My Year Abroad
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My Year Abroad is a novel by Chang-rae Lee that follows a young American student swept into a surreal, globe-spanning business venture that upends his life and identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| My Year Abroad canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9792200 — 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: My Year Abroad Context triple: [Chang-rae Lee, notableWork, My Year Abroad]
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A.
The Happy Foreigner
The Happy Foreigner is a 1920 novel by Enid Bagnold that follows a young Englishwoman driving ambulances in France during World War I, exploring themes of love, independence, and dislocation in the aftermath of war.
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B.
The Student's Tale
"The Student's Tale" is one of the narrative poems within Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's collection *Tales of a Wayside Inn*, presented as a story told by the character known as the Student.
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C.
My Early Life: A Roving Commission
My Early Life: A Roving Commission is Winston Churchill’s autobiographical account of his adventurous youth, covering his early military service, journalism, and formative political experiences at the turn of the 20th century.
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D.
The Unfortunate Traveller
The Unfortunate Traveller is a 1594 picaresque prose narrative by Thomas Nashe that follows the violent, satirical adventures of the roguish page Jack Wilton across Renaissance Europe.
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E.
A Traveler at Forty
A Traveler at Forty is a 1913 autobiographical travel book by American novelist Theodore Dreiser, recounting his observations and experiences during a journey through Europe in his early middle age.
- 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: My Year Abroad Target entity description: My Year Abroad is a novel by Chang-rae Lee that follows a young American student swept into a surreal, globe-spanning business venture that upends his life and identity.
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A.
The Happy Foreigner
The Happy Foreigner is a 1920 novel by Enid Bagnold that follows a young Englishwoman driving ambulances in France during World War I, exploring themes of love, independence, and dislocation in the aftermath of war.
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B.
The Student's Tale
"The Student's Tale" is one of the narrative poems within Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's collection *Tales of a Wayside Inn*, presented as a story told by the character known as the Student.
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C.
My Early Life: A Roving Commission
My Early Life: A Roving Commission is Winston Churchill’s autobiographical account of his adventurous youth, covering his early military service, journalism, and formative political experiences at the turn of the 20th century.
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D.
The Unfortunate Traveller
The Unfortunate Traveller is a 1594 picaresque prose narrative by Thomas Nashe that follows the violent, satirical adventures of the roguish page Jack Wilton across Renaissance Europe.
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E.
A Traveler at Forty
A Traveler at Forty is a 1913 autobiographical travel book by American novelist Theodore Dreiser, recounting his observations and experiences during a journey through Europe in his early middle age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Chang-rae Lee ⓘ |
| awardsAndHonors | listed on several 2021 notable books lists ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ |
| follows | a young American student drawn into a global business venture ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781594634574 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Tiller Bardmon ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
consumer culture
ⓘ
cross-cultural encounters ⓘ personal transformation ⓘ risk and adventure ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
comic adventure
ⓘ
novel of ideas ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 480 ⓘ |
| partOf | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| plotElement |
care for a young child
ⓘ
romantic relationship with a single mother ⓘ surreal business schemes ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | male ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality | American ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2021 ⓘ |
| publisher | Riverhead Books ⓘ |
| setting |
Asia
ⓘ
China ⓘ Europe ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| themes |
capitalism
ⓘ
cultural displacement ⓘ family ⓘ globalization ⓘ identity ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ mentorship ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 21st century ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
ⓘ
dark ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: My Year Abroad Description of subject: My Year Abroad is a novel by Chang-rae Lee that follows a young American student swept into a surreal, globe-spanning business venture that upends his life and identity.
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