Booth Tarkington’s Alice Adams
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Booth Tarkington’s *Alice Adams* is a 1921 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel about a young woman from a struggling Midwestern family whose social ambitions and romantic hopes clash with the rigid class expectations of her small town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Booth Tarkington’s Alice Adams canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10285898 — 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: Booth Tarkington’s Alice Adams Context triple: [Alice Adams, adaptationOf, Booth Tarkington’s Alice Adams]
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The Bostonians
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The Bostonians
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C.
Mr. Democracy
Mr. Democracy is a symbolic figure representing the ideals of democratic governance and political modernization championed by Chinese intellectuals during the May Fourth Movement.
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D.
The Custom of the Country
The Custom of the Country is a 1913 novel by Edith Wharton that satirically portrays American society and social climbing through the ruthless ambitions of its heroine, Undine Spragg.
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E.
The Biglow Papers
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- 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: Booth Tarkington’s Alice Adams Target entity description: Booth Tarkington’s *Alice Adams* is a 1921 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel about a young woman from a struggling Midwestern family whose social ambitions and romantic hopes clash with the rigid class expectations of her small town.
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A.
The Bostonians
The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James that explores post–Civil War American society through a satirical examination of feminism, reform movements, and complex personal relationships in Boston.
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B.
The Bostonians
The Bostonians is a 1984 period drama film adaptation of Henry James's novel, directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant, that explores feminism, politics, and romantic rivalry in post–Civil War Boston.
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C.
Mr. Democracy
Mr. Democracy is a symbolic figure representing the ideals of democratic governance and political modernization championed by Chinese intellectuals during the May Fourth Movement.
-
D.
The Custom of the Country
The Custom of the Country is a 1913 novel by Edith Wharton that satirically portrays American society and social climbing through the ruthless ambitions of its heroine, Undine Spragg.
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E.
The Biglow Papers
The Biglow Papers is a satirical collection of dialect poems and prose by James Russell Lowell that critiques the Mexican–American War and contemporary politics in mid-19th-century America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedTo | film ⓘ |
| author | Booth Tarkington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize for the Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| criticalReputation | classic of American social realism ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
domestic fiction
ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Alice Adams (1923 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alice Adams (1935 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | American social-critique fiction ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Alice Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPulitzerPrizeWinningWork | true ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Alice Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Arthur Russell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mrs. Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Booth Tarkington bibliography ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1921 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday, Page & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingType | small town ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
courtship and marriage prospects
ⓘ
middle-class life in the Midwest ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| theme |
class expectations
ⓘ
economic struggle ⓘ family dynamics ⓘ romantic aspiration ⓘ social ambition ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
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