Ugly Americans
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Ugly Americans is a non-fiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles the high-risk, high-reward world of American traders operating in Asian financial markets in the 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ugly Americans canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10364589 — 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: Ugly Americans Context triple: [Ben Mezrich, notableWork, Ugly Americans]
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A.
Ugly Americans
Ugly Americans is an animated comedy television series that follows a social worker for supernatural creatures in a bizarre, monster-filled version of New York City.
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B.
The Ugly Truth
The Ugly Truth is a 2009 romantic comedy film starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler that explores the clash between idealistic romance and blunt relationship advice.
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C.
The Un-American
The Un-American is an album by American singer-songwriter Matt Morris that showcases his blend of pop, rock, and soul with introspective, socially conscious lyrics.
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D.
Ugly Truth
"Ugly Truth" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden from their 1989 album Louder Than Love.
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E.
The Ugly American
The Ugly American is a 1958 political novel by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick, later adapted into a 1963 film, that critiques American diplomatic and military conduct in Southeast Asia during the Cold War.
- 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: Ugly Americans Target entity description: Ugly Americans is a non-fiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles the high-risk, high-reward world of American traders operating in Asian financial markets in the 1990s.
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A.
Ugly Americans
Ugly Americans is an animated comedy television series that follows a social worker for supernatural creatures in a bizarre, monster-filled version of New York City.
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B.
The Ugly Truth
The Ugly Truth is a 2009 romantic comedy film starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler that explores the clash between idealistic romance and blunt relationship advice.
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C.
The Un-American
The Un-American is an album by American singer-songwriter Matt Morris that showcases his blend of pop, rock, and soul with introspective, socially conscious lyrics.
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D.
Ugly Truth
"Ugly Truth" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden from their 1989 album Louder Than Love.
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E.
The Ugly American
The Ugly American is a 1958 political novel by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick, later adapted into a 1963 film, that critiques American diplomatic and military conduct in Southeast Asia during the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Ben Mezrich ⓘ |
| basedOn | real events ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn |
culture clash in finance
ⓘ
derivatives trading ⓘ emerging markets ⓘ high-risk trading strategies ⓘ |
| followedBy | Busting Vegas ⓘ |
| genre |
financial non-fiction
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Ben Mezrich ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
e-book
ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American traders
ⓘ
Asian financial markets ⓘ finance ⓘ trading ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | narrative non-fiction ⓘ |
| partOf | Ben Mezrich bibliography ⓘ |
| portrays |
American expatriates in finance
ⓘ
hedge fund traders ⓘ proprietary traders ⓘ |
| precededBy | Bringing Down the House ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| publisher | William Morrow ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Asia
ⓘ
Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
Japan ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1990s ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | Asian financial markets in the 1990s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ugly Americans Description of subject: Ugly Americans is a non-fiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles the high-risk, high-reward world of American traders operating in Asian financial markets in the 1990s.
Referenced by (3)
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