfiction book by futurist Ray Kurzweil that explores the workings of human intelligence and proposes designs for advanced artificial intelligence based on the brain’s principles.
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C.
Kinds of Minds
Kinds of Minds is a philosophical work by Daniel Dennett that explores the nature and varieties of consciousness and intelligence across humans, animals, and machines.
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D.
Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
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E.
The Human Brain
The Human Brain is a popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains the structure, function, and mysteries of the human brain for a general audience.
- 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: Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir Target entity description: "Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir" is a critically acclaimed autobiographical work by cultural critic Margo Jefferson that blends personal history with reflections on race, class, gender, and art in American life.
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A.
The Emotion Machine
The Emotion Machine is a 2006 book by artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky that explores how human thinking and emotions can be understood as computational processes of the mind.
-
B.
How to Create a Mind
"How to Create a Mind" is a nonfiction book by futurist Ray Kurzweil that explores the workings of human intelligence and proposes designs for advanced artificial intelligence based on the brain’s principles.
-
C.
Kinds of Minds
Kinds of Minds is a philosophical work by Daniel Dennett that explores the nature and varieties of consciousness and intelligence across humans, animals, and machines.
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D.
Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
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E.
The Human Brain
The Human Brain is a popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains the structure, function, and mysteries of the human brain for a general audience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Margo Jefferson ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
Black womanhood
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art as influence on identity ⓘ cultural icons and role models ⓘ family expectations ⓘ formation of self ⓘ intersection of race, class, and gender ⓘ respectability politics ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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literary nonfiction ⓘ memoir ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Margo Jefferson ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryApproach | blend of personal narrative and cultural criticism ⓘ |
| literaryForm | essayistic memoir ⓘ |
| medium |
book-length text
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print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
critical
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fragmented ⓘ lyrical ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative memoir form
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integration of criticism and autobiography ⓘ |
| perspective | first-person ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | Negroland: A Memoir ⓘ |
| subject |
African American identity
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American popular culture ⓘ Black middle class experience ⓘ art in American life ⓘ class in American life ⓘ cultural criticism ⓘ family history ⓘ gender in American life ⓘ performance and self-presentation ⓘ race in American life ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
readers interested in race and culture
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readers of literary memoir ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
20th century American life
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21st century American life ⓘ |
| writtenByOccupation | cultural critic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir Description of subject: "Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir" is a critically acclaimed autobiographical work by cultural critic Margo Jefferson that blends personal history with reflections on race, class, gender, and art in American life.
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