Roughing It
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roughing It canonical | 6 |
| "Roughing It" | 1 |
| "Roughing It" first edition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T29393 — 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: Roughing It Context triple: [Mark Twain, notableWork, Roughing It]
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A.
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie is the self-written life story of the Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist, detailing his rise from poverty to becoming one of the wealthiest men of his era and his philosophy of giving away his fortune.
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B.
El Camino Real
El Camino Real is a historic and major thoroughfare in California that traces the route connecting the state’s early Spanish missions and now serves as a key commercial and commuter corridor through many Peninsula and South Bay communities.
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C.
Roosevelt’s Tree Army
Roosevelt’s Tree Army was the popular nickname for the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, a work-relief program that employed young men in large-scale conservation and public lands projects across the United States during the Great Depression.
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D.
The Gospel of Wealth
The Gospel of Wealth is an 1889 essay by industrialist Andrew Carnegie that argues the rich have a moral obligation to distribute their fortunes for the benefit of society.
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E.
The Quaker
The Quaker is the traditional, colonial-era–styled mascot representing the University of Pennsylvania and its athletic teams.
- 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: Roughing It Target entity description: 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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A.
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie is the self-written life story of the Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist, detailing his rise from poverty to becoming one of the wealthiest men of his era and his philosophy of giving away his fortune.
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B.
El Camino Real
El Camino Real is a historic and major thoroughfare in California that traces the route connecting the state’s early Spanish missions and now serves as a key commercial and commuter corridor through many Peninsula and South Bay communities.
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C.
Roosevelt’s Tree Army
Roosevelt’s Tree Army was the popular nickname for the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, a work-relief program that employed young men in large-scale conservation and public lands projects across the United States during the Great Depression.
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D.
The Gospel of Wealth
The Gospel of Wealth is an 1889 essay by industrialist Andrew Carnegie that argues the rich have a moral obligation to distribute their fortunes for the benefit of society.
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E.
The Quaker
The Quaker is the traditional, colonial-era–styled mascot representing the University of Pennsylvania and its athletic teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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semi-autobiographical work ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ |
| author |
Mark Twain
ⓘ
Mark Twain ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
|
| basedOn | Mark Twain's personal experiences ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstEditionPages | ~591 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
novel "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today"
ⓘ
surface form:
The Gilded Age
|
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
ⓘ
humor ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | True W. Williams ⓘ |
| hasPart |
accounts of Nevada silver mining boom
ⓘ
chapters on Hawaii (Sandwich Islands) ⓘ descriptions of stagecoach travel ⓘ episodes in Carson City ⓘ episodes in Virginia City ⓘ observations on frontier society ⓘ |
| includesDepictionOf | American Civil War era context ⓘ |
| influenced | later Western travel writing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Mark Twain ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of fact and fiction
ⓘ
comic portrayal of the American West ⓘ early example of Western humor ⓘ |
| originalPublicationFormat | book ⓘ |
| partOf | Mark Twain's early travel books ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Innocents Abroad ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1872 ⓘ |
| publisher | American Publishing Company ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
Old West
ⓘ
surface form:
American West
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
Hawaii ⓘ Nevada ⓘ
surface form:
Nevada Territory
|
| subjectMatter |
American frontier life
ⓘ
Mormonism ⓘ Pony Express ⓘ mining camps ⓘ overland travel ⓘ |
| timeOfEventsDescribed | 1861–1867 ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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satirical ⓘ |
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Subject: Roughing It Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
this entity surface form:
"Roughing It"
this entity surface form:
"Roughing It" first edition