Alice Adams (novel)
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"Alice Adams" is a 1921 novel by Booth Tarkington that follows the social ambitions and romantic hopes of a young woman from a struggling Midwestern family, exploring themes of class, aspiration, and disillusionment in early 20th-century America.
All labels observed (1)
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| Alice Adams (novel) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10285859 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alice Adams (novel) Context triple: [Alice Adams, basedOn, Alice Adams (novel)]
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A.
Eleanor and Franklin
Eleanor and Franklin is a biographical work by Elliott Roosevelt that chronicles the lives, partnership, and political careers of Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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The Story of Adèle H.
The Story of Adèle H. is a 1975 French historical drama film by François Truffaut that chronicles the obsessive, unrequited love and psychological decline of Victor Hugo’s daughter Adèle.
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C.
An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl is a 19th-century coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott that contrasts simple, traditional values with the temptations of fashionable city life through the experiences of its young heroine.
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D.
The President's Daughter
The President's Daughter is a political thriller novel by Jack Higgins that follows high-stakes intrigue and danger surrounding the kidnapping of the U.S. president’s child.
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E.
The President’s Lady
The President’s Lady is a 1953 historical drama film depicting the life and marriage of U.S. President Andrew Jackson and his wife Rachel.
- 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: Alice Adams (novel) Target entity description: "Alice Adams" is a 1921 novel by Booth Tarkington that follows the social ambitions and romantic hopes of a young woman from a struggling Midwestern family, exploring themes of class, aspiration, and disillusionment in early 20th-century America.
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A.
Eleanor and Franklin
Eleanor and Franklin is a biographical work by Elliott Roosevelt that chronicles the lives, partnership, and political careers of Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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B.
The Story of Adèle H.
The Story of Adèle H. is a 1975 French historical drama film by François Truffaut that chronicles the obsessive, unrequited love and psychological decline of Victor Hugo’s daughter Adèle.
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C.
An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl is a 19th-century coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott that contrasts simple, traditional values with the temptations of fashionable city life through the experiences of its young heroine.
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D.
The President's Daughter
The President's Daughter is a political thriller novel by Jack Higgins that follows high-stakes intrigue and danger surrounding the kidnapping of the U.S. president’s child.
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E.
The President’s Lady
The President’s Lady is a 1953 historical drama film depicting the life and marriage of U.S. President Andrew Jackson and his wife Rachel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
Alice Adams (1923 film)
NERFINISHED
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Alice Adams (1935 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Booth Tarkington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardCategory | Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (now Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresIssue |
class mobility in the Midwest
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family dynamics under financial strain ⓘ social pretension ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| genre |
domestic fiction
ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole |
Alice Adams is a socially ambitious young woman
NERFINISHED
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Arthur Russell is Alice's romantic interest NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Adams is Alice's mother NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil Adams is Alice's father ⓘ Walter Adams is Alice's brother NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryAward | Pulitzer Prize for the Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 300 ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| isInPublicDomain | true ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered a major work of Booth Tarkington ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alice Adams
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arthur Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorWork | Booth Tarkington bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1921 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday, Page & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| PulitzerPrizeYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
appearance versus reality
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disillusionment ⓘ economic insecurity ⓘ middle-class anxiety ⓘ romantic aspiration ⓘ social ambition ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | early 1900s ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | post-World War I America ⓘ |
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