Intimations
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Intimations is a collection of personal essays by Zadie Smith reflecting on life, society, and the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
All labels observed (1)
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| Intimations canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1392618 — 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: Intimations Context triple: [Zadie Smith, notableWork, Intimations]
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A.
Reveries of the Solitary Walker
Reveries of the Solitary Walker is a posthumously published autobiographical and philosophical work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composed as a series of meditative walks reflecting on his life, society, and nature.
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B.
Some Fruits of Solitude
Some Fruits of Solitude is a collection of aphorisms and reflections on morality, conduct, and inner life by the Quaker leader and philosopher William Penn.
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C.
Twenty Letters to a Friend
"Twenty Letters to a Friend" is a memoir by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, in which she reflects on her life inside the Soviet elite and her complex relationship with her father.
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D.
Poetical Trifles
Poetical Trifles is a collection of verse by English writer and moralist Thomas Day, best known for its didactic and sentimental poetry.
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E.
The Blue and Brown Books
The Blue and Brown Books are posthumously published sets of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s lecture notes that mark his transition from the ideas of the Tractatus to the later philosophy of language developed in Philosophical Investigations.
- 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: Intimations Target entity description: Intimations is a collection of personal essays by Zadie Smith reflecting on life, society, and the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A.
Reveries of the Solitary Walker
Reveries of the Solitary Walker is a posthumously published autobiographical and philosophical work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composed as a series of meditative walks reflecting on his life, society, and nature.
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B.
Some Fruits of Solitude
Some Fruits of Solitude is a collection of aphorisms and reflections on morality, conduct, and inner life by the Quaker leader and philosopher William Penn.
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C.
Twenty Letters to a Friend
"Twenty Letters to a Friend" is a memoir by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, in which she reflects on her life inside the Soviet elite and her complex relationship with her father.
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D.
Poetical Trifles
Poetical Trifles is a collection of verse by English writer and moralist Thomas Day, best known for its didactic and sentimental poetry.
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E.
The Blue and Brown Books
The Blue and Brown Books are posthumously published sets of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s lecture notes that mark his transition from the ideas of the Tractatus to the later philosophy of language developed in Philosophical Investigations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ |
| author | Zadie Smith ⓘ |
| authorEthnicity | Jamaican-British ⓘ |
| authorGender | female ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | positive ⓘ |
| donationOfProceedsTo |
Writers’ Trust of Canada
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surface form:
The COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund for the Writers’ Trust of Canada
Equal Justice Initiative ⓘ
surface form:
The Equal Justice Initiative
charity ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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personal essays ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Penguin design team ⓘ |
| hasISBN |
9780241492383
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9780593297612 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“Peonies”
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“Postscript: Contempt as a Virus” ⓘ “Screengrabs” ⓘ “Something to Do” ⓘ “The American Exception” ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | essay ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
COVID-19 pandemic
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family ⓘ friendship ⓘ grief ⓘ inequality ⓘ life ⓘ race ⓘ society ⓘ writing ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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e-book ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
reflection on early COVID-19 lockdown
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short, fragmentary essays ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 100 ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | early months of the COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Penguin Books
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Penguin Random House ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
New York City ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
COVID-19 lockdown
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early 2020s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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