A Long Way Home
E323596
A Long Way Home is a memoir by Saroo Brierley recounting his remarkable journey from being lost in India as a child to finding his birth family decades later using Google Earth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Long Way Home canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3065643 — 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: A Long Way Home Context triple: [Lion, basedOn, A Long Way Home]
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A.
A Long Way Home
A Long Way Home is a country music album by American singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam that blends traditional honky-tonk with contemporary influences.
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B.
A Long Way from Home
A Long Way from Home is Claude McKay’s 1937 autobiographical work recounting his life as a Jamaican-born writer and activist navigating race, politics, and exile in the early 20th century.
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C.
A Long Way from Home
"A Long Way from Home" is a memoir by Frances Spatz Leighton recounting her experiences and personal journey, often noted for its candid and engaging storytelling.
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D.
Almost Home
Almost Home is an American sitcom starring Reagan Gomez-Preston that follows a young woman starting over in Los Angeles while pursuing her dreams.
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E.
A Sort of Homecoming
A Sort of Homecoming is a song by Irish rock band U2, known as the atmospheric opening track of their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire.
- 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 Long Way Home Target entity description: A Long Way Home is a memoir by Saroo Brierley recounting his remarkable journey from being lost in India as a child to finding his birth family decades later using Google Earth.
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A.
A Long Way Home
A Long Way Home is a country music album by American singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam that blends traditional honky-tonk with contemporary influences.
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B.
A Long Way from Home
A Long Way from Home is Claude McKay’s 1937 autobiographical work recounting his life as a Jamaican-born writer and activist navigating race, politics, and exile in the early 20th century.
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C.
A Long Way from Home
"A Long Way from Home" is a memoir by Frances Spatz Leighton recounting her experiences and personal journey, often noted for its candid and engaging storytelling.
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D.
Almost Home
Almost Home is an American sitcom starring Reagan Gomez-Preston that follows a young woman starting over in Los Angeles while pursuing her dreams.
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E.
A Sort of Homecoming
A Sort of Homecoming is a song by Irish rock band U2, known as the atmospheric opening track of their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | memoir ⓘ |
| adaptedAsFilm |
Lion (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lion (2016 film)
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| associatedWith |
Penguin Random House
ⓘ
Weinstein Company film adaptation (Lion) ⓘ |
| author | Saroo Brierley ⓘ |
| basisOf |
Lion (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lion (2016 film)
|
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
Saroo Brierley getting lost as a child in India
ⓘ
Saroo Brierley’s adoption by an Australian couple ⓘ Saroo Brierley’s search for his hometown using Google Earth ⓘ reunion of Saroo Brierley with his birth mother ⓘ |
| describesPlace |
Australia
ⓘ
India ⓘ Tasmania ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Lion (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lion (2016 film)
|
| hasEdition |
audiobook edition
ⓘ
ebook edition ⓘ paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Google Earth
ⓘ
adoption ⓘ cross-cultural upbringing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Saroo Brierley
ⓘ
international adoption ⓘ lost child in India ⓘ search for birth family ⓘ |
| marketedAs | inspirational memoir ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | use of Google Earth to find birth family ⓘ |
| originalTitle | A Long Way Home ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Penguin Books Australia
ⓘ
linked to:
Penguin Books
Viking ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Calcutta, India
ⓘ
linked to:
Calcutta
Hobart, Tasmania ⓘ
linked to:
Hobart
Khandwa, India ⓘ
linked to:
Khandwa
|
| subjectPerson | Saroo Brierley ⓘ |
| theme |
displacement
ⓘ
family ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ reunion ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | childhood to adulthood of Saroo Brierley ⓘ |
| usesTechnology | Google Earth ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Long Way Home Description of subject: A Long Way Home is a memoir by Saroo Brierley recounting his remarkable journey from being lost in India as a child to finding his birth family decades later using Google Earth.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.