Go East, Young Man
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"Go East, Young Man" is the autobiographical memoir of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, recounting his early life and rise to the nation’s highest court.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Go East, Young Man canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1058631 — 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: Go East, Young Man Context triple: [William O. Douglas, notableWork, Go East, Young Man]
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A.
North to the Orient
North to the Orient is a 1935 travel memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting her pioneering survey flights with her husband Charles Lindbergh across the North Atlantic and into East Asia.
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B.
China's Sorrow
China's Sorrow is a grim nickname for the Yellow River, reflecting its long history of catastrophic floods and devastation in China.
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C.
Achin’ to Be
"Achin’ to Be" is a punk rock song by the American band Pinhead Gunpowder, known for its melodic hooks and association with Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong.
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D.
Die Völker des östlichen Asien
Die Völker des östlichen Asien is a multi-volume ethnographic study by German anthropologist Adolf Bastian that examines the cultures, societies, and traditions of East Asian peoples.
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E.
Chita Time
Chita Time is a time zone in eastern Russia that shares the same UTC+9 offset as Yakutsk Time.
- 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: Go East, Young Man Target entity description: "Go East, Young Man" is the autobiographical memoir of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, recounting his early life and rise to the nation’s highest court.
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A.
North to the Orient
North to the Orient is a 1935 travel memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting her pioneering survey flights with her husband Charles Lindbergh across the North Atlantic and into East Asia.
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B.
China's Sorrow
China's Sorrow is a grim nickname for the Yellow River, reflecting its long history of catastrophic floods and devastation in China.
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C.
Achin’ to Be
"Achin’ to Be" is a punk rock song by the American band Pinhead Gunpowder, known for its melodic hooks and association with Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong.
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D.
Die Völker des östlichen Asien
Die Völker des östlichen Asien is a multi-volume ethnographic study by German anthropologist Adolf Bastian that examines the cultures, societies, and traditions of East Asian peoples.
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E.
Chita Time
Chita Time is a time zone in eastern Russia that shares the same UTC+9 offset as Yakutsk Time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical memoir
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book ⓘ non-fiction work ⓘ |
| about |
American legal system
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American politics ⓘ Great Depression ⓘ
surface form:
Great Depression era United States
Pacific Northwest ⓘ rise of William O. Douglas to the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ |
| author | William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describes |
William O. Douglas’s academic career
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William O. Douglas’s childhood ⓘ William O. Douglas’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ William O. Douglas’s struggle with illness and poverty ⓘ William O. Douglas’s work in New Deal agencies ⓘ |
| features |
accounts of poverty and hardship in Douglas’s youth
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description of Douglas’s appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ description of Douglas’s education and legal training ⓘ description of Douglas’s path to the federal bench ⓘ personal recollections of William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Court Years, 1939–1975 ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
ⓘ
legal memoir ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Go East, Young Man self-link ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readership
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readers interested in judicial biographies ⓘ readers interested in law and politics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Supreme Court
William O. Douglas ⓘ career of William O. Douglas ⓘ early life of William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of social and economic conditions in early 20th-century America
ⓘ
detailed account of William O. Douglas’s early life ⓘ insider perspective on the rise of a Supreme Court Justice ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Court Years, 1939–1975 ⓘ |
| setting |
Pacific Northwest
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Northwest, United States
Washington, D.C. ⓘ Yakima ⓘ
surface form:
Yakima, Washington
|
| timePeriodCovered |
Great Depression
ⓘ
New Deal ⓘ
surface form:
New Deal era
early 20th century ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Go East, Young Man Description of subject: "Go East, Young Man" is the autobiographical memoir of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, recounting his early life and rise to the nation’s highest court.
Referenced by (4)
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subject surface form:
William O. Douglas