Breath, Eyes, Memory
E516094
Breath, Eyes, Memory is a critically acclaimed debut novel by Edwidge Danticat that explores themes of Haitian identity, trauma, and mother-daughter relationships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Breath, Eyes, Memory canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5366970 — 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: Breath, Eyes, Memory Context triple: [Edwidge Danticat, notableWork, Breath, Eyes, Memory]
-
A.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 coming-of-age drama film, based on Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, that follows a young girl in 1960s South Carolina who finds refuge with a group of beekeeping sisters amid racial and personal turmoil.
-
B.
First They Killed My Father
First They Killed My Father is a biographical war drama film depicting a Cambodian child's harrowing experiences under the Khmer Rouge regime, adapted from Loung Ung's memoir.
-
C.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores African American identity, family history, and the search for personal freedom through the life of its protagonist, Milkman Dead.
-
D.
Sula
Sula is a 1973 novel by American author Toni Morrison that explores Black female friendship, community, and identity in a small Ohio town.
-
E.
Sula
Sula is a coastal municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, known for its fishing industry, maritime heritage, and scenic island landscapes.
- 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: Breath, Eyes, Memory Target entity description: Breath, Eyes, Memory is a critically acclaimed debut novel by Edwidge Danticat that explores themes of Haitian identity, trauma, and mother-daughter relationships.
-
A.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 coming-of-age drama film, based on Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, that follows a young girl in 1960s South Carolina who finds refuge with a group of beekeeping sisters amid racial and personal turmoil.
-
B.
First They Killed My Father
First They Killed My Father is a biographical war drama film depicting a Cambodian child's harrowing experiences under the Khmer Rouge regime, adapted from Loung Ung's memoir.
-
C.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores African American identity, family history, and the search for personal freedom through the life of its protagonist, Milkman Dead.
-
D.
Sula
Sula is a coastal municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, known for its fishing industry, maritime heritage, and scenic island landscapes.
-
E.
Sula
Sula is a 1973 novel by American author Toni Morrison that explores Black female friendship, community, and identity in a small Ohio town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| addressesPractice | virginity testing ⓘ |
| author | Edwidge Danticat ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverArtist | unknown ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| exploresCulture |
Haitian Vodou-influenced beliefs
ⓘ
Haitian rural traditions ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Grandmè Ifé
ⓘ
Martine Caco ⓘ Tante Atie ⓘ |
| followsCharacter | Sophie Caco ⓘ |
| genre |
Bildungsroman
ⓘ
diaspora literature ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781569471265 ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Oprah’s Book Club
ⓘ
linked to:
Oprah's Book Club
|
| languageFeatures | use of Haitian Creole phrases ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Haitian-American literature ⓘ |
| mainSetting |
Haiti
ⓘ
New York ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | chronological with time jumps ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of Haitian diaspora
ⓘ
portrayal of Haitian women’s experiences ⓘ |
| OprahsBookClubSelectionYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 224 (approximate) ⓘ |
| partOf | Edwidge Danticat’s Haitian diaspora cycle ⓘ |
| protagonist | Sophie Caco ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| publisher | Soho Press ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
Haitian identity
ⓘ
female sexuality ⓘ intergenerational trauma ⓘ memory ⓘ migration ⓘ mother–daughter relationships ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ sexual violence ⓘ silence and voice ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Breath, Eyes, Memory Description of subject: Breath, Eyes, Memory is a critically acclaimed debut novel by Edwidge Danticat that explores themes of Haitian identity, trauma, and mother-daughter relationships.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.