A Fool's Alphabet
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A Fool's Alphabet is a novel by Sebastian Faulks that tells the story of a photographer’s life through 26 alphabetically ordered, non-chronological chapters set in different locations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Fool's Alphabet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2561832 — 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: A Fool's Alphabet Context triple: [The Girl at the Lion d'Or, followsInSeries, A Fool's Alphabet]
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A.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
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B.
Twenty Letters to a Friend
"Twenty Letters to a Friend" is a memoir by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, in which she reflects on her life inside the Soviet elite and her complex relationship with her father.
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C.
A Fable
A Fable is a complex, allegorical novel by William Faulkner that reimagines World War I through a moral and religious lens, exploring themes of sacrifice, authority, and rebellion.
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D.
Fools' Parade
Fools' Parade is a 1971 crime drama film, based on a Davis Grubb novel, about three ex-convicts facing corruption and violence when they try to collect their prison savings in a small West Virginia town.
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E.
The Seven Oft-Repeated
The Seven Oft-Repeated is a revered title for Surah Al-Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Qur’an that is recited in every unit of Muslim prayer.
- 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: A Fool's Alphabet Target entity description: A Fool's Alphabet is a novel by Sebastian Faulks that tells the story of a photographer’s life through 26 alphabetically ordered, non-chronological chapters set in different locations.
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A.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
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B.
Twenty Letters to a Friend
"Twenty Letters to a Friend" is a memoir by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin’s daughter, in which she reflects on her life inside the Soviet elite and her complex relationship with her father.
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C.
A Fable
A Fable is a complex, allegorical novel by William Faulkner that reimagines World War I through a moral and religious lens, exploring themes of sacrifice, authority, and rebellion.
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D.
Fools' Parade
Fools' Parade is a 1971 crime drama film, based on a Davis Grubb novel, about three ex-convicts facing corruption and violence when they try to collect their prison savings in a small West Virginia town.
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E.
The Seven Oft-Repeated
The Seven Oft-Repeated is a revered title for Surah Al-Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Qur’an that is recited in every unit of Muslim prayer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| alphabetDevice | chapters correspond to letters A to Z ⓘ |
| author | Sebastian Faulks ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Hutchinson design department ⓘ |
| explores |
effects of childhood on adult life
ⓘ
impact of war on individuals ⓘ |
| followedBy | Birdsong ⓘ |
| genre | literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCentralRelationship |
Pietro
ⓘ
surface form:
Pietro and his lovers
Pietro and his parents ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0091773730 ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeDevice |
episodic vignettes
ⓘ
place-based chapter titles ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 256 ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Pietro Russell ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | photographer ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | novel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorBibliography | works by Sebastian Faulks ⓘ |
| precededBy | A Trick of the Light ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hutchinson ⓘ |
| publisherImprint |
Random House
ⓘ
surface form:
Hutchinson (Random House imprint)
|
| setting |
England
ⓘ
France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
various European locations ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
late 20th century
ⓘ
mid-20th century ⓘ |
| settingType | multiple locations ⓘ |
| structure |
26 chapters
ⓘ
alphabetically ordered chapters ⓘ non-chronological narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
family relationships
ⓘ
identity ⓘ loss ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ war ⓘ |
| timeStructure | non-linear timeline ⓘ |
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