The House on Mango Street
E476946
The House on Mango Street is a landmark coming-of-age novel told in lyrical vignettes that follows a young Latina girl growing up in a Chicago neighborhood, widely celebrated for its exploration of identity, gender, and cultural heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The House on Mango Street canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4866713 — 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 House on Mango Street Context triple: [Sandra Cisneros, notableWork, The House on Mango Street]
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A.
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents is a novel by Julia Alvarez that follows four Dominican sisters adapting to life in the United States after fleeing the Trujillo dictatorship, exploring themes of identity, exile, and cultural assimilation.
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B.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides is a 1999 atmospheric drama film directed by Sofia Coppola, adapted from Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel about the mysterious lives and deaths of five sheltered sisters in 1970s suburban America.
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C.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison’s debut novel, a seminal work of African American literature that explores themes of race, beauty, and identity through the tragic story of a young Black girl in 1940s Ohio.
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D.
The Rockpile
The Rockpile is a short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of family tension, religion, and racial injustice in mid-20th-century Harlem.
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E.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 coming-of-age drama film, based on Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, that follows a young girl in 1960s South Carolina who finds refuge with a group of beekeeping sisters amid racial and personal turmoil.
- 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 House on Mango Street Target entity description: The House on Mango Street is a landmark coming-of-age novel told in lyrical vignettes that follows a young Latina girl growing up in a Chicago neighborhood, widely celebrated for its exploration of identity, gender, and cultural heritage.
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A.
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents is a novel by Julia Alvarez that follows four Dominican sisters adapting to life in the United States after fleeing the Trujillo dictatorship, exploring themes of identity, exile, and cultural assimilation.
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B.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides is a 1999 atmospheric drama film directed by Sofia Coppola, adapted from Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel about the mysterious lives and deaths of five sheltered sisters in 1970s suburban America.
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C.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison’s debut novel, a seminal work of African American literature that explores themes of race, beauty, and identity through the tragic story of a young Black girl in 1940s Ohio.
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D.
The Rockpile
The Rockpile is a short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of family tension, religion, and racial injustice in mid-20th-century Harlem.
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E.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 coming-of-age drama film, based on Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, that follows a young girl in 1960s South Carolina who finds refuge with a group of beekeeping sisters amid racial and personal turmoil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chicano literature work
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bildungsroman ⓘ coming-of-age novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | stage adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Sandra Cisneros NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | American Book Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublisher | Arte Público Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Chicano literature
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Latina literature ⓘ coming-of-age fiction ⓘ novel-in-vignettes ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Alicia
NERFINISHED
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Esperanza’s parents ⓘ Lucy NERFINISHED ⓘ Marin NERFINISHED ⓘ Nenny NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel NERFINISHED ⓘ Sally NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryMovement |
Chicana feminism
ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublisher | Vintage Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
lyrical prose
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poetic vignettes ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Esperanza Cordero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | series of vignettes ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of Chicana identity
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innovative vignette structure ⓘ portrayal of a young Latina girl in the United States ⓘ use in educational curricula ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| protagonist | Esperanza Cordero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCity | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| settingNeighborhoodType | working-class Latino neighborhood ⓘ |
| settingState | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic study in schools and universities
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers
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young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
belonging and alienation
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coming of age ⓘ cultural heritage ⓘ female empowerment ⓘ gender roles ⓘ identity ⓘ language and voice ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
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Subject: The House on Mango Street Description of subject: The House on Mango Street is a landmark coming-of-age novel told in lyrical vignettes that follows a young Latina girl growing up in a Chicago neighborhood, widely celebrated for its exploration of identity, gender, and cultural heritage.
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