The Long Way Home
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The Long Way Home is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson that explores themes of space travel, cultural conflict, and the challenges of returning to a transformed Earth after long interstellar journeys.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Long Way Home canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9722533 — 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: The Long Way Home Context triple: [Poul Anderson, notableWork, The 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 Home
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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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.
A Long Way from Home
A Long Way from Home is a memoir by American journalist Tom Brokaw reflecting on his Midwestern upbringing and the experiences that shaped his life and career.
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E.
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.
- 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 Long Way Home Target entity description: The Long Way Home is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson that explores themes of space travel, cultural conflict, and the challenges of returning to a transformed Earth after long interstellar journeys.
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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 Home
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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C.
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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D.
A Long Way from Home
A Long Way from Home is a memoir by American journalist Tom Brokaw reflecting on his Midwestern upbringing and the experiences that shaped his life and career.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Poul Anderson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| exploresConcept |
encounters with different cultures
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social change over long timescales ⓘ time dilation consequences ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverseElement | interstellar travel technology ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Earth
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future ⓘ interstellar space ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novel ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
cultural conflict
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effects of long interstellar journeys ⓘ returning to a transformed Earth ⓘ space travel ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | challenges of coming home after relativistic space travel ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Poul Anderson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Long Way Home Description of subject: The Long Way Home is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson that explores themes of space travel, cultural conflict, and the challenges of returning to a transformed Earth after long interstellar journeys.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.