Fast Times at Fairmont High
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Fast Times at Fairmont High is a science fiction novella by Vernor Vinge that explores near-future augmented reality, education, and adolescence in a highly networked world.
All labels observed (1)
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| Fast Times at Fairmont High canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7013486 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Fast Times at Fairmont High Context triple: [Vernor Vinge, notableWork, Fast Times at Fairmont High]
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A.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a 1982 coming-of-age teen comedy film, based on Cameron Crowe’s book, that became a cult classic and helped launch the careers of several young actors including Sean Penn.
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B.
The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club is a 1985 coming-of-age teen film directed by John Hughes that follows five high school students from different cliques who bond during a Saturday detention.
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C.
Beverly Hills Brats
Beverly Hills Brats is a 1989 American comedy film about a wealthy teenager who fakes his own kidnapping to get attention from his family.
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D.
The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that follows a group of girls at a boarding school and their housemother, known for its coming-of-age themes and long run on television in the 1980s.
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E.
Heathers
Heathers is a 1989 dark comedy film that satirizes high school cliques, teen violence, and social hierarchies, and has since become a cult classic.
- 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: Fast Times at Fairmont High Target entity description: Fast Times at Fairmont High is a science fiction novella by Vernor Vinge that explores near-future augmented reality, education, and adolescence in a highly networked world.
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A.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a 1982 coming-of-age teen comedy film, based on Cameron Crowe’s book, that became a cult classic and helped launch the careers of several young actors including Sean Penn.
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B.
The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club is a 1985 coming-of-age teen film directed by John Hughes that follows five high school students from different cliques who bond during a Saturday detention.
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C.
Beverly Hills Brats
Beverly Hills Brats is a 1989 American comedy film about a wealthy teenager who fakes his own kidnapping to get attention from his family.
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D.
The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that follows a group of girls at a boarding school and their housemother, known for its coming-of-age themes and long run on television in the 1980s.
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E.
Heathers
Heathers is a 1989 dark comedy film that satirizes high school cliques, teen violence, and social hierarchies, and has since become a cult classic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novella ⓘ |
| author | Vernor Vinge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | Hugo Award for Best Novella nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
augmented reality overlays
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highly networked world ⓘ wearable computing ⓘ |
| explores |
digital identity
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gamification of learning ⓘ impact of pervasive networking on youth culture ⓘ information overload ⓘ security in networked environments ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
educational environment
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teenage students ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person perspective ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
collaborative problem solving with technology
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future of education ⓘ information warfare concepts ⓘ networked society ⓘ social stratification through technology ⓘ student competition ⓘ technological change ⓘ |
| influenced | depiction of augmented reality in later science fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | novella-length ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
adolescence
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augmented reality ⓘ education ⓘ human-computer interaction ⓘ privacy ⓘ social implications of technology ⓘ surveillance ⓘ ubiquitous networking ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Vernor Vinge near-future stories ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Rainbows End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Fairmont High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | near future ⓘ |
| subgenre | near-future science fiction ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adult readers
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young adult readers ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Fast Times at Fairmont High Description of subject: Fast Times at Fairmont High is a science fiction novella by Vernor Vinge that explores near-future augmented reality, education, and adolescence in a highly networked world.
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