Life on the Mississippi
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Life on the Mississippi is a memoir and travel narrative by Mark Twain that recounts his experiences as a young steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River and his later return to the region.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Life on the Mississippi canonical | 8 |
| Life on the Mississippi (1980 television film) | 1 |
| Mark Twain’s Mississippi River world | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T29392 — 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: Life on the Mississippi Context triple: [Mark Twain, notableWork, Life on the Mississippi]
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A.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an 1884 American novel that follows a boy’s journey down the Mississippi River and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential works in U.S. literature.
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B.
Roughing It
Roughing It is a semi-autobiographical travel narrative by Mark Twain that humorously recounts his adventures and observations in the American West during the mid-19th century.
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C.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a classic 1876 novel by Mark Twain that follows the mischievous exploits of a boy growing up along the Mississippi River, capturing American small-town life with humor and satire.
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D.
The Innocents Abroad
The Innocents Abroad is a humorous travel book by Mark Twain that satirically chronicles his 1867 voyage through Europe and the Holy Land.
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E.
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
Walden; or, Life in the Woods is Henry David Thoreau’s seminal 1854 work of philosophical memoir and nature writing, reflecting on simple living, self-reliance, and spiritual contemplation during his experiment in solitude at Walden Pond.
- 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: Life on the Mississippi Target entity description: Life on the Mississippi is a memoir and travel narrative by Mark Twain that recounts his experiences as a young steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River and his later return to the region.
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A.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an 1884 American novel that follows a boy’s journey down the Mississippi River and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential works in U.S. literature.
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B.
Roughing It
Roughing It is a semi-autobiographical travel narrative by Mark Twain that humorously recounts his adventures and observations in the American West during the mid-19th century.
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C.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a classic 1876 novel by Mark Twain that follows the mischievous exploits of a boy growing up along the Mississippi River, capturing American small-town life with humor and satire.
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D.
The Innocents Abroad
The Innocents Abroad is a humorous travel book by Mark Twain that satirically chronicles his 1867 voyage through Europe and the Holy Land.
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E.
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
Walden; or, Life in the Woods is Henry David Thoreau’s seminal 1854 work of philosophical memoir and nature writing, reflecting on simple living, self-reliance, and spiritual contemplation during his experiment in solitude at Walden Pond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ |
| author |
Mark Twain
ⓘ
Mark Twain ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
|
| basedOn | Mark Twain’s real-life experiences as a steamboat pilot ⓘ |
| contains |
anecdotes about steamboat life
ⓘ
commentary on post–Civil War changes in the Mississippi Valley ⓘ descriptions of river towns ⓘ historical sketches of the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describes |
economic importance of river trade in the 19th century
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hazards of navigating the Mississippi River ⓘ training and responsibilities of a river pilot ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
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nonfiction ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Life on the Mississippi
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Life on the Mississippi (1980 television film)
|
| hasDeweyDecimalClassification | 818.409 ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | various illustrators in first edition ⓘ |
| hasLibraryOfCongressClassification | PS1338 .A2 ⓘ |
| hasOCLCNumber | 228708 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
account of Twain’s later return trip down the Mississippi River
ⓘ
reminiscences of Twain’s apprenticeship as a steamboat pilot ⓘ |
| includedIn | Mark Twain’s collected works ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
humor
ⓘ
regional realism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American South
Mississippi River ⓘ steamboat piloting ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of autobiography, history, and travel writing
ⓘ
detailed depiction of 19th-century Mississippi River steamboat culture ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Prince and the Pauper ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1883 ⓘ |
| publisher |
James R. Osgood & Co.
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surface form:
James R. Osgood and Company
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| settingLocation |
Mississippi River
ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis
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| timePeriodDescribed |
post–Civil War era
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pre–Civil War era ⓘ |
| workOf | Mark Twain ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Life on the Mississippi Description of subject: Life on the Mississippi is a memoir and travel narrative by Mark Twain that recounts his experiences as a young steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River and his later return to the region.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
this entity surface form:
Life on the Mississippi (1980 television film)
subject surface form:
St. Petersburg, Missouri
this entity surface form:
Mark Twain’s Mississippi River world
subject surface form:
Hannibal, Missouri