A Fortunate Life
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A Fortunate Life is the autobiography of British politician and former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown, recounting his varied career from soldier and diplomat to party leader.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Fortunate Life canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10496011 — 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: A Fortunate Life Context triple: [Paddy Ashdown, wrote, A Fortunate Life]
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A.
A Lucky Life Interrupted
A Lucky Life Interrupted is a memoir by American journalist Tom Brokaw that chronicles his experience living with multiple myeloma and reflects on his life and career.
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B.
the Fortunate
The Fortunate was the epithet of King Manuel I of Portugal, under whose reign Portugal experienced a golden age of maritime exploration and overseas expansion.
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C.
The Lucky Ones
The Lucky Ones is a 2008 American road drama film that follows three U.S. soldiers on an unexpected cross-country journey after returning home from the Iraq War.
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D.
That Fortune
"That Fortune" is a lesser-known novel by American essayist and editor Charles Dudley Warner, reflecting his characteristic blend of social observation and genteel humor.
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E.
A New Life
"A New Life" is a powerful solo ballad from the musical Jekyll & Hyde, sung by the character Lucy as she dreams of escaping her troubled existence and starting over.
- 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: A Fortunate Life Target entity description: A Fortunate Life is the autobiography of British politician and former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown, recounting his varied career from soldier and diplomat to party leader.
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A.
A Lucky Life Interrupted
A Lucky Life Interrupted is a memoir by American journalist Tom Brokaw that chronicles his experience living with multiple myeloma and reflects on his life and career.
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B.
the Fortunate
The Fortunate was the epithet of King Manuel I of Portugal, under whose reign Portugal experienced a golden age of maritime exploration and overseas expansion.
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C.
The Lucky Ones
The Lucky Ones is a 2008 American road drama film that follows three U.S. soldiers on an unexpected cross-country journey after returning home from the Iraq War.
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D.
That Fortune
"That Fortune" is a lesser-known novel by American essayist and editor Charles Dudley Warner, reflecting his characteristic blend of social observation and genteel humor.
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E.
A New Life
"A New Life" is a powerful solo ballad from the musical Jekyll & Hyde, sung by the character Lucy as she dreams of escaping her troubled existence and starting over.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | autobiography ⓘ |
| about |
British Army service
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Cold War era ⓘ Liberal Democrats (UK) ⓘ
linked to:
Liberal Democrats
diplomatic service ⓘ intelligence and security work ⓘ leadership of the Liberal Democrats ⓘ |
| author | Paddy Ashdown ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes |
British political life in the 1980s
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British political life in the 1990s ⓘ formation of the modern Liberal Democrats ⓘ negotiations and diplomacy in conflict zones ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
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political autobiography ⓘ |
| hasPart |
accounts of diplomatic postings
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accounts of intelligence work ⓘ accounts of military training ⓘ accounts of party leadership ⓘ personal reflections on public service ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ethics in politics
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international relations ⓘ leadership ⓘ personal resilience ⓘ public service ⓘ war and conflict ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
British politics
ⓘ
Liberal Democrats (UK) ⓘ
linked to:
Liberal Democrats
Paddy Ashdown ⓘ diplomatic career of Paddy Ashdown ⓘ military career of Paddy Ashdown ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Far East
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linked to:
East Asia
Northern Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed account of Paddy Ashdown’s career
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insider view of Liberal Democrat leadership ⓘ |
| publisher | political memoir publisher in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
20th century
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Cold War ⓘ late 20th-century British politics ⓘ |
| workOf | Paddy Ashdown ⓘ |
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