The Family Chao
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The Family Chao is a contemporary novel by Lan Samantha Chang that explores a Chinese American family’s conflicts, secrets, and identity in a small Midwestern town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Family Chao canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10091790 — 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 Family Chao Context triple: [Lan Samantha Chang, notableWork, The Family Chao]
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A.
Pikmin
Pikmin is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game series featuring tiny plant-like creatures that assist players in exploring environments, solving challenges, and battling enemies.
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B.
Chao
Chao is a variant transliteration of the Chinese surname commonly rendered as Zhao in pinyin.
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C.
Rootabaga Stories
Rootabaga Stories is a whimsical collection of American fairy tales for children by poet Carl Sandburg, known for its imaginative language and Midwestern folk flavor.
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D.
Chibi zhi zhan
Chibi zhi zhan refers to the Battle of Red Cliffs, a decisive naval engagement at the end of the Han dynasty that led to the tripartite division of China and is famously depicted in the historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
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E.
Kato Zakros
Kato Zakros is a coastal village and archaeological site on the eastern coast of Crete, known for the remains of a significant Minoan palace complex.
- 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 Family Chao Target entity description: The Family Chao is a contemporary novel by Lan Samantha Chang that explores a Chinese American family’s conflicts, secrets, and identity in a small Midwestern town.
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A.
Pikmin
Pikmin is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game series featuring tiny plant-like creatures that assist players in exploring environments, solving challenges, and battling enemies.
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B.
Chao
Chao is a variant transliteration of the Chinese surname commonly rendered as Zhao in pinyin.
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C.
Rootabaga Stories
Rootabaga Stories is a whimsical collection of American fairy tales for children by poet Carl Sandburg, known for its imaginative language and Midwestern folk flavor.
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D.
Chibi zhi zhan
Chibi zhi zhan refers to the Battle of Red Cliffs, a decisive naval engagement at the end of the Han dynasty that led to the tripartite division of China and is famously depicted in the historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
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E.
Kato Zakros
Kato Zakros is a coastal village and archaeological site on the eastern coast of Crete, known for the remains of a significant Minoan palace complex.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Lan Samantha Chang ⓘ |
| awarded | Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
Asian American literature
ⓘ
contemporary fiction ⓘ family saga ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bridget
ⓘ
Dagou Chao ⓘ James Chao ⓘ Katherine ⓘ Leo Chao ⓘ Ming Chao ⓘ O-Lan ⓘ Winnie Chao ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780393868074 ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasSubjectCategory |
Chinese Americans in fiction
ⓘ
Midwestern United States in fiction ⓘ
linked to:
Midwestern United States
|
| inspiredBy | The Brothers Karamazov ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Chinese American family
ⓘ
assimilation ⓘ cultural identity ⓘ family conflict ⓘ immigrant experience in the United States ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of a Chinese restaurant family business
ⓘ
reimagining Dostoevsky in a Chinese American context ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2022 ⓘ |
| publisher | W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingLocation | small Midwestern town ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor | Joyce Carol Oates Prize ⓘ |
| structure | multi-perspective narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
belonging
ⓘ
intergenerational tension ⓘ murder and suspicion ⓘ racism ⓘ secrets ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 21st century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Family Chao Description of subject: The Family Chao is a contemporary novel by Lan Samantha Chang that explores a Chinese American family’s conflicts, secrets, and identity in a small Midwestern town.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Lan