Me Talk Pretty One Day
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Me Talk Pretty One Day is a bestselling collection of humorous autobiographical essays by David Sedaris, known for its sharp wit and reflections on language, family, and cultural misunderstandings.
All labels observed (1)
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| Me Talk Pretty One Day canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7827116 — 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: Me Talk Pretty One Day Context triple: [David Sedaris, notableWork, Me Talk Pretty One Day]
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A.
The Splendid Things We Planned
The Splendid Things We Planned is a memoir by biographer Blake Bailey that recounts his troubled relationship with his brother and their dysfunctional family.
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B.
The Day I Tried to Live
"The Day I Tried to Live" is a 1994 grunge/alternative rock song by Soundgarden, known for its dark, introspective lyrics and dynamic, heavy sound.
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C.
The End of the Tour
The End of the Tour is a 2015 biographical drama film that chronicles Rolling Stone journalist David Lipsky’s multi-day interview with author David Foster Wallace during the final leg of his Infinite Jest book tour.
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D.
Love, Loss, and What We Ate
"Love, Loss, and What We Ate" is a memoir by Padma Lakshmi that intertwines her personal journey through love, grief, immigration, and identity with the central role that food has played in her life.
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E.
This Is Where I Leave You
This Is Where I Leave You is a 2014 ensemble dramedy film about a dysfunctional family forced to reunite and sit shiva after the death of their patriarch.
- 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: Me Talk Pretty One Day Target entity description: Me Talk Pretty One Day is a bestselling collection of humorous autobiographical essays by David Sedaris, known for its sharp wit and reflections on language, family, and cultural misunderstandings.
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A.
The Splendid Things We Planned
The Splendid Things We Planned is a memoir by biographer Blake Bailey that recounts his troubled relationship with his brother and their dysfunctional family.
-
B.
The Day I Tried to Live
"The Day I Tried to Live" is a 1994 grunge/alternative rock song by Soundgarden, known for its dark, introspective lyrics and dynamic, heavy sound.
-
C.
The End of the Tour
The End of the Tour is a 2015 biographical drama film that chronicles Rolling Stone journalist David Lipsky’s multi-day interview with author David Foster Wallace during the final leg of his Infinite Jest book tour.
-
D.
Love, Loss, and What We Ate
"Love, Loss, and What We Ate" is a memoir by Padma Lakshmi that intertwines her personal journey through love, grief, immigration, and identity with the central role that food has played in her life.
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E.
This Is Where I Leave You
This Is Where I Leave You is a 2014 ensemble dramedy film about a dysfunctional family forced to reunite and sit shiva after the death of their patriarch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ humorous autobiographical work ⓘ |
| author | David Sedaris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestsellerStatus | New York Times Bestseller ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical essays
ⓘ
humor ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
audio edition
ⓘ
hardcover edition ⓘ paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essay "A Shiner Like a Diamond"
NERFINISHED
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essay "Big Boy" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "City of Angels" ⓘ essay "Giant Dreams, Midget Abilities" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "Go Carolina" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "I Pledge Allegiance to the Bag" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "Jesus Shaves" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "Make That a Double" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "Me Talk Pretty One Day" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "Picka Pocketoni" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "See You Again Yesterday" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "The City of Light in the Dark" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "The Great Leap Forward" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "The Learning Curve" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "The Youth in Asia" ⓘ essay "Today's Special" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "Twelve Moments in the Life of the Artist" NERFINISHED ⓘ essay "You Can't Kill the Rooster" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
cultural misunderstandings
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family relationships ⓘ identity ⓘ language learning ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| narrator | David Sedaris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
observational humor
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sharp wit ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | David Sedaris essay collections ⓘ |
| precededBy | Naked NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| publisher | Little, Brown and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
France
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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