Assassination Vacation
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Assassination Vacation is a humorous historical travelogue by Sarah Vowell that explores the sites and stories surrounding the assassinations of U.S. presidents Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley.
All labels observed (1)
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| Assassination Vacation canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9753806 — 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: Assassination Vacation Context triple: [Sarah Vowell, notableWork, Assassination Vacation]
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A.
Eurotrip
Eurotrip is a 2004 teen comedy film that follows a group of American friends on a chaotic and humorous journey across Europe.
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B.
The Tourist
The Tourist is a 2010 romantic thriller film starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, involving mistaken identity and international intrigue across Paris and Venice.
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C.
The Tourist
The Tourist is a mystery thriller television series starring Jamie Dornan as a man who wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory and must uncover his identity while being pursued by dangerous figures from his past.
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D.
The Tourist
"The Tourist" is a melancholic, piano-driven closing track by Radiohead that reflects on modern life's frantic pace and the need to slow down.
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E.
Assassination Day
"Assassination Day" is a gritty, lyrically dense hip-hop track by Ghostface Killah featuring fellow Wu-Tang Clan members, known for its dark atmosphere and complex wordplay.
- 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: Assassination Vacation Target entity description: Assassination Vacation is a humorous historical travelogue by Sarah Vowell that explores the sites and stories surrounding the assassinations of U.S. presidents Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley.
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A.
Eurotrip
Eurotrip is a 2004 teen comedy film that follows a group of American friends on a chaotic and humorous journey across Europe.
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B.
The Tourist
The Tourist is a 2010 romantic thriller film starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, involving mistaken identity and international intrigue across Paris and Venice.
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C.
The Tourist
The Tourist is a mystery thriller television series starring Jamie Dornan as a man who wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory and must uncover his identity while being pursued by dangerous figures from his past.
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D.
The Tourist
"The Tourist" is a melancholic, piano-driven closing track by Radiohead that reflects on modern life's frantic pace and the need to slow down.
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E.
Assassination Day
"Assassination Day" is a gritty, lyrically dense hip-hop track by Ghostface Killah featuring fellow Wu-Tang Clan members, known for its dark atmosphere and complex wordplay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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historical travelogue ⓘ humor book ⓘ |
| author | Sarah Vowell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| exploresTheme |
American nationalism
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memory and commemoration ⓘ mythmaking in U.S. history ⓘ political violence ⓘ tourism and dark tourism ⓘ |
| genre |
history
ⓘ
humor ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| hasCompanionWork |
Take the Cannoli
ⓘ
The Partly Cloudy Patriot ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audio CD
ⓘ
digital audiobook ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| ISBN | 9780743260046 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sarah Vowell ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combining travel writing with presidential assassination history
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use of personal anecdotes and pop culture references ⓘ |
| pages | approx. 272 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| setting |
Key West
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linked to:
Key West, Florida
New York ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Washington, D.C. ⓘ various Civil War and presidential historic sites ⓘ |
| subject |
American politics
ⓘ
U.S. presidential history ⓘ assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
linked to:
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
assassination of James A. Garfield ⓘ assassination of William McKinley ⓘ
linked to:
murder of William McKinley
historic sites in the United States ⓘ |
| tone |
essayistic
ⓘ
humorous ⓘ irreverent ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Assassination Vacation Description of subject: Assassination Vacation is a humorous historical travelogue by Sarah Vowell that explores the sites and stories surrounding the assassinations of U.S. presidents Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley.
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