Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is a bestselling collection of humorous, autobiographical essays by David Sedaris that explores family life, identity, and everyday absurdities.
All labels observed (1)
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| Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7827117 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Context triple: [David Sedaris, notableWork, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim]
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A.
Corduroy
"Corduroy" is a popular rock song by the American band Pearl Jam, known for its dynamic structure and emotionally charged lyrics.
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B.
Corduroy
Corduroy is a classic 1968 children's picture book by Don Freeman about a teddy bear in a department store searching for his missing button and a home.
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C.
Coat of Many Colors
"Coat of Many Colors" is a beloved autobiographical country song by Dolly Parton that recounts her impoverished but love-filled childhood through the story of a handmade patchwork coat.
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D.
We're a Happy Family
"We're a Happy Family" is a fast, punk rock song by the Ramones that satirically portrays a dysfunctional suburban family.
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E.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a 1974 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese that follows a widowed mother pursuing a singing career while struggling to raise her young son.
- 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: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Target entity description: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is a bestselling collection of humorous, autobiographical essays by David Sedaris that explores family life, identity, and everyday absurdities.
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A.
Corduroy
"Corduroy" is a popular rock song by the American band Pearl Jam, known for its dynamic structure and emotionally charged lyrics.
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B.
Corduroy
Corduroy is a classic 1968 children's picture book by Don Freeman about a teddy bear in a department store searching for his missing button and a home.
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C.
Coat of Many Colors
"Coat of Many Colors" is a beloved autobiographical country song by Dolly Parton that recounts her impoverished but love-filled childhood through the story of a handmade patchwork coat.
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D.
We're a Happy Family
"We're a Happy Family" is a fast, punk rock song by the Ramones that satirically portrays a dysfunctional suburban family.
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E.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a 1974 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese that follows a widowed mother pursuing a singing career while struggling to raise her young son.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| author | David Sedaris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestsellerStatus | bestselling book ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | When You Are Engulfed in Flames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical essays
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humor ⓘ |
| hasContributor | David Sedaris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtStyle | minimalist design ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audio CD
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digital audiobook ⓘ hardcover edition ⓘ paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
childhood memories
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class and status ⓘ everyday absurdities ⓘ family expectations ⓘ family relationships ⓘ sexual orientation ⓘ social awkwardness ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | essayistic ⓘ |
| marketedAs | humorous memoir ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person essays ⓘ |
| notableAspect |
autobiographical content
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deadpan delivery in audiobook version ⓘ |
| notableFor | wry observations about family dynamics ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| partOfBibliographyOf | David Sedaris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Me Talk Pretty One Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Little, Brown and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
North Carolina
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| subject |
LGBT themes
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everyday life ⓘ family life ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfContent |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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satirical ⓘ |
| writtenBy | David Sedaris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Description of subject: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is a bestselling collection of humorous, autobiographical essays by David Sedaris that explores family life, identity, and everyday absurdities.
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