Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
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Trying to Save Piggy Sneed is a collection of short stories, memoir pieces, and essays by John Irving that showcases his blend of dark humor, personal reflection, and inventive storytelling.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trying to Save Piggy Sneed canonical | 3 |
| Trying to Save Piggy Sneed (short story) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trying to Save Piggy Sneed Context triple: [John Irving, notableWork, Trying to Save Piggy Sneed]
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A.
Children of the Alley
Children of the Alley is a controversial novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that allegorically retells religious and social history through the lives of successive generations in a Cairo alley.
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B.
The Squeaker
The Squeaker is a crime novel by Edgar Wallace centered on a mysterious underworld informant who betrays criminals to the police.
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C.
The Peg
The Peg is a colloquial nickname for Winnipeg, the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
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D.
The Dog Pound
The Dog Pound is the passionate student cheering section known for creating an energetic home-ice atmosphere at Boston University Terriers men's hockey games.
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E.
Stiltsville
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trying to Save Piggy Sneed Target entity description: Trying to Save Piggy Sneed is a collection of short stories, memoir pieces, and essays by John Irving that showcases his blend of dark humor, personal reflection, and inventive storytelling.
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A.
Children of the Alley
Children of the Alley is a controversial novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that allegorically retells religious and social history through the lives of successive generations in a Cairo alley.
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B.
The Squeaker
The Squeaker is a crime novel by Edgar Wallace centered on a mysterious underworld informant who betrays criminals to the police.
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C.
The Peg
The Peg is a colloquial nickname for Winnipeg, the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
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D.
The Dog Pound
The Dog Pound is the passionate student cheering section known for creating an energetic home-ice atmosphere at Boston University Terriers men's hockey games.
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E.
Stiltsville
Stiltsville is a historic collection of wooden stilt houses built over the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay near Miami, Florida.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ short story collection ⓘ |
| author | John Irving ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Chip Kidd ⓘ |
| genre |
essays
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memoir ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| hasIntroductionBy | John Irving ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Almost in Iowa
ⓘ
An Introduction to A Christmas Carol ⓘ In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried (introduction) ⓘ Interior Space ⓘ The Imaginary Girlfriend ⓘ The King of the Novel ⓘ The Metamorphosis ⓘ
surface form:
The Metamorphosis (afterword)
On Moral Fiction ⓘ
surface form:
The Moral Fiction
The Pension Grillparzer ⓘ The Pension Grillparzer (introduction) ⓘ A Son of the Circus ⓘ
surface form:
The Son of the Circus (excerpt)
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed (short story)
Weary Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Fiction
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Homage ⓘ Memoirs ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family relationships
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identity ⓘ influence of other writers ⓘ memory ⓘ the craft of writing ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
John Irving
ⓘ
surface form:
John Irving bibliography
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
autobiographical reflection
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dark humor ⓘ inventive storytelling ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combining memoir, fiction, and essays in one volume
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revealing John Irving’s writing process and influences ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Arcade Publishing
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Bloomsbury Publishing ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
literary homage to other authors
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personal history of John Irving ⓘ writing and storytelling ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed (short story)