Time Is a Mother
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Time Is a Mother is a poetry collection by Ocean Vuong that meditates on grief, memory, and identity in the aftermath of personal loss.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Time Is a Mother canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9792443 — 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: Time Is a Mother Context triple: [Ocean Vuong, notableWork, Time Is a Mother]
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A.
Mother!
Mother! is a 2017 psychological horror film directed by Darren Aronofsky, known for its allegorical narrative, intense performances, and divisive critical reception.
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B.
Same Mother
Same Mother is a jazz album by American pianist and composer Jason Moran that blends avant-garde improvisation with blues and traditional influences.
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C.
Other Mother
Other Mother is the sinister, button-eyed antagonist from Neil Gaiman's "Coraline," who lures children into a deceptive parallel world.
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D.
Crimes of the Future
Crimes of the Future is a 2022 science fiction body-horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, starring Viggo Mortensen in a dystopian future where human evolution and performance art surgery collide.
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E.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human is a seminal Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai that portrays a man’s profound alienation and descent into despair, and is widely regarded as one of the author’s most important and autobiographical works.
- 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: Time Is a Mother Target entity description: Time Is a Mother is a poetry collection by Ocean Vuong that meditates on grief, memory, and identity in the aftermath of personal loss.
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A.
Mother!
Mother! is a 2017 psychological horror film directed by Darren Aronofsky, known for its allegorical narrative, intense performances, and divisive critical reception.
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B.
Same Mother
Same Mother is a jazz album by American pianist and composer Jason Moran that blends avant-garde improvisation with blues and traditional influences.
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C.
Other Mother
Other Mother is the sinister, button-eyed antagonist from Neil Gaiman's "Coraline," who lures children into a deceptive parallel world.
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D.
Crimes of the Future
Crimes of the Future is a 2022 science fiction body-horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, starring Viggo Mortensen in a dystopian future where human evolution and performance art surgery collide.
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E.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human is a seminal Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai that portrays a man’s profound alienation and descent into despair, and is widely regarded as one of the author’s most important and autobiographical works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Ocean Vuong ⓘ |
| authorGender | male ⓘ |
| authorNationality |
Vietnamese American
ⓘ
linked to:
Vietnamese Americans
|
| authorOfWorkPreviously |
Night Sky with Exit Wounds
ⓘ
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous ⓘ
linked to:
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
|
| containsForm |
free verse poems
ⓘ
lyric sequences ⓘ prose poems ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| follows | Night Sky with Exit Wounds ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
novelist
ⓘ
poet ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American poetry ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
e-book ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of grief after the death of the poet’s mother
ⓘ
innovative poetic form and fragmentation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2022-04-05 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2022 ⓘ |
| publisher | Penguin Press ⓘ |
| publisherImprint |
Penguin Press (U.S.)
ⓘ
linked to:
Penguin Press
|
| setting | contemporary United States ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Vietnamese diaspora
ⓘ
language and silence ⓘ masculinity ⓘ personal loss ⓘ war and its aftermath ⓘ |
| theme |
family
ⓘ
grief ⓘ identity ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ memory ⓘ memory and time ⓘ mother–son relationship ⓘ mourning ⓘ queer identity ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Ocean Vuong ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Time Is a Mother Description of subject: Time Is a Mother is a poetry collection by Ocean Vuong that meditates on grief, memory, and identity in the aftermath of personal loss.
Referenced by (3)
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