Young Mungo
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Young Mungo is a critically acclaimed novel by Douglas Stuart that explores queer love, masculinity, and sectarian violence in working-class Glasgow.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Young Mungo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5008278 — 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: Young Mungo Context triple: [Douglas Stuart, notableWork, Young Mungo]
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A.
Het Hogeland
Het Hogeland is a coastal municipality in the northern Netherlands known for its open landscapes, historic villages, and Wadden Sea shoreline.
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B.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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C.
The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman is a historical novel by Louise Erdrich that follows a Native American community’s struggle against U.S. termination policy in the 1950s, inspired by her grandfather’s activism.
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D.
Molloy
Molloy is a modernist novel by Samuel Beckett that follows two interlinked, often absurd and introspective narratives exploring identity, language, and existential uncertainty.
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E.
Stingo
Stingo is the young Southern writer and narrator in William Styron’s novel "Sophie’s Choice," through whose perspective the tragic story unfolds.
- 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: Young Mungo Target entity description: Young Mungo is a critically acclaimed novel by Douglas Stuart that explores queer love, masculinity, and sectarian violence in working-class Glasgow.
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A.
Het Hogeland
Het Hogeland is a coastal municipality in the northern Netherlands known for its open landscapes, historic villages, and Wadden Sea shoreline.
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B.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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C.
The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman is a historical novel by Louise Erdrich that follows a Native American community’s struggle against U.S. termination policy in the 1950s, inspired by her grandfather’s activism.
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D.
Molloy
Molloy is a modernist novel by Samuel Beckett that follows two interlinked, often absurd and introspective narratives exploring identity, language, and existential uncertainty.
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E.
Stingo
Stingo is the young Southern writer and narrator in William Styron’s novel "Sophie’s Choice," through whose perspective the tragic story unfolds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Glasgow ⓘ |
| author | Douglas Stuart ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| exploresSocialClass | working class ⓘ |
| exploresTopic |
Protestant–Catholic tensions
ⓘ
alcoholism ⓘ gang violence ⓘ homophobia ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| followsWork | Shuggie Bain ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBTQ+ fiction
ⓘ
coming-of-age novel ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasLGBTCharacter |
James
ⓘ
Mungo Hamilton ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
family loyalty
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first love ⓘ toxic masculinity ⓘ trauma ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
gritty
ⓘ
realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Mungo Hamilton ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family dysfunction
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masculinity ⓘ queer love ⓘ religious conflict ⓘ sectarian violence ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer | second novel ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | male ⓘ |
| protagonistSexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2022 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Grove Press
ⓘ
Picador ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Glasgow ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Young Mungo Description of subject: Young Mungo is a critically acclaimed novel by Douglas Stuart that explores queer love, masculinity, and sectarian violence in working-class Glasgow.
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