Mr Manchester and the Factory Girl
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"Mr Manchester and the Factory Girl" is a memoir by Lindsay Reade that chronicles her relationship with Factory Records founder Tony Wilson and offers an insider’s view of the Manchester music scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mr Manchester and the Factory Girl canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9682485 — 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: Mr Manchester and the Factory Girl Context triple: [Lindsay Reade, notableWork, Mr Manchester and the Factory Girl]
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A.
The Mancunian
The Mancunian is the official school magazine of Manchester Grammar School, featuring news, articles, and creative work from its students.
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B.
Wards of Manchester
Wards of Manchester are the electoral subdivisions of the city of Manchester, used for local government representation and administration.
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C.
The City Madam
The City Madam is a Jacobean city comedy play by Philip Massinger that satirizes greed, social pretension, and moral corruption in early 17th-century London.
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D.
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock is a 1947 British film noir crime drama, based on Graham Greene’s novel, in which Richard Attenborough gives a defining performance as the ruthless young gangster Pinkie Brown.
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E.
Fanny by Gaslight
Fanny by Gaslight is a 1944 British melodrama film, based on Michael Sadleir’s novel, that follows a young woman’s coming-of-age amid scandal and social hypocrisy in Victorian London.
- 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: Mr Manchester and the Factory Girl Target entity description: "Mr Manchester and the Factory Girl" is a memoir by Lindsay Reade that chronicles her relationship with Factory Records founder Tony Wilson and offers an insider’s view of the Manchester music scene.
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A.
The Mancunian
The Mancunian is the official school magazine of Manchester Grammar School, featuring news, articles, and creative work from its students.
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B.
Wards of Manchester
Wards of Manchester are the electoral subdivisions of the city of Manchester, used for local government representation and administration.
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C.
The City Madam
The City Madam is a Jacobean city comedy play by Philip Massinger that satirizes greed, social pretension, and moral corruption in early 17th-century London.
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D.
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock is a 1947 British film noir crime drama, based on Graham Greene’s novel, in which Richard Attenborough gives a defining performance as the ruthless young gangster Pinkie Brown.
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E.
Fanny by Gaslight
Fanny by Gaslight is a 1944 British melodrama film, based on Michael Sadleir’s novel, that follows a young woman’s coming-of-age amid scandal and social hypocrisy in Victorian London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| about |
British popular music
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independent record labels ⓘ post-punk music ⓘ |
| author | Lindsay Reade ⓘ |
| chronicles |
early years of Factory Records
ⓘ
rise of the Manchester music scene ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes | relationship between Lindsay Reade and Tony Wilson ⓘ |
| featuresPerson |
Lindsay Reade
ⓘ
Tony Wilson ⓘ |
| focusesOn | personal relationships within Factory Records circle ⓘ |
| genre | memoir ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
insider view of Factory Records
ⓘ
personal account of Manchester music scene ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Mr Manchester and the Factory Girl ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Factory Records
ⓘ
Manchester music scene ⓘ Tony Wilson ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2002 ⓘ |
| publisher | Independent Music Press ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Manchester ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
cultural history of Manchester
ⓘ
music history ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1980s
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late 1970s ⓘ |
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