Hotel World
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Hotel World is a novel by Scottish author Ali Smith that interweaves the lives of several women connected to a hotel, exploring themes of time, grief, and human connection through experimental narrative techniques.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hotel World canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3043747 — 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: Hotel World Context triple: [Ali Smith, notableWork, Hotel World]
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A.
Flamingo Hotel
Flamingo Hotel is a historic Las Vegas resort and casino famously linked to mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and often regarded as one of the Strip’s earliest and most iconic properties.
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B.
Hotel Street
Hotel Street is a historic thoroughfare in Honolulu’s Chinatown district, long known as a bustling center of nightlife, commerce, and local culture.
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C.
Hotel Ambos Mundos
Hotel Ambos Mundos is a historic Havana hotel best known as Ernest Hemingway’s early Cuban residence and writing spot in the 1930s.
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D.
Hotel Astoria
Hotel Astoria is a historic luxury hotel in Saint Petersburg, Russia, renowned for its elegant architecture and prominent role in the city's cultural and political life.
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E.
Waldo Hotel
The Waldo Hotel is a historic landmark hotel building in downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia, known for its early 20th-century architecture and past prominence as a social and commercial hub.
- 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: Hotel World Target entity description: Hotel World is a novel by Scottish author Ali Smith that interweaves the lives of several women connected to a hotel, exploring themes of time, grief, and human connection through experimental narrative techniques.
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A.
Flamingo Hotel
Flamingo Hotel is a historic Las Vegas resort and casino famously linked to mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and often regarded as one of the Strip’s earliest and most iconic properties.
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B.
Hotel Street
Hotel Street is a historic thoroughfare in Honolulu’s Chinatown district, long known as a bustling center of nightlife, commerce, and local culture.
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C.
Hotel Ambos Mundos
Hotel Ambos Mundos is a historic Havana hotel best known as Ernest Hemingway’s early Cuban residence and writing spot in the 1930s.
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D.
Hotel Astoria
Hotel Astoria is a historic luxury hotel in Saint Petersburg, Russia, renowned for its elegant architecture and prominent role in the city's cultural and political life.
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E.
Waldo Hotel
The Waldo Hotel is a historic landmark hotel building in downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia, known for its early 20th-century architecture and past prominence as a social and commercial hub.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Ali Smith ⓘ |
| awardShortlisted |
Booker Prize for Fiction
ⓘ
linked to:
Booker Prize
Orange Prize for Fiction ⓘ |
| awardShortlistedYear |
2001 Booker Prize for Fiction
ⓘ
linked to:
Booker Prize
2002 Orange Prize for Fiction ⓘ
linked to:
Orange Prize for Fiction
|
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed by literary critics ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Accidental ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
ⓘ
experimental fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
section focused on a homeless woman
ⓘ
section focused on a hotel guest ⓘ section focused on a hotel receptionist ⓘ section focused on a younger sister ⓘ section narrated by a ghost ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Clare
ⓘ
Else ⓘ Lise ⓘ Penny ⓘ Sara Wilby ⓘ |
| motif |
architecture of the hotel
ⓘ
elevators and vertical movement ⓘ timepieces and clocks ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple first-person perspectives ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
experimental typography
ⓘ
fragmented narrative ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| partOf | Ali Smith bibliography ⓘ |
| precededBy | Like ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hamish Hamilton ⓘ |
| setting | a hotel in an unnamed British town ⓘ |
| structure | five main sections ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
impact of a sudden accidental death
ⓘ
interconnected lives of women ⓘ |
| theme |
capitalism
ⓘ
class inequality ⓘ death ⓘ grief ⓘ human connection ⓘ language and communication ⓘ memory ⓘ the body ⓘ time ⓘ |
| titleWordplay | pun on "hotel world" and "whole world" ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hotel World Description of subject: Hotel World is a novel by Scottish author Ali Smith that interweaves the lives of several women connected to a hotel, exploring themes of time, grief, and human connection through experimental narrative techniques.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.