Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "So Big"
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"So Big" is a 1924 novel by Edna Ferber that follows a resilient woman's struggles and aspirations in a Dutch-American farming community near Chicago, exploring themes of perseverance, art, and the meaning of success.
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| Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "So Big" canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "So Big" Context triple: [So Big (1953 film), adaptationOf, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "So Big"]
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novel "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today"
"The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" is an 1873 satirical novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that critiques post–Civil War American greed, political corruption, and speculative capitalism.
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Roth's American Trilogy
Roth's American Trilogy is a series of interrelated novels by Philip Roth that explore postwar American life, identity, and political turmoil through complex, often unreliable protagonists.
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novel Gone with the Wind
"Gone with the Wind" is a 1936 historical romance novel by Margaret Mitchell that follows Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara through love, loss, and survival during and after the American Civil War.
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Mildred Pierce (novel)
"Mildred Pierce" is a 1941 novel by James M. Cain that follows a determined divorced mother in Depression-era California as she builds a restaurant business while navigating betrayal and a destructive relationship with her ambitious daughter.
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Sister Carrie
Sister Carrie is a landmark 1900 naturalist novel by Theodore Dreiser that follows a young woman's rise from small-town obscurity to big-city success while critiquing American urban and consumer culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "So Big" Target entity description: "So Big" is a 1924 novel by Edna Ferber that follows a resilient woman's struggles and aspirations in a Dutch-American farming community near Chicago, exploring themes of perseverance, art, and the meaning of success.
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A.
novel "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today"
"The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" is an 1873 satirical novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that critiques post–Civil War American greed, political corruption, and speculative capitalism.
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B.
Roth's American Trilogy
Roth's American Trilogy is a series of interrelated novels by Philip Roth that explore postwar American life, identity, and political turmoil through complex, often unreliable protagonists.
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C.
novel Gone with the Wind
"Gone with the Wind" is a 1936 historical romance novel by Margaret Mitchell that follows Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara through love, loss, and survival during and after the American Civil War.
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D.
Mildred Pierce (novel)
"Mildred Pierce" is a 1941 novel by James M. Cain that follows a determined divorced mother in Depression-era California as she builds a restaurant business while navigating betrayal and a destructive relationship with her ambitious daughter.
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E.
Sister Carrie
Sister Carrie is a landmark 1900 naturalist novel by Theodore Dreiser that follows a young woman's rise from small-town obscurity to big-city success while critiquing American urban and consumer culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pulitzer Prize-winning work
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | film ⓘ |
| author | Edna Ferber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Pulitzer Prize for the Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationFormat | book ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
So Big (1924 film)
NERFINISHED
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So Big (1932 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ So Big (1953 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Dirk De Jong
NERFINISHED
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Pervus De Jong NERFINISHED ⓘ Roelf Pool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Selina Peake De Jong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Midwestern farm life
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exploration of artistic integrity over material success ⓘ portrayal of a strong female protagonist ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday, Page & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| PulitzerPrizeCategory | Pulitzer Prize for the Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| PulitzerPrizeYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingLocation | Dutch-American farming community near Chicago ⓘ |
| settingState | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
aesthetic versus material values
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art ⓘ motherhood ⓘ perseverance ⓘ rural versus urban values ⓘ social class ⓘ the meaning of success ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
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