Just Before the War with the Eskimos
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Just Before the War with the Eskimos is a short story by J.D. Salinger that explores themes of alienation and unexpected human connection through the tense encounter between a teenage girl and her friend's troubled brother.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Just Before the War with the Eskimos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12875252 — 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: Just Before the War with the Eskimos Context triple: [Nine Stories, hasStory, Just Before the War with the Eskimos]
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A.
A Sioux Story of the War
"A Sioux Story of the War" is a first-person narrative by the Mdewakanton Sioux leader Big Eagle, recounting his experiences and perspective on the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862.
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B.
The Red Man and the Child
"The Red Man and the Child" is a 1908 American silent short drama film associated with early cinema pioneer D. W. Griffith and featuring actress Linda Arvidson.
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C.
Land of My Fathers
Land of My Fathers is the English title of the Welsh national anthem, a patriotic song celebrating the heritage and landscape of Wales.
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D.
White Man’s Burden
White Man’s Burden is a 1995 American drama film that explores racial tensions through an alternate-reality United States where traditional Black and white social positions are reversed.
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E.
A Place Among the Nations
A Place Among the Nations is a political and historical book by Benjamin Netanyahu that presents a defense of Zionism and the Jewish people's claim to the land of Israel.
- 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: Just Before the War with the Eskimos Target entity description: Just Before the War with the Eskimos is a short story by J.D. Salinger that explores themes of alienation and unexpected human connection through the tense encounter between a teenage girl and her friend's troubled brother.
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A.
A Sioux Story of the War
"A Sioux Story of the War" is a first-person narrative by the Mdewakanton Sioux leader Big Eagle, recounting his experiences and perspective on the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862.
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B.
The Red Man and the Child
"The Red Man and the Child" is a 1908 American silent short drama film associated with early cinema pioneer D. W. Griffith and featuring actress Linda Arvidson.
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C.
Land of My Fathers
Land of My Fathers is the English title of the Welsh national anthem, a patriotic song celebrating the heritage and landscape of Wales.
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D.
White Man’s Burden
White Man’s Burden is a 1995 American drama film that explores racial tensions through an alternate-reality United States where traditional Black and white social positions are reversed.
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E.
A Place Among the Nations
A Place Among the Nations is a political and historical book by Benjamin Netanyahu that presents a defense of Zionism and the Jewish people's claim to the land of Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublicationYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary realism
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Franklin Graff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ginnie Mannox NERFINISHED ⓘ Selena Graff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasLength | short story length ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Ginnie Mannox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
emotional vulnerability ⓘ interpersonal tension ⓘ unexpected human connection ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | Nine Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Franklin Graff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ginnie Mannox NERFINISHED ⓘ Selena Graff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| partOf | J. D. Salinger bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine publication ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Little, Brown and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstMagazinePublication | The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
adolescence
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alienation ⓘ communication ⓘ isolation ⓘ unexpected human connection ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Just Before the War with the Eskimos Description of subject: Just Before the War with the Eskimos is a short story by J.D. Salinger that explores themes of alienation and unexpected human connection through the tense encounter between a teenage girl and her friend's troubled brother.
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