A Family Madness
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A Family Madness is a novel by Australian author Thomas Keneally that explores the lingering psychological and moral impact of World War II on a family of Eastern European refugees in Australia.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Family Madness canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11328534 — 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: A Family Madness Context triple: [Thomas Keneally, notableWork, A Family Madness]
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A.
A Family Thing
A Family Thing is a 1996 drama film about a man who discovers his mixed-race heritage and forms an unexpected bond with his African American half-brother and their extended family.
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B.
It Runs in the Family
It Runs in the Family is a 2003 comedy-drama film featuring multiple generations of the Douglas acting family, including Kirk, Michael, and Cameron Douglas.
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C.
It Runs in the Family
"It Runs in the Family" is a stage farce (also known as "Don't Dress for Dinner" in some regions) in which Bernadette Peters notably starred, showcasing her comedic acting talents.
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D.
A Family Affair
A Family Affair is a 1937 American comedy-drama film that introduced the popular Hardy family characters and launched the long-running Andy Hardy film series.
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E.
A Family Affair
A Family Affair is a 1962 Broadway musical comedy with music by John Kander that marked the first Broadway directing credit of legendary producer-director Harold Prince.
- 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: A Family Madness Target entity description: A Family Madness is a novel by Australian author Thomas Keneally that explores the lingering psychological and moral impact of World War II on a family of Eastern European refugees in Australia.
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A.
A Family Thing
A Family Thing is a 1996 drama film about a man who discovers his mixed-race heritage and forms an unexpected bond with his African American half-brother and their extended family.
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B.
It Runs in the Family
It Runs in the Family is a 2003 comedy-drama film featuring multiple generations of the Douglas acting family, including Kirk, Michael, and Cameron Douglas.
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C.
It Runs in the Family
"It Runs in the Family" is a stage farce (also known as "Don't Dress for Dinner" in some regions) in which Bernadette Peters notably starred, showcasing her comedic acting talents.
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D.
A Family Affair
A Family Affair is a 1962 Broadway musical comedy with music by John Kander that marked the first Broadway directing credit of legendary producer-director Harold Prince.
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E.
A Family Affair
A Family Affair is a 1937 American comedy-drama film that introduced the popular Hardy family characters and launched the long-running Andy Hardy film series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Keneally NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| explores |
assimilation of refugees into Australian society
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memory and forgetting of wartime atrocities ⓘ moral responsibility during wartime ⓘ |
| focusesOn | family of Eastern European refugees in Australia ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
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psychological fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Australian ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Holocaust legacy
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ intergenerational trauma ⓘ survivor guilt ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family trauma
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lingering psychological impact of World War II ⓘ moral consequences of war ⓘ refugee experience ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hodder & Stoughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTime | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Australia
NERFINISHED
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Eastern Europe (in characters' past) ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Thomas Keneally NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Family Madness Description of subject: A Family Madness is a novel by Australian author Thomas Keneally that explores the lingering psychological and moral impact of World War II on a family of Eastern European refugees in Australia.
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