Wobegon Boy
E1025772
Wobegon Boy is a humorous novel by Garrison Keillor that follows a radio producer from Lake Wobegon as he navigates midlife and identity on the East Coast.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wobegon Boy canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13212215 — 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: Wobegon Boy Context triple: [Lake Wobegon Days, followedBy, Wobegon Boy]
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A.
The Story of the Gadsbys
The Story of the Gadsbys is a collection of interconnected short stories by Rudyard Kipling that portrays the social life and relationships of British colonial officers and their families in India.
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B.
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp is a darkly comic and poignant novel by John Irving that follows the unconventional life of writer T.S. Garp and explores themes of family, feminism, sexuality, and the randomness of violence.
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C.
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys is a 2000 comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Hanson about a disillusioned college professor and novelist navigating a chaotic weekend that upends his personal and professional life.
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D.
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March is a 1953 picaresque novel by Saul Bellow that follows the freewheeling life of a young man in Depression-era Chicago and is celebrated for its exuberant, vernacular prose.
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E.
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules is a novel by John Irving that follows an orphan named Homer Wells and explores complex themes of morality, abortion, and personal choice in mid-20th-century America.
- 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: Wobegon Boy Target entity description: Wobegon Boy is a humorous novel by Garrison Keillor that follows a radio producer from Lake Wobegon as he navigates midlife and identity on the East Coast.
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A.
The Story of the Gadsbys
The Story of the Gadsbys is a collection of interconnected short stories by Rudyard Kipling that portrays the social life and relationships of British colonial officers and their families in India.
-
B.
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp is a darkly comic and poignant novel by John Irving that follows the unconventional life of writer T.S. Garp and explores themes of family, feminism, sexuality, and the randomness of violence.
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C.
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys is a 2000 comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Hanson about a disillusioned college professor and novelist navigating a chaotic weekend that upends his personal and professional life.
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D.
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March is a 1953 picaresque novel by Saul Bellow that follows the freewheeling life of a young man in Depression-era Chicago and is celebrated for its exuberant, vernacular prose.
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E.
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules is a novel by John Irving that follows an orphan named Homer Wells and explores complex themes of morality, abortion, and personal choice in mid-20th-century America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
humorous novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Garrison Keillor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresMotif |
radio broadcasting
ⓘ
small-town vs. big-city life ⓘ |
| featuresPlaceOfOriginOfProtagonist | Lake Wobegon GENERATED ⓘ |
| followsWork | Lake Wobegon Days NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
ⓘ
humor ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | audiobook ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
self-deprecating humor
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wry humor ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | storytelling ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | John Tollefson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Lake Wobegon books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | radio producer ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Viking Press
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surface form:
Viking Press
|
| relatedWork |
Lake Wobegon Days
NERFINISHED
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Leaving Home NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | East Coast of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
family relationships
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identity ⓘ midlife crisis ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ regional culture ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wobegon Boy Description of subject: Wobegon Boy is a humorous novel by Garrison Keillor that follows a radio producer from Lake Wobegon as he navigates midlife and identity on the East Coast.
Referenced by (2)
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