Mala
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Mala is a character in Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story "The Third and Final Continent," portrayed as the narrator’s arranged-marriage wife who gradually builds a tender, companionate relationship with him as they adapt to life in America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mala canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12944341 — 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: Mala Context triple: [The Third and Final Continent, featuresCharacter, Mala]
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A.
Mala
Mala is a coastal town in Peru’s Lima Region known for its agricultural production and beaches along the Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Mala
Mala is a musical track featured on the album ENOC by the Puerto Rican singer Ozuna.
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C.
Malo
Malo is an Oceanic language of Vanuatu, also known as Tamambo, spoken primarily on Malo Island.
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D.
Maluma
Maluma is a Colombian reggaeton and Latin pop singer-songwriter known for his chart-topping hits and major influence in contemporary Latin music.
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E.
Maala
Maala is a town located within Bouira Province in northern Algeria.
- 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: Mala Target entity description: Mala is a character in Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story "The Third and Final Continent," portrayed as the narrator’s arranged-marriage wife who gradually builds a tender, companionate relationship with him as they adapt to life in America.
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A.
Mala
Mala is a coastal town in Peru’s Lima Region known for its agricultural production and beaches along the Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Mala
Mala is a musical track featured on the album ENOC by the Puerto Rican singer Ozuna.
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C.
Malo
Malo is an Oceanic language of Vanuatu, also known as Tamambo, spoken primarily on Malo Island.
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D.
Maluma
Maluma is a Colombian reggaeton and Latin pop singer-songwriter known for his chart-topping hits and major influence in contemporary Latin music.
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E.
Maala
Maala is a town located within Bouira Province in northern Algeria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
"Interpreter of Maladies"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
"The Third and Final Continent" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAward | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (for "Interpreter of Maladies") NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mrs. Croft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Indian American (via Jhumpa Lahiri) ⓘ |
| characterDevelopment | from formality to emotional closeness with husband ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| creator | Jhumpa Lahiri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalBackground | middle-class Bengali ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Jhumpa Lahiri short stories ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | "Interpreter of Maladies" short story collection ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| language | Bengali ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | realist short fiction ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| movesTo | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodies adjustment to a new country
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illustrates evolution of love in arranged marriage ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | wife of the narrator ⓘ |
| nationalityAfterMigration | Indian immigrant in the United States ⓘ |
| occupation | homemaker ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstAppearance | Houghton Mifflin (for "Interpreter of Maladies") NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipWithNarrator |
companionate marriage partner
GENERATED
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gradually affectionate GENERATED ⓘ initially distant GENERATED ⓘ |
| residesIn | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingContext | postcolonial South Asian diaspora ⓘ |
| spouseOf | unnamed narrator of "The Third and Final Continent" ⓘ |
| spouseRelationshipType | arranged marriage ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
arranged marriage
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cultural adaptation ⓘ diaspora experience ⓘ immigration ⓘ intimacy in marriage ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mala Description of subject: Mala is a character in Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story "The Third and Final Continent," portrayed as the narrator’s arranged-marriage wife who gradually builds a tender, companionate relationship with him as they adapt to life in America.
Referenced by (1)
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