“The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains”
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“The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains” is a narrative section from Maxine Hong Kingston’s book *China Men* that blends myth and family history to explore Chinese American immigrant origins and identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3282325 — 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 Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains” Context triple: [China Men, hasPart, “The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains”]
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A.
Mountain of the Spirit
Mountain of the Spirit is the English meaning of the name Manaslu, an 8,163-meter Himalayan peak in Nepal that is the eighth-highest mountain in the world.
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B.
The Mountain
The Mountain was a radical left-wing political faction during the French Revolution, known for its dominance in the National Convention and its role in the Reign of Terror.
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C.
The Mountain
The Mountain is a 1956 American drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner, centered on two brothers who attempt a perilous climb to a crashed airplane high in the French Alps.
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D.
Kerepakupai Merú
Kerepakupai Merú is the indigenous Pemon name for Angel Falls, the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall located in Venezuela.
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E.
the Savage Mountain
The Savage Mountain is a dramatic nickname for K2, the world’s second-highest and notoriously dangerous peak in the Karakoram range.
- 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 Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains” Target entity description: “The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains” is a narrative section from Maxine Hong Kingston’s book *China Men* that blends myth and family history to explore Chinese American immigrant origins and identity.
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A.
Mountain of the Spirit
Mountain of the Spirit is the English meaning of the name Manaslu, an 8,163-meter Himalayan peak in Nepal that is the eighth-highest mountain in the world.
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B.
The Mountain
The Mountain was a radical left-wing political faction during the French Revolution, known for its dominance in the National Convention and its role in the Reign of Terror.
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C.
The Mountain
The Mountain is a 1956 American drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner, centered on two brothers who attempt a perilous climb to a crashed airplane high in the French Alps.
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D.
Kerepakupai Merú
Kerepakupai Merú is the indigenous Pemon name for Angel Falls, the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall located in Venezuela.
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E.
the Savage Mountain
The Savage Mountain is a dramatic nickname for K2, the world’s second-highest and notoriously dangerous peak in the Karakoram range.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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narrative section ⓘ prose narrative ⓘ |
| appearsInGenreContext | Asian American feminist writing ⓘ |
| author | Maxine Hong Kingston ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalContext |
Chinese American experience
ⓘ
Overseas Chinese communities ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese diaspora
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| explores |
intergenerational transmission of stories
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myth-making in immigrant families ⓘ tension between history and legend ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
Chinese ancestor
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mythic forebear ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Chinese immigration to Hawaii
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early Chinese laborers ⓘ |
| genre |
Chinese American literature
ⓘ
autobiographical fiction ⓘ immigrant narrative ⓘ mythic realism ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| includedInBook | China Men ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | linked story within a composite text ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Asian American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Chinese American immigrant origins
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cultural identity ⓘ family lineage ⓘ memory and storytelling ⓘ migration ⓘ |
| medium |
book
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print ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
blending of myth and family history
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frame narrative ⓘ |
| partOf | China Men ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfContainingWork | 1980 ⓘ |
| publisherOfContainingWork | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Woman Warrior ⓘ |
| setIn |
China
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Hawaii ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Asian American studies courses
ⓘ
university literature courses ⓘ |
| workContainedIn | China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains” Description of subject: “The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains” is a narrative section from Maxine Hong Kingston’s book *China Men* that blends myth and family history to explore Chinese American immigrant origins and identity.
Referenced by (1)
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