The Bonesetter’s Daughter
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The Bonesetter’s Daughter is a novel by Amy Tan that intertwines the stories of a Chinese American woman and her mother, exploring themes of memory, family secrets, and cultural identity across generations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bonesetter's Daughter | 1 |
| The Bonesetter’s Daughter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10198698 — 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 Bonesetter’s Daughter Context triple: [Amy Tan, notableWork, The Bonesetter’s Daughter]
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A.
A Daughter’s Tale
A Daughter’s Tale is the memoir of Mary Soames, the youngest child of Winston and Clementine Churchill, recounting her family life and experiences during World War II.
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B.
The Lost Daughter
The Lost Daughter is a 2021 psychological drama film, based on Elena Ferrante’s novel and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, that explores the unsettling complexities of motherhood and female identity.
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C.
The Daughter
The Daughter is a 2015 Australian drama film, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck," that explores buried family secrets and emotional fallout in a small town.
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D.
Notes from a Native Daughter
Notes from a Native Daughter is an essay by Joan Didion that reflects on California’s history, culture, and identity, collected in her influential nonfiction book Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
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E.
The Dovekeepers
The Dovekeepers is a historical drama miniseries based on Alice Hoffman’s novel, depicting the lives of four women during the siege of Masada in ancient Judea.
- 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 Bonesetter’s Daughter Target entity description: The Bonesetter’s Daughter is a novel by Amy Tan that intertwines the stories of a Chinese American woman and her mother, exploring themes of memory, family secrets, and cultural identity across generations.
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A.
A Daughter’s Tale
A Daughter’s Tale is the memoir of Mary Soames, the youngest child of Winston and Clementine Churchill, recounting her family life and experiences during World War II.
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B.
The Lost Daughter
The Lost Daughter is a 2021 psychological drama film, based on Elena Ferrante’s novel and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, that explores the unsettling complexities of motherhood and female identity.
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C.
The Daughter
The Daughter is a 2015 Australian drama film, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck," that explores buried family secrets and emotional fallout in a small town.
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D.
Notes from a Native Daughter
Notes from a Native Daughter is an essay by Joan Didion that reflects on California’s history, culture, and identity, collected in her influential nonfiction book Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
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E.
The Dovekeepers
The Dovekeepers is a historical drama miniseries based on Alice Hoffman’s novel, depicting the lives of four women during the siege of Masada in ancient Judea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | opera ⓘ |
| author | Amy Tan ⓘ |
| containsElement |
bilingual manuscripts
ⓘ
family saga ⓘ ghostly presence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| followedBy | Saving Fish from Drowning ⓘ |
| genre |
Chinese American literature
ⓘ
family saga ⓘ fiction ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Phil Rose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780399146434 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
LuLing’s memoir
ⓘ
Ruth’s contemporary story ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Alzheimer’s disease
ⓘ
linked to:
Alzheimer's disease
translation of family history ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
LuLing Liu Young
ⓘ
Precious Auntie ⓘ Ruth Young ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective |
first-person narration
ⓘ
third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | dual timeline ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of Chinese American identity
ⓘ
portrayal of mother–daughter dynamics ⓘ |
| operaComposer | Stewart Wallace ⓘ |
| operaLibrettist | Amy Tan ⓘ |
| operaPremiereYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 400 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Hundred Secret Senses ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| publisher | G. P. Putnam’s Sons ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
China
ⓘ
San Francisco ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
cultural identity
ⓘ
family secrets ⓘ immigration ⓘ intergenerational trauma ⓘ memory ⓘ mother–daughter relationships ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Bonesetter’s Daughter Description of subject: The Bonesetter’s Daughter is a novel by Amy Tan that intertwines the stories of a Chinese American woman and her mother, exploring themes of memory, family secrets, and cultural identity across generations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Bonesetter’s Daughter