A Wedding in Haiti
E336366
A Wedding in Haiti is a memoir by Dominican-American author Julia Alvarez that recounts her decades-long friendship with a Haitian migrant worker and her journey to attend his wedding in Haiti, exploring themes of borders, family, and solidarity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Wedding in Haiti canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3187337 — 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: A Wedding in Haiti Context triple: [Julia Alvarez, notableWork, A Wedding in Haiti]
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A.
Life in a Haitian Valley
Life in a Haitian Valley is a classic ethnographic study by anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits that examines Haitian rural life, culture, and African cultural survivals.
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B.
Creole Goddess
Creole Goddess is a nickname for Josephine Baker, the iconic American-born French entertainer, civil rights activist, and symbol of the Jazz Age.
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C.
The Wedding
"The Wedding" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of courtship, marriage, and social manners.
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D.
A Wedding
"A Wedding" is a 1978 ensemble comedy film directed by Robert Altman that satirically portrays the chaos and social dynamics surrounding an upper-class wedding.
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E.
The Kingdom of This World
The Kingdom of This World is a landmark novel by Alejo Carpentier that exemplifies the Latin American Boom’s blend of historical narrative and magical realism, depicting the Haitian Revolution through a richly baroque style.
- 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: A Wedding in Haiti Target entity description: A Wedding in Haiti is a memoir by Dominican-American author Julia Alvarez that recounts her decades-long friendship with a Haitian migrant worker and her journey to attend his wedding in Haiti, exploring themes of borders, family, and solidarity.
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A.
Life in a Haitian Valley
Life in a Haitian Valley is a classic ethnographic study by anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits that examines Haitian rural life, culture, and African cultural survivals.
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B.
Creole Goddess
Creole Goddess is a nickname for Josephine Baker, the iconic American-born French entertainer, civil rights activist, and symbol of the Jazz Age.
-
C.
The Wedding
"The Wedding" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of courtship, marriage, and social manners.
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D.
A Wedding
"A Wedding" is a 1978 ensemble comedy film directed by Robert Altman that satirically portrays the chaos and social dynamics surrounding an upper-class wedding.
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E.
The Kingdom of This World
The Kingdom of This World is a landmark novel by Alejo Carpentier that exemplifies the Latin American Boom’s blend of historical narrative and magical realism, depicting the Haitian Revolution through a richly baroque style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
memoir
ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ |
| about |
Caribbean history
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Haitian–Dominican relations ⓘ border crossings ⓘ immigration ⓘ rural life in Haiti ⓘ |
| author | Julia Alvarez ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describesEvent | wedding in Haiti ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Haitian migrant worker ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical literature
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Dominican-American ⓘ |
| hasSubjectEthnicContext |
Dominican
ⓘ
Haitian ⓘ |
| hasSubjectGeographicalContext | Caribbean ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Dominican Republic
ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ Haitian migrant workers ⓘ borders ⓘ cross-cultural relationships ⓘ family ⓘ friendship ⓘ migration ⓘ solidarity ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| setting |
Dominican Republic
ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| theme |
economic inequality
ⓘ
humanitarian concern ⓘ loyalty ⓘ political borders ⓘ race and ethnicity ⓘ responsibility to others ⓘ social justice ⓘ transnational identity ⓘ |
| timeSpanDescribed | decades-long friendship ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Wedding in Haiti Description of subject: A Wedding in Haiti is a memoir by Dominican-American author Julia Alvarez that recounts her decades-long friendship with a Haitian migrant worker and her journey to attend his wedding in Haiti, exploring themes of borders, family, and solidarity.
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