The Third and Final Continent
E309721
The Third and Final Continent is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that follows an Indian immigrant’s quiet, introspective journey of adaptation and belonging in America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Third and Final Continent canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2903279 — 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 Third and Final Continent Context triple: [Interpreter of Maladies, containsStory, The Third and Final Continent]
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A.
A Sixth Part of the World
A Sixth Part of the World is a 1926 Soviet silent documentary film by Dziga Vertov that exemplifies the Soviet montage style through its experimental editing and portrayal of the USSR’s vast lands and peoples.
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B.
The Undiscovered Country
The Undiscovered Country is an 1880 novel by American realist author William Dean Howells that explores spiritualism, social life, and moral dilemmas in post–Civil War New England.
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C.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
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D.
Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet is a 1997 biographical war drama film starring Brad Pitt that chronicles Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer’s transformative years in Tibet and friendship with the young Dalai Lama.
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E.
To the Ends of the Earth
"To the Ends of the Earth" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series Frozen Planet that explores the extreme environments and wildlife found at the polar regions of the Earth.
- 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 Third and Final Continent Target entity description: The Third and Final Continent is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that follows an Indian immigrant’s quiet, introspective journey of adaptation and belonging in America.
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A.
A Sixth Part of the World
A Sixth Part of the World is a 1926 Soviet silent documentary film by Dziga Vertov that exemplifies the Soviet montage style through its experimental editing and portrayal of the USSR’s vast lands and peoples.
-
B.
The Undiscovered Country
The Undiscovered Country is an 1880 novel by American realist author William Dean Howells that explores spiritualism, social life, and moral dilemmas in post–Civil War New England.
-
C.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
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D.
Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet is a 1997 biographical war drama film starring Brad Pitt that chronicles Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer’s transformative years in Tibet and friendship with the young Dalai Lama.
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E.
To the Ends of the Earth
"To the Ends of the Earth" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series Frozen Planet that explores the extreme environments and wildlife found at the polar regions of the Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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person ⓘ short story ⓘ short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ |
| awardedWith |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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surface form:
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (via collection Interpreter of Maladies)
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| ethnicOrigin | Indian ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Mala
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Mrs. Croft ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
immigrant fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorBackground | Indian American writer ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeMode | realism ⓘ |
| includedIn | Interpreter of Maladies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | widely anthologized short story ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | university librarian ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of Indian immigrant experience in America
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quiet, introspective narrative voice ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Third and Final Continent self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| occupation | writer ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| plotElement |
arranged marriage
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boarding with an elderly American landlady ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality | Indian ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| setting |
Boston
ⓘ
Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
belonging
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cultural adaptation ⓘ diaspora ⓘ generational difference ⓘ identity ⓘ immigration ⓘ marriage ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
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Subject: The Third and Final Continent Description of subject: The Third and Final Continent is a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that follows an Indian immigrant’s quiet, introspective journey of adaptation and belonging in America.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Third and Final Continent
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notableWork
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The Third and Final Continent
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Jhumpa Lahiri