The House of Hidden Mothers
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The House of Hidden Mothers is a contemporary novel by Meera Syal that explores motherhood, surrogacy, and cultural identity through the intertwined lives of British-Indian characters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The House of Hidden Mothers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The House of Hidden Mothers Context triple: [Meera Syal, wrote, The House of Hidden Mothers]
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A.
The Mysterious Mother
The Mysterious Mother is a 1768 Gothic verse drama by Horace Walpole that explores dark themes of incest, guilt, and religious anxiety within an aristocratic family.
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B.
The House of Hidden Secrets
The House of Hidden Secrets is a psychological suspense novel by British author Caroline England that explores buried family tensions, long-held secrets, and the dark undercurrents of seemingly ordinary lives.
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C.
Women of the House
Women of the House is a mid-1990s American sitcom and spin-off of Designing Women that follows Suzanne Sugarbaker’s misadventures in Washington, D.C., featuring Patricia Heaton in a supporting role.
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D.
The Mother
The Mother, born Mirra Alfassa, was a spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo and a central figure in Integral Yoga, revered as the spiritual head of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India.
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E.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a socialist realist novel by Polish writer Wanda Wasilewska that portrays working-class struggle and political awakening in pre-war Eastern Europe.
- 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: The House of Hidden Mothers Target entity description: The House of Hidden Mothers is a contemporary novel by Meera Syal that explores motherhood, surrogacy, and cultural identity through the intertwined lives of British-Indian characters.
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A.
The Mysterious Mother
The Mysterious Mother is a 1768 Gothic verse drama by Horace Walpole that explores dark themes of incest, guilt, and religious anxiety within an aristocratic family.
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B.
The House of Hidden Secrets
The House of Hidden Secrets is a psychological suspense novel by British author Caroline England that explores buried family tensions, long-held secrets, and the dark undercurrents of seemingly ordinary lives.
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C.
Women of the House
Women of the House is a mid-1990s American sitcom and spin-off of Designing Women that follows Suzanne Sugarbaker’s misadventures in Washington, D.C., featuring Patricia Heaton in a supporting role.
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D.
The Mother
The Mother, born Mirra Alfassa, was a spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo and a central figure in Integral Yoga, revered as the spiritual head of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India.
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E.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a socialist realist novel by Polish writer Wanda Wasilewska that portrays working-class struggle and political awakening in pre-war Eastern Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Meera Syal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresIssue |
class differences
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commercial surrogacy in India ⓘ gender roles ⓘ generational conflict ⓘ migration and diaspora ⓘ |
| featuresCharactersOfEthnicity | British-Indian ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
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diaspora fiction ⓘ domestic fiction ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | British-Indian woman in her forties ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st century literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
British-Indian experience
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cross-cultural tensions ⓘ cultural identity ⓘ family relationships ⓘ fertility and infertility ⓘ globalization of reproduction ⓘ motherhood ⓘ surrogacy ⓘ |
| medium |
book
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print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | intertwined lives of women ⓘ |
| setting |
India
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London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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Input
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