Heroes of the Frontier
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Heroes of the Frontier is a contemporary novel by Dave Eggers that follows a disgraced dentist and her two children on a soul-searching road trip through the Alaskan wilderness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Heroes of the Frontier canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5070839 — 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: Heroes of the Frontier Context triple: [Dave Eggers, notableWork, Heroes of the Frontier]
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A.
Lords of the Plains
Lords of the Plains is a renowned epithet for the Comanche, a Native American people historically famed for their exceptional horsemanship, warrior culture, and dominance across the Southern Plains.
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B.
Army of the Frontier
The Army of the Frontier was a Union field army that operated primarily in the Trans-Mississippi Theater during the American Civil War, conducting campaigns in Arkansas, Missouri, and the Indian Territory.
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C.
Sons of the Eagle
Sons of the Eagle is a wartime memoir by British politician Julian Amery recounting his experiences with resistance and special operations in the Balkans during World War II.
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D.
Stouthearted Men
"Stouthearted Men" is a rousing patriotic show tune from the 1928 operetta *The New Moon*, celebrated for its stirring choral style and themes of courage and camaraderie.
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E.
The Spur
The Spur is a residential area within the town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England.
- 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: Heroes of the Frontier Target entity description: Heroes of the Frontier is a contemporary novel by Dave Eggers that follows a disgraced dentist and her two children on a soul-searching road trip through the Alaskan wilderness.
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A.
Lords of the Plains
Lords of the Plains is a renowned epithet for the Comanche, a Native American people historically famed for their exceptional horsemanship, warrior culture, and dominance across the Southern Plains.
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B.
Army of the Frontier
The Army of the Frontier was a Union field army that operated primarily in the Trans-Mississippi Theater during the American Civil War, conducting campaigns in Arkansas, Missouri, and the Indian Territory.
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C.
Sons of the Eagle
Sons of the Eagle is a wartime memoir by British politician Julian Amery recounting his experiences with resistance and special operations in the Balkans during World War II.
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D.
Stouthearted Men
"Stouthearted Men" is a rousing patriotic show tune from the 1928 operetta *The New Moon*, celebrated for its stirring choral style and themes of courage and camaraderie.
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E.
The Spur
The Spur is a residential area within the town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Dave Eggers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresCharacter |
Ana
ⓘ
Josie ⓘ Paul ⓘ |
| follows | Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ road novel ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Oliver Munday ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780451493804 ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasReviewReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Alaska—Fiction
ⓘ
linked to:
Mystery, Alaska
identity ⓘ midlife crisis ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ road trips ⓘ single mothers ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Josie ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of the Alaskan wilderness
ⓘ
exploration of modern American anxieties ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | dentist ⓘ |
| protagonistStatus | disgraced dentist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting |
Alaska
ⓘ
Alaskan wilderness ⓘ |
| theme |
American frontier
ⓘ
escape ⓘ family ⓘ freedom ⓘ parenthood ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Heroes of the Frontier Description of subject: Heroes of the Frontier is a contemporary novel by Dave Eggers that follows a disgraced dentist and her two children on a soul-searching road trip through the Alaskan wilderness.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Eggers