“The Adventures of Lo Bun Sun”
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“The Adventures of Lo Bun Sun” is a narrative section within Maxine Hong Kingston’s book *China Men* that explores the experiences and mythology surrounding Chinese American immigrant life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “The Adventures of Lo Bun Sun” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3282326 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Adventures of Lo Bun Sun” Context triple: [China Men, hasPart, “The Adventures of Lo Bun Sun”]
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A.
"The Adventures of a Nobody"
"The Adventures of a Nobody" is a memoir by Louisa Catherine Adams, wife of U.S. President John Quincy Adams, offering a rare firsthand perspective on early American political and social life from a woman's point of view.
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B.
The Chink and the Child
"The Chink and the Child" is a 1916 short story by Thomas Burke, known for its tragic interracial love plot in London’s Limehouse district and for inspiring D. W. Griffith’s film "Broken Blossoms."
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C.
The Land of Green Ginger
The Land of Green Ginger is a whimsical children's fantasy novel best known for its imaginative storytelling and humorous adventures, written by Noel Langley.
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D.
The Seven Vagabonds
"The Seven Vagabonds" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that follows a wandering book peddler who joins a motley group of itinerant characters on a symbolic journey through rural New England.
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E.
The White Monkey
The White Monkey is a 1924 novel by John Galsworthy, part of his Forsyte-related “A Modern Comedy” trilogy, exploring post–World War I English society and changing social values.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Adventures of Lo Bun Sun” Target entity description: “The Adventures of Lo Bun Sun” is a narrative section within Maxine Hong Kingston’s book *China Men* that explores the experiences and mythology surrounding Chinese American immigrant life.
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A.
"The Adventures of a Nobody"
"The Adventures of a Nobody" is a memoir by Louisa Catherine Adams, wife of U.S. President John Quincy Adams, offering a rare firsthand perspective on early American political and social life from a woman's point of view.
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B.
The Chink and the Child
"The Chink and the Child" is a 1916 short story by Thomas Burke, known for its tragic interracial love plot in London’s Limehouse district and for inspiring D. W. Griffith’s film "Broken Blossoms."
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C.
The Land of Green Ginger
The Land of Green Ginger is a whimsical children's fantasy novel best known for its imaginative storytelling and humorous adventures, written by Noel Langley.
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D.
The Seven Vagabonds
"The Seven Vagabonds" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that follows a wandering book peddler who joins a motley group of itinerant characters on a symbolic journey through rural New England.
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E.
The White Monkey
The White Monkey is a 1924 novel by John Galsworthy, part of his Forsyte-related “A Modern Comedy” trilogy, exploring post–World War I English society and changing social values.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
narrative section ⓘ |
| appearsIn | China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston ⓘ |
| author | Maxine Hong Kingston ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOn | Chinese American male experience ⓘ |
| genre |
Chinese American literature
ⓘ
autobiographical fiction ⓘ immigrant literature ⓘ mythic realism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | blend of memoir and myth ⓘ |
| partOf | China Men ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfContainingWork | 1980 ⓘ |
| publisherOfContainingWork | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
On Discovery
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“The American Father” ⓘ
surface form:
The American Father
“The Father From China” ⓘ
surface form:
The Father From China
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| setIn |
China
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| theme |
Chinese American immigrant experience
ⓘ
family history ⓘ identity and assimilation ⓘ labor and exploitation ⓘ masculinity and fatherhood ⓘ myth and folklore ⓘ racism and discrimination ⓘ |
| workIn | Chinese diaspora literature canon ⓘ |
| workIncludedIn | China Men ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “The Adventures of Lo Bun Sun” Description of subject: “The Adventures of Lo Bun Sun” is a narrative section within Maxine Hong Kingston’s book *China Men* that explores the experiences and mythology surrounding Chinese American immigrant life.
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