The Remittance Man
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The Remittance Man is a short story by James A. Michener, set in the South Pacific and focusing on an exiled Englishman living on family money far from home.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Remittance Man canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10210394 — 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 Remittance Man Context triple: [Tales of the South Pacific, hasNotableStory, The Remittance Man]
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A.
Das Geld
Das Geld is an influential economic treatise by Karl Helfferich that analyzes the nature, functions, and theory of money within modern financial systems.
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B.
El Banco
El Banco is a Colombian riverside town and municipality known for its strategic location on the Magdalena River and its cultural and commercial significance in the Magdalena Department.
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C.
The Kiva
The Kiva is a recording studio closely associated with Joni Mitchell, where she produced several of her later albums.
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D.
Retirantes
Retirantes is a famous 1944 painting by Brazilian modernist Cândido Portinari that powerfully depicts the suffering and migration of drought-stricken northeastern peasants.
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E.
The Man Between
The Man Between is a 1953 British Cold War thriller film set in postwar Berlin, directed by Carol Reed and noted for its atmospheric cinematography and espionage-driven plot.
- 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 Remittance Man Target entity description: The Remittance Man is a short story by James A. Michener, set in the South Pacific and focusing on an exiled Englishman living on family money far from home.
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A.
Das Geld
Das Geld is an influential economic treatise by Karl Helfferich that analyzes the nature, functions, and theory of money within modern financial systems.
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B.
El Banco
El Banco is a Colombian riverside town and municipality known for its strategic location on the Magdalena River and its cultural and commercial significance in the Magdalena Department.
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C.
The Kiva
The Kiva is a recording studio closely associated with Joni Mitchell, where she produced several of her later albums.
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D.
Retirantes
Retirantes is a famous 1944 painting by Brazilian modernist Cândido Portinari that powerfully depicts the suffering and migration of drought-stricken northeastern peasants.
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E.
The Man Between
The Man Between is a 1953 British Cold War thriller film set in postwar Berlin, directed by Carol Reed and noted for its atmospheric cinematography and espionage-driven plot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ |
| author |
James A. Michener
ⓘ
linked to:
James Michener
|
| characterType | remittance man ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterNationality | English ⓘ |
| motif | remittance payments ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An Englishman lives in exile in the South Pacific, supported by money sent from his family at home. ⓘ |
| protagonist | exiled Englishman ⓘ |
| relatedWorkAuthor |
James A. Michener
ⓘ
linked to:
James Michener
|
| setting | South Pacific ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Pacific Islands ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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colonialism ⓘ cultural encounter ⓘ exile ⓘ family dependence ⓘ identity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Remittance Man Description of subject: The Remittance Man is a short story by James A. Michener, set in the South Pacific and focusing on an exiled Englishman living on family money far from home.
Referenced by (1)
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