The Lowland
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The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Lowland canonical | 9 |
| The Lowland universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T505799 — 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 Lowland Context triple: [Jhumpa Lahiri, notableWork, The Lowland]
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A.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of family, migration, and cultural identity within the Indian diaspora.
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B.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a 2017 novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy that weaves together the lives of marginalized characters across contemporary India in a fragmented, poetic narrative.
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C.
Het Hogeland
Het Hogeland is a coastal municipality in the northern Netherlands known for its open landscapes, historic villages, and Wadden Sea shoreline.
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D.
The Golden House
The Golden House is a lesser-known 19th-century novel by American essayist and humorist Charles Dudley Warner.
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E.
Sula
Sula is a 1973 novel by American author Toni Morrison that explores Black female friendship, community, and identity in a small Ohio town.
- 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 Lowland Target entity description: The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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A.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of family, migration, and cultural identity within the Indian diaspora.
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B.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a 2017 novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy that weaves together the lives of marginalized characters across contemporary India in a fragmented, poetic narrative.
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C.
Het Hogeland
Het Hogeland is a coastal municipality in the northern Netherlands known for its open landscapes, historic villages, and Wadden Sea shoreline.
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D.
The Golden House
The Golden House is a lesser-known 19th-century novel by American essayist and humorist Charles Dudley Warner.
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E.
Sula
Sula is a 1973 novel by American author Toni Morrison that explores Black female friendship, community, and identity in a small Ohio town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstPublication |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAwardStatus | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
e-book ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Indian diaspora
ⓘ
Maoist insurgency in India ⓘ
surface form:
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
intergenerational conflict ⓘ marriage ⓘ parenthood ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Gauri
ⓘ
Subhash ⓘ Udayan ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of the impact of political violence on a family
ⓘ
portrayal of two brothers with divergent political paths ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorBibliography | second novel by Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Namesake ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| settingCountry | India ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Calcutta
ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form:
Kolkata
|
| settingPeriod |
20th century
ⓘ
Naxalite movement era ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
Booker Prize
ⓘ
surface form:
Man Booker Prize
National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ |
| theme |
consequences of political violence
ⓘ
duty and responsibility ⓘ family relationships ⓘ guilt ⓘ identity ⓘ migration ⓘ political upheaval ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Lowland Description of subject: The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
Referenced by (10)
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this entity surface form:
The Lowland universe