The Road by Jack London
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"The Road" by Jack London is a 1907 autobiographical work in which London recounts his experiences as a hobo traveling across the United States in the 1890s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Road by Jack London canonical | 1 |
| The Road: Jack London’s Account of Life on the Road | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8810934 — 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 Road by Jack London Context triple: [Emperor of the North, basedOn, The Road by Jack London]
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A.
The Road
The Road is a bleak, post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a father and son’s harrowing journey through a devastated landscape, widely acclaimed for its spare prose and emotional intensity.
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B.
The Road (short film)
The Road is a short film featuring Scottish actress Kate Dickie, known for its atmospheric storytelling and her intense central performance.
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C.
The Road from Coorain
The Road from Coorain is Jill Ker Conway’s acclaimed memoir recounting her childhood on an Australian sheep station and her journey toward becoming a pioneering academic and feminist thinker.
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D.
A Long Walk
A Long Walk is a soulful R&B song by Jill Scott, celebrated for its smooth groove, poetic lyrics, and warm, conversational storytelling style.
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E.
The Long Walk
The Long Walk is a famous tree-lined avenue in Windsor Great Park that stretches from Windsor Castle to the Copper Horse statue, offering iconic views and a popular route for walks and ceremonies.
- 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 Road by Jack London Target entity description: "The Road" by Jack London is a 1907 autobiographical work in which London recounts his experiences as a hobo traveling across the United States in the 1890s.
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A.
The Road
The Road is a bleak, post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a father and son’s harrowing journey through a devastated landscape, widely acclaimed for its spare prose and emotional intensity.
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B.
The Road (short film)
The Road is a short film featuring Scottish actress Kate Dickie, known for its atmospheric storytelling and her intense central performance.
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C.
The Road from Coorain
The Road from Coorain is Jill Ker Conway’s acclaimed memoir recounting her childhood on an Australian sheep station and her journey toward becoming a pioneering academic and feminist thinker.
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D.
A Long Walk
A Long Walk is a soulful R&B song by Jill Scott, celebrated for its smooth groove, poetic lyrics, and warm, conversational storytelling style.
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E.
The Long Walk
The Long Walk is a famous tree-lined avenue in Windsor Great Park that stretches from Windsor Castle to the Copper Horse statue, offering iconic views and a popular route for walks and ceremonies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Jack London ⓘ |
| contains |
accounts of arrests
ⓘ
accounts of jail time ⓘ descriptions of freight trains ⓘ portraits of fellow hobos ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describesExperienceOf | Jack London ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | Martin Eden ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
The Road: Jack London’s Account of Life on the Road
ⓘ
linked to:
The Road by Jack London
|
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
journalist
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| hasForm | essay collection ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Jack London ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adventure
ⓘ
freedom ⓘ poverty ⓘ social injustice ⓘ survival ⓘ vagabondage ⓘ |
| hasTimeOfAction | Panic of 1893 era ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Road ⓘ |
| influenced | later hobo literature ⓘ |
| isAbout |
American underclass in the 1890s
ⓘ
life as a hobo ⓘ train hopping ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
American autobiographical canon
ⓘ
American travel literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American realism ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| nonfictionSubject |
hobo life
ⓘ
homelessness ⓘ railroad travel ⓘ tramping ⓘ |
| originalPublicationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1907 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Macmillan
ⓘ
linked to:
Macmillan Publishers
|
| settingPeriod | 1890s ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
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Subject: The Road by Jack London Description of subject: "The Road" by Jack London is a 1907 autobiographical work in which London recounts his experiences as a hobo traveling across the United States in the 1890s.
Referenced by (2)
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The Road by Jack London
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