Lang tu teng
E663460
Lang tu teng is the Chinese title of "Wolf Totem," a bestselling semi-autobiographical novel by Jiang Rong about a young intellectual’s experiences with the nomadic herders and wolves of Inner Mongolia during China’s Cultural Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lang tu teng canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7436449 — 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: Lang tu teng Context triple: [Wolf Totem, alternateTitle, Lang tu teng]
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A.
Limba
The Limba are one of the largest and oldest indigenous ethnic groups in Sierra Leone, known for their distinct language, cultural traditions, and historical role in the country’s northern regions.
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B.
Lingo
Lingo is a scripting language primarily known for powering interactive multimedia applications and games in Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Director.
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C.
Basa Ugi
Basa Ugi is the native name for the Buginese language spoken by the Bugis people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Ling
Ling is a Chinese-origin surname shared by numerous individuals worldwide, including prominent figures in media, politics, and academia.
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E.
Tai Ya language
The Tai Ya language is a Southwestern Tai language spoken primarily by the Tai Ya people in parts of China and Southeast Asia.
- 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: Lang tu teng Target entity description: Lang tu teng is the Chinese title of "Wolf Totem," a bestselling semi-autobiographical novel by Jiang Rong about a young intellectual’s experiences with the nomadic herders and wolves of Inner Mongolia during China’s Cultural Revolution.
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A.
Limba
The Limba are one of the largest and oldest indigenous ethnic groups in Sierra Leone, known for their distinct language, cultural traditions, and historical role in the country’s northern regions.
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B.
Lingo
Lingo is a scripting language primarily known for powering interactive multimedia applications and games in Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Director.
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C.
Basa Ugi
Basa Ugi is the native name for the Buginese language spoken by the Bugis people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Ling
Ling is a Chinese-origin surname shared by numerous individuals worldwide, including prominent figures in media, politics, and academia.
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E.
Tai Ya language
The Tai Ya language is a Southwestern Tai language spoken primarily by the Tai Ya people in parts of China and Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Jiang Rong ⓘ |
| basedOn | Jiang Rong’s personal experiences in Inner Mongolia ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
conflict between nomadic and agrarian civilizations
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environmental conservation ⓘ nomadic herder culture ⓘ political ideology and individual freedom ⓘ relationship between humans and wolves ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| featuresAnimal | wolf ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
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historical novel ⓘ semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | film adaptation of Wolf Totem ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacters |
Han Chinese student sent to Inner Mongolia
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Mongolian nomadic herders ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Wolf Totem ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
bestselling Chinese novel
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widely discussed for its political and ecological themes ⓘ |
| mainSetting |
Inner Mongolia
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linked to:
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
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| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| portraysCulture | Mongolian nomadic culture ⓘ |
| portraysRegion |
Inner Mongolian grasslands
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linked to:
Hulunbuir Grassland
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| protagonistOccupation | young intellectual ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | bestseller ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Chinese Cultural Revolution
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linked to:
Cultural Revolution
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| titleInLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lang tu teng Description of subject: Lang tu teng is the Chinese title of "Wolf Totem," a bestselling semi-autobiographical novel by Jiang Rong about a young intellectual’s experiences with the nomadic herders and wolves of Inner Mongolia during China’s Cultural Revolution.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.