Mrs. Sen's
E309718
"Mrs. Sen's" is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of immigration, isolation, and cultural displacement through the relationship between an Indian woman and the young American boy she babysits.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mrs. Sen | 1 |
| Mrs. Sen and Eliot | 1 |
| Mrs. Sen is a babysitter for Eliot | 1 |
| Mrs. Sen is homesick for India | 1 |
| Mrs. Sen struggles with learning to drive | 1 |
| Mrs. Sen's canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2903276 — 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: Mrs. Sen's Context triple: [Interpreter of Maladies, containsStory, Mrs. Sen's]
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A.
Shyamchi Aai
Shyamchi Aai is a classic Marathi autobiographical novel by Sane Guruji that poignantly portrays his childhood and deep bond with his mother.
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B.
Nana Sahib
Nana Sahib was a prominent Indian aristocrat and leader who played a key role in directing rebel forces against British rule during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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C.
Nabaneeta
Nabaneeta is a feminine given name most notably borne by the acclaimed Indian Bengali writer and academic Nabaneeta Dev Sen.
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D.
Chokher Bali
Chokher Bali is a classic Bengali novel by Rabindranath Tagore that explores complex human emotions, desire, and social norms through the story of a young widow and a married couple.
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E.
Valli
Valli is a Hindu goddess and one of the two principal consorts of the god Kartikeya (Murugan), especially revered in South Indian and Tamil traditions.
- 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: Mrs. Sen's Target entity description: "Mrs. Sen's" is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of immigration, isolation, and cultural displacement through the relationship between an Indian woman and the young American boy she babysits.
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A.
Shyamchi Aai
Shyamchi Aai is a classic Marathi autobiographical novel by Sane Guruji that poignantly portrays his childhood and deep bond with his mother.
-
B.
Nana Sahib
Nana Sahib was a prominent Indian aristocrat and leader who played a key role in directing rebel forces against British rule during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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C.
Nabaneeta
Nabaneeta is a feminine given name most notably borne by the acclaimed Indian Bengali writer and academic Nabaneeta Dev Sen.
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D.
Chokher Bali
Chokher Bali is a classic Bengali novel by Rabindranath Tagore that explores complex human emotions, desire, and social norms through the story of a young widow and a married couple.
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E.
Valli
Valli is a Hindu goddess and one of the two principal consorts of the god Kartikeya (Murugan), especially revered in South Indian and Tamil traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ |
| awardContext |
included in Pulitzer Prize–winning collection Interpreter of Maladies
ⓘ
linked to:
Interpreter of Maladies
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| centralRelationship |
Mrs. Sen and Eliot
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linked to:
Mrs. Sen's
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| characterRole |
Mrs. Sen is a babysitter for Eliot
ⓘ
linked to:
Mrs. Sen's
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| characterTrait |
Mrs. Sen is homesick for India
ⓘ
linked to:
Mrs. Sen's
Mrs. Sen struggles with learning to drive ⓘ
linked to:
Mrs. Sen's
|
| collectionPublisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| collectionType | part of a linked short story collection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception |
frequently discussed in scholarship on immigration and diaspora
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widely anthologized ⓘ |
| exploresIssue |
child's view of adult emotional life
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difficulty of adapting to a new culture ⓘ gender roles in immigrant families ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | radio or audio readings ⓘ |
| includedInSyllabi |
contemporary American literature courses
ⓘ
postcolonial literature courses ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
South Asian diaspora literature
ⓘ
contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Eliot
ⓘ
Mrs. Sen ⓘ
linked to:
Mrs. Sen's
|
| motif |
driving
ⓘ
food ⓘ letters from India ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Eliot's perspective ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| partOf | Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ |
| protagonistOrigin | India ⓘ |
| protagonistStatus | immigrant ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollectionLocation | Boston ⓘ |
| setting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingDetail | college town in the United States ⓘ |
| symbol |
Mrs. Sen's knife
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Mrs. Sen's sari ⓘ fish ⓘ |
| theme |
assimilation
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cross-cultural relationships ⓘ cultural displacement ⓘ identity ⓘ immigration ⓘ isolation ⓘ loneliness ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mrs. Sen's Description of subject: "Mrs. Sen's" is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of immigration, isolation, and cultural displacement through the relationship between an Indian woman and the young American boy she babysits.
Referenced by (6)
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