Hitch-22
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Hitch-22 is Christopher Hitchens’s acclaimed memoir, blending political reflection, literary criticism, and personal history into a candid account of his life and ideas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hitch-22 canonical | 3 |
| Hitch-22 (afterword) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1353923 — 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: Hitch-22 Context triple: [Christopher Hitchens, notableWork, Hitch-22]
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A.
The Brother from Another Planet
The Brother from Another Planet is a 1984 independent science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by John Sayles about a mute, black alien who crash-lands in Harlem and navigates life as an undocumented outsider.
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B.
Fink
Fink is a British singer-songwriter and producer known for his atmospheric blend of folk, blues, and electronic music.
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C.
Fink
Fink is an open-source package management system that brings a wide range of Unix and open-source software to macOS by compiling and distributing it in a convenient, Debian-like format.
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D.
Big Daddy
Big Daddy is a 1999 comedy film starring Adam Sandler as an immature man who unexpectedly becomes the guardian of a young boy, leading to humorous and heartfelt life lessons.
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E.
Silent Running
Silent Running is a 1972 science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull, known for its environmental themes and Bruce Dern’s portrayal of a botanist protecting Earth’s last surviving plant life in space.
- 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: Hitch-22 Target entity description: Hitch-22 is Christopher Hitchens’s acclaimed memoir, blending political reflection, literary criticism, and personal history into a candid account of his life and ideas.
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A.
The Brother from Another Planet
The Brother from Another Planet is a 1984 independent science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by John Sayles about a mute, black alien who crash-lands in Harlem and navigates life as an undocumented outsider.
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B.
Fink
Fink is a British singer-songwriter and producer known for his atmospheric blend of folk, blues, and electronic music.
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C.
Fink
Fink is an open-source package management system that brings a wide range of Unix and open-source software to macOS by compiling and distributing it in a convenient, Debian-like format.
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D.
Big Daddy
Big Daddy is a 1999 comedy film starring Adam Sandler as an immature man who unexpectedly becomes the guardian of a young boy, leading to humorous and heartfelt life lessons.
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E.
Silent Running
Silent Running is a 1972 science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull, known for its environmental themes and Bruce Dern’s portrayal of a botanist protecting Earth’s last surviving plant life in space.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ |
| author | Christopher Hitchens ⓘ |
| award | Nominated for 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs | acclaimed memoir blending political reflection, literary criticism, and personal history ⓘ |
| followedBy | Mortality ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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literary memoir ⓘ political memoir ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
audiobook
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e-book ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on Hitchens’s career in journalism
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chapters on Hitchens’s childhood in England ⓘ chapters on Hitchens’s involvement in left-wing politics ⓘ chapters on Hitchens’s support for the Iraq War ⓘ chapters on Hitchens’s time at Oxford ⓘ chapters on Hitchens’s views on religion ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 0446540334 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9780446540339 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mentions |
Edward Said
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George Orwell ⓘ Ian McEwan ⓘ Martin Amis ⓘ Salman Rushdie ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of political reflection and personal narrative
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candid discussion of political and ideological shifts ⓘ portrayals of public intellectuals and writers ⓘ |
| pageCount | 448 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2010-06-02 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Atlantic Books
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Twelve ⓘ |
| setting |
Middle East
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United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| subject |
Christopher Hitchens
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Cold War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ Trotskyism ⓘ atheism ⓘ friendship ⓘ journalism ⓘ literature ⓘ politics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hitch-22 Description of subject: Hitch-22 is Christopher Hitchens’s acclaimed memoir, blending political reflection, literary criticism, and personal history into a candid account of his life and ideas.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hitch-22 (afterword)