High Fidelity (novel)
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High Fidelity (novel) is a 1995 comedic novel by Nick Hornby that follows a London record store owner as he revisits his past relationships to understand his chronic romantic failures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| High Fidelity | 1 |
| High Fidelity (novel) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10465576 — 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: High Fidelity (novel) Context triple: [High Fidelity, basedOn, High Fidelity (novel)]
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A.
High Fidelity
High Fidelity is a 2000 romantic comedy-drama film about a record store owner reexamining his past relationships, widely recognized for its music-centric storytelling and Jack Black’s breakout supporting role.
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B.
High Fidelity (TV series)
High Fidelity is a 2020 romantic comedy-drama television series, based on Nick Hornby’s novel and the 2000 film, that follows a record store owner revisiting past relationships through music and pop culture.
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C.
High Fidelity (Broadway musical)
High Fidelity is a Broadway musical adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel about a record store owner who revisits his past relationships to understand his failures in love.
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D.
Paper Towns
Paper Towns is a 2015 coming-of-age mystery film, based on John Green’s novel, that follows a teenager’s quest to find his enigmatic neighbor after her sudden disappearance.
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E.
The Rules of Attraction
The Rules of Attraction is a darkly comedic 2002 film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, following the tangled romantic and sexual lives of college students at a liberal arts school.
- 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: High Fidelity (novel) Target entity description: High Fidelity (novel) is a 1995 comedic novel by Nick Hornby that follows a London record store owner as he revisits his past relationships to understand his chronic romantic failures.
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A.
High Fidelity
High Fidelity is a 2000 romantic comedy-drama film about a record store owner reexamining his past relationships, widely recognized for its music-centric storytelling and Jack Black’s breakout supporting role.
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B.
High Fidelity (TV series)
High Fidelity is a 2020 romantic comedy-drama television series, based on Nick Hornby’s novel and the 2000 film, that follows a record store owner revisiting past relationships through music and pop culture.
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C.
High Fidelity (Broadway musical)
High Fidelity is a Broadway musical adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel about a record store owner who revisits his past relationships to understand his failures in love.
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D.
Paper Towns
Paper Towns is a 2015 coming-of-age mystery film, based on John Green’s novel, that follows a teenager’s quest to find his enigmatic neighbor after her sudden disappearance.
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E.
The Rules of Attraction
The Rules of Attraction is a darkly comedic 2002 film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, following the tangled romantic and sexual lives of college students at a liberal arts school.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedic novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
feature film
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stage musical ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| author | Nick Hornby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
emotional immaturity
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male identity ⓘ pop culture obsession ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
commitment issues
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nostalgia ⓘ personal growth ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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contemporary fiction ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
High Fidelity (2000 film)
NERFINISHED
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High Fidelity (2020 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ High Fidelity (Broadway musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Barry
NERFINISHED
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Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ Laura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
breakups
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popular music ⓘ record shops ⓘ self-reflection ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary British fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Rob Fleming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainRelationship | Rob and Laura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
humorous
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introspective ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of record-collecting culture
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use of top-five lists as a motif ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | early major success of Nick Hornby ⓘ |
| plotElement |
exploration of romantic failures
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protagonist revisits past relationships ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | record store owner ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1990s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: High Fidelity (novel) Description of subject: High Fidelity (novel) is a 1995 comedic novel by Nick Hornby that follows a London record store owner as he revisits his past relationships to understand his chronic romantic failures.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.