The Boat Rocker
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The Boat Rocker is a satirical novel by Ha Jin that follows a Chinese émigré journalist investigating his ex-wife’s suspiciously hyped book, exposing corruption, censorship, and moral compromise in the globalized literary world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Boat Rocker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12944640 — 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 Boat Rocker Context triple: [Ha Jin, notableWork, The Boat Rocker]
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A.
A Bigger Boat
A Bigger Boat is a film and television production company known for developing genre-driven and independent projects.
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B.
In the Same Boat
"In the Same Boat" is a musical number from the Broadway musical *Curtains*, known for its comedic, self-referential treatment of a show-within-a-show production number.
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C.
The Rudder
The Rudder is a foundational compendium of Eastern Orthodox canon law and church regulations, widely used as an authoritative guide for ecclesiastical discipline and practice.
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D.
The Boat
The Boat is a notable work associated with Joe Roberts, recognized for its creative and artistic significance.
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E.
The Book of Right-On
"The Book of Right-On" is a song by Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate harp accompaniment and idiosyncratic, poetic lyrics.
- 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 Boat Rocker Target entity description: The Boat Rocker is a satirical novel by Ha Jin that follows a Chinese émigré journalist investigating his ex-wife’s suspiciously hyped book, exposing corruption, censorship, and moral compromise in the globalized literary world.
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A.
A Bigger Boat
A Bigger Boat is a film and television production company known for developing genre-driven and independent projects.
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B.
In the Same Boat
"In the Same Boat" is a musical number from the Broadway musical *Curtains*, known for its comedic, self-referential treatment of a show-within-a-show production number.
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C.
The Rudder
The Rudder is a foundational compendium of Eastern Orthodox canon law and church regulations, widely used as an authoritative guide for ecclesiastical discipline and practice.
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D.
The Boat
The Boat is a notable work associated with Joe Roberts, recognized for its creative and artistic significance.
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E.
The Book of Right-On
"The Book of Right-On" is a song by Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate harp accompaniment and idiosyncratic, poetic lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Ha Jin ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Chinese American ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
Chinese state propaganda
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censorship ⓘ corruption ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ globalized literary world ⓘ moral compromise ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
literary fiction
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political fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Beina
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Old Liang ⓘ Yan Haili ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Feng Danlin ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A Chinese émigré journalist investigates his ex-wife’s suspiciously hyped book and uncovers corruption and censorship involving Chinese state interests and Western publishers. ⓘ |
| protagonistBackground | Chinese émigré ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | journalist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| publisher | Pantheon Books ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
A Free Life
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Waiting ⓘ War Trash ⓘ |
| setting |
China
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| subjectMatter |
Chinese diaspora
ⓘ
media ethics ⓘ state influence on publishing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Boat Rocker Description of subject: The Boat Rocker is a satirical novel by Ha Jin that follows a Chinese émigré journalist investigating his ex-wife’s suspiciously hyped book, exposing corruption, censorship, and moral compromise in the globalized literary world.
Referenced by (1)
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