On Beauty
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On Beauty is a 2005 novel by British author Zadie Smith that explores family, race, class, and academia through the intertwined lives of two rival intellectual families in a New England college town.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| On Beauty canonical | 17 |
| On Beauty universe | 2 |
| On Beauty (2005) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1392614 — 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: On Beauty Context triple: [Zadie Smith, notableWork, On Beauty]
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A.
Of Beauty
"Of Beauty" is a philosophical essay by Francis Bacon that reflects on the nature, perception, and value of physical beauty in human life.
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B.
the Form of Beauty
The Form of Beauty is Plato’s eternal, unchanging, and perfect archetype of beauty itself, which all beautiful things imperfectly imitate and which the soul ultimately seeks to contemplate.
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C.
The Beautiful Ones
"The Beautiful Ones" is a soulful R&B ballad by the American group Butterfly, noted for its emotive vocals and romantic themes.
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D.
Intimations
Intimations is a collection of personal essays by Zadie Smith reflecting on life, society, and the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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E.
A Beautiful Question
A Beautiful Question is a popular science book by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Frank Wilczek that explores how the laws of physics reflect deep principles of symmetry, harmony, and beauty.
- 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: On Beauty Target entity description: On Beauty is a 2005 novel by British author Zadie Smith that explores family, race, class, and academia through the intertwined lives of two rival intellectual families in a New England college town.
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A.
Of Beauty
"Of Beauty" is a philosophical essay by Francis Bacon that reflects on the nature, perception, and value of physical beauty in human life.
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B.
the Form of Beauty
The Form of Beauty is Plato’s eternal, unchanging, and perfect archetype of beauty itself, which all beautiful things imperfectly imitate and which the soul ultimately seeks to contemplate.
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C.
The Beautiful Ones
"The Beautiful Ones" is a soulful R&B ballad by the American group Butterfly, noted for its emotive vocals and romantic themes.
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D.
Intimations
Intimations is a collection of personal essays by Zadie Smith reflecting on life, society, and the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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E.
A Beautiful Question
A Beautiful Question is a popular science book by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Frank Wilczek that explores how the laws of physics reflect deep principles of symmetry, harmony, and beauty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Zadie Smith ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Booker Prize longlist
ⓘ
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book (Eurasia region) ⓘ
linked to:
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| exploresRelationshipBetween | two rival intellectual families ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Carl Thomas
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Carlene Kipps ⓘ Howard Belsey ⓘ Jerome Belsey ⓘ Kiki Belsey ⓘ Levi Belsey ⓘ Monty Kipps ⓘ Victoria Kipps ⓘ Zora Belsey ⓘ |
| genre |
campus novel
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literary fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-241-14327-1 ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
academia
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class ⓘ family ⓘ identity ⓘ infidelity ⓘ liberalism and conservatism ⓘ marriage ⓘ race ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approx. 464 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
African American culture
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aesthetics ⓘ art ⓘ higher education ⓘ immigration ⓘ multiculturalism ⓘ political ideology ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
E. M. Forster
ⓘ
Howards End ⓘ |
| mainLocationType | university campus ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Hamish Hamilton
ⓘ
Penguin Press ⓘ
linked to:
Penguin Books
|
| setIn | fictional New England college town ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 21st century ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: On Beauty Description of subject: On Beauty is a 2005 novel by British author Zadie Smith that explores family, race, class, and academia through the intertwined lives of two rival intellectual families in a New England college town.
Referenced by (20)
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