Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood
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Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood is a memoir by wood engraver and author Gwen Raverat, vividly recounting her late 19th-century upbringing in Cambridge and her life within the extended Darwin family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T739389 — 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: Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood Context triple: [Gwen Raverat, notableWork, Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood]
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A.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
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B.
Patchwork Child: Early Memories
Patchwork Child: Early Memories is a memoir by American philanthropist and socialite Brooke Astor, recounting her unconventional childhood and formative early experiences.
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C.
Coningsby, or The New Generation
Coningsby, or The New Generation is a political novel by Benjamin Disraeli that critiques early 19th-century British politics and society through the coming-of-age story of a young aristocrat.
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D.
My Childhood
"My Childhood" is an autobiographical work by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that vividly recounts his harsh early years and the social realities of late 19th-century Russia.
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E.
Down House
Down House is the former home of Charles Darwin in Kent, England, now preserved as a museum dedicated to his life and work.
- 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: Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood Target entity description: Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood is a memoir by wood engraver and author Gwen Raverat, vividly recounting her late 19th-century upbringing in Cambridge and her life within the extended Darwin family.
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A.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
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B.
Patchwork Child: Early Memories
Patchwork Child: Early Memories is a memoir by American philanthropist and socialite Brooke Astor, recounting her unconventional childhood and formative early experiences.
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C.
Coningsby, or The New Generation
Coningsby, or The New Generation is a political novel by Benjamin Disraeli that critiques early 19th-century British politics and society through the coming-of-age story of a young aristocrat.
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D.
My Childhood
"My Childhood" is an autobiographical work by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that vividly recounts his harsh early years and the social realities of late 19th-century Russia.
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E.
Down House
Down House is the former home of Charles Darwin in Kent, England, now preserved as a museum dedicated to his life and work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ |
| author | Gwen Raverat ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
Victorian-era Cambridge
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extended Darwin family ⓘ |
| describes |
Gwen Raverat's childhood
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life in a scientific and intellectual family ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
domestic life
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social customs in Cambridge ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Gwen Raverat ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Gwen Raverat ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
insider view of the Darwin family
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integration of text and wood-engraved illustrations ⓘ vivid portrayal of Cambridge academic milieu ⓘ |
| portrays | members of the Darwin family ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Charles Darwin ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Cambridge, England ⓘ |
| subject |
Cambridge society
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Darwin family ⓘ Victorian childhood ⓘ family life ⓘ social history ⓘ |
| timeOfEvents |
Edwardian era
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Victorian era ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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nostalgic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood Description of subject: Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood is a memoir by wood engraver and author Gwen Raverat, vividly recounting her late 19th-century upbringing in Cambridge and her life within the extended Darwin family.
Referenced by (2)
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subject surface form:
Gwendolen Raverat