Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog is a semi-autobiographical collection of short stories by Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas, drawing on his youth in Swansea and early experiences as a writer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4774259 — 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)
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Target entity: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog Context triple: [Dylan Thomas, notableWork, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog]
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Portrait of the Artist's Mother
Portrait of the Artist's Mother is a famous 1871 oil painting by James McNeill Whistler, renowned for its austere composition and often regarded as an icon of American art.
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B.
The Twa Dogs
The Twa Dogs is a satirical poem by Robert Burns in which two dogs discuss and contrast the lives of the rich and the poor in 18th-century Scotland.
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C.
The Bridegroom Was a Dog
The Bridegroom Was a Dog is a surreal, folkloric novella by Yoko Tawada that blends everyday life with myth and animal-human transformations to explore identity, desire, and otherness.
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D.
The Diary of a Mad Old Man
"The Diary of a Mad Old Man" is a work by Croatian illustrator, animator, and filmmaker Milan Trenc, known for his distinctive, often surreal visual storytelling.
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E.
Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things is a 2003 British period comedy-drama film, written and directed by Stephen Fry, that satirically portrays the hedonistic lives of young socialites in 1930s London.
- 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: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog Target entity description: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog is a semi-autobiographical collection of short stories by Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas, drawing on his youth in Swansea and early experiences as a writer.
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A.
Portrait of the Artist's Mother
Portrait of the Artist's Mother is a famous 1871 oil painting by James McNeill Whistler, renowned for its austere composition and often regarded as an icon of American art.
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B.
The Twa Dogs
The Twa Dogs is a satirical poem by Robert Burns in which two dogs discuss and contrast the lives of the rich and the poor in 18th-century Scotland.
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C.
The Bridegroom Was a Dog
The Bridegroom Was a Dog is a surreal, folkloric novella by Yoko Tawada that blends everyday life with myth and animal-human transformations to explore identity, desire, and otherness.
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D.
The Diary of a Mad Old Man
"The Diary of a Mad Old Man" is a work by Croatian illustrator, animator, and filmmaker Milan Trenc, known for his distinctive, often surreal visual storytelling.
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E.
Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things is a 2003 British period comedy-drama film, written and directed by Stephen Fry, that satirically portrays the hedonistic lives of young socialites in 1930s London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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semi-autobiographical work ⓘ short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Dylan Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1940 ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
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short stories ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Welsh ⓘ |
| hasPart |
A Story
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A Visit to Grandpa’s NERFINISHED ⓘ Extraordinary Little Cough NERFINISHED ⓘ Just Like Little Dogs NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Garbo NERFINISHED ⓘ One Warm Saturday NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia, Edith and Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fight NERFINISHED ⓘ The Followers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Peaches NERFINISHED ⓘ Where Tawe Flows NERFINISHED ⓘ Who Do You Wish Was With Us? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic |
comic tone
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lyrical prose ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family relationships
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humor ⓘ imagination and creativity ⓘ memory ⓘ small-town life ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Dylan Thomas’s early experiences as a writer
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Dylan Thomas’s youth in Swansea ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
coming of age
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early life of a writer ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of autobiography and fiction
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depiction of Dylan Thomas’s early life ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publisher | Dent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Swansea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titlePunOn | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog Description of subject: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog is a semi-autobiographical collection of short stories by Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas, drawing on his youth in Swansea and early experiences as a writer.
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