You Shall Know Our Velocity
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You Shall Know Our Velocity is a novel by Dave Eggers that follows two friends on a whirlwind, grief-fueled trip around the world as they attempt to give away a sudden windfall of money.
All labels observed (1)
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| You Shall Know Our Velocity canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5070834 — 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: You Shall Know Our Velocity Context triple: [Dave Eggers, notableWork, You Shall Know Our Velocity]
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A.
Slipstream
Slipstream is a 1989 science fiction adventure film set in a post-apocalyptic world of powerful wind currents, produced by Gary Kurtz and known for its ambitious world-building and cult status.
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B.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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C.
World of Motion
World of Motion was a former Epcot dark ride that humorously explored the history and evolution of transportation through elaborate animatronic scenes and storytelling.
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D.
Vantage Point
Vantage Point is a 2008 political action-thriller film, starring Matthew Fox among an ensemble cast, that reconstructs an assassination attempt on the U.S. President from multiple characters’ perspectives.
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E.
The Vertical Hour
The Vertical Hour is a play by David Hare that explores the personal and political aftermath of the Iraq War through the relationship between an American war correspondent–turned–academic and a British doctor.
- 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: You Shall Know Our Velocity Target entity description: You Shall Know Our Velocity is a novel by Dave Eggers that follows two friends on a whirlwind, grief-fueled trip around the world as they attempt to give away a sudden windfall of money.
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A.
Slipstream
Slipstream is a 1989 science fiction adventure film set in a post-apocalyptic world of powerful wind currents, produced by Gary Kurtz and known for its ambitious world-building and cult status.
-
B.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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C.
World of Motion
World of Motion was a former Epcot dark ride that humorously explored the history and evolution of transportation through elaborate animatronic scenes and storytelling.
-
D.
Vantage Point
Vantage Point is a 2008 political action-thriller film, starring Matthew Fox among an ensemble cast, that reconstructs an assassination attempt on the U.S. President from multiple characters’ perspectives.
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E.
The Vertical Hour
The Vertical Hour is a play by David Hare that explores the personal and political aftermath of the Iraq War through the relationship between an American war correspondent–turned–academic and a British doctor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | You Shall Know Our Velocity! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Dave Eggers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
charity
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ globalization ⓘ grief ⓘ guilt ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
accidental wealth
ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Dave Eggers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalEvent |
attempts to give away large sums of money
ⓘ
impulsive round-the-world trip ⓘ |
| hasForm |
ebook
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | Will NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 350 ⓘ |
| hasSequelOrRelatedWork | Sacrament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
identity
ⓘ
loss ⓘ philanthropy ⓘ travel and tourism ⓘ |
| hasTone |
darkly comic
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Hand
ⓘ
Will NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | experimental layout and design in early McSweeney's editions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalPublisherImprint | McSweeney's Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two friends travel around the world trying to give away a sudden windfall of money after a friend's death. ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| publisher | McSweeney's NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | multiple countries ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: You Shall Know Our Velocity Description of subject: You Shall Know Our Velocity is a novel by Dave Eggers that follows two friends on a whirlwind, grief-fueled trip around the world as they attempt to give away a sudden windfall of money.
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