Men We Reaped
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Men We Reaped is a memoir by Jesmyn Ward that reflects on the lives and deaths of five young Black men close to her in rural Mississippi, exploring themes of race, poverty, and grief.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Men We Reaped canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3362208 — 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: Men We Reaped Context triple: [Jesmyn Ward, notableWork, Men We Reaped]
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A.
Milkman Dead
Milkman Dead is the introspective African American protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," whose journey of self-discovery explores themes of identity, heritage, and personal freedom.
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B.
Jitney
Jitney is a critically acclaimed play by August Wilson that portrays the lives and struggles of Black taxi drivers in 1970s Pittsburgh.
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C.
Tar Baby
"Tar Baby" is a 1981 novel by Toni Morrison that explores race, class, identity, and desire through the complex relationships between a Black fashion model and a mysterious drifter on a Caribbean island.
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D.
Child of God
Child of God is a dark, Southern Gothic novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows the violent descent of an outcast man in rural Tennessee into extreme depravity and isolation.
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E.
Middle Ward
Middle Ward is the central section of Windsor Castle, dominated by the Round Tower and serving as a key defensive and symbolic core of the fortress.
- 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: Men We Reaped Target entity description: Men We Reaped is a memoir by Jesmyn Ward that reflects on the lives and deaths of five young Black men close to her in rural Mississippi, exploring themes of race, poverty, and grief.
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A.
Milkman Dead
Milkman Dead is the introspective African American protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," whose journey of self-discovery explores themes of identity, heritage, and personal freedom.
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B.
Jitney
Jitney is a critically acclaimed play by August Wilson that portrays the lives and struggles of Black taxi drivers in 1970s Pittsburgh.
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C.
Tar Baby
"Tar Baby" is a 1981 novel by Toni Morrison that explores race, class, identity, and desire through the complex relationships between a Black fashion model and a mysterious drifter on a Caribbean island.
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D.
Child of God
Child of God is a dark, Southern Gothic novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows the violent descent of an outcast man in rural Tennessee into extreme depravity and isolation.
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E.
Middle Ward
Middle Ward is the central section of Windsor Castle, dominated by the Round Tower and serving as a key defensive and symbolic core of the fortress.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
memoir
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | Jesmyn Ward ⓘ |
| authorGender | female ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
community
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family ⓘ resilience ⓘ structural inequality ⓘ systemic racism ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
deaths of five young Black men
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lives of five young Black men ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasPlaceOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| hasProtagonist | Jesmyn Ward ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
African American men
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drug use ⓘ economic hardship ⓘ rural life ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Men We Reaped self-link ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African Americans in the Southern States
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death ⓘ grief ⓘ poverty in the United States ⓘ race in the United States ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of interconnected personal and social tragedies
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intimate portrayal of Black life in the rural South ⓘ |
| numberOfPeoplePortrayed | 5 ⓘ |
| placeDescribed | DeLisle, Mississippi ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| publisher | Bloomsbury ⓘ |
| setting |
Mississippi
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rural Mississippi ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Men We Reaped Description of subject: Men We Reaped is a memoir by Jesmyn Ward that reflects on the lives and deaths of five young Black men close to her in rural Mississippi, exploring themes of race, poverty, and grief.
Referenced by (4)
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subject surface form:
Jesmyn Ward