So Big (novel)
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"So Big" is a 1924 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Edna Ferber that follows a resilient woman's struggles and aspirations in rural Chicago as she raises her son and confronts changing American values.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| So Big (novel) canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5043571 — 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: So Big (novel) Context triple: [So Big (1953 film), basedOn, So Big (novel)]
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A.
No Small Affair
No Small Affair is a 1984 romantic comedy film starring Jon Cryer and Demi Moore, centered on a teenage photographer who becomes infatuated with an aspiring nightclub singer.
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B.
The Great Love
The Great Love is a World War I-era British stage production best known for featuring prominent socialite and actress Lady Diana Cooper in a leading role.
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C.
The Big Day
The Big Day is Chance the Rapper’s 2019 debut studio album, a concept project centered on his wedding and adult life that received mixed critical reception.
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D.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
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E.
The Small Woman
The Small Woman is a 1957 biographical book by Alan Burgess that recounts the life and missionary work of British evangelist Gladys Aylward in China.
- 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: So Big (novel) Target entity description: "So Big" is a 1924 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Edna Ferber that follows a resilient woman's struggles and aspirations in rural Chicago as she raises her son and confronts changing American values.
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A.
No Small Affair
No Small Affair is a 1984 romantic comedy film starring Jon Cryer and Demi Moore, centered on a teenage photographer who becomes infatuated with an aspiring nightclub singer.
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B.
The Great Love
The Great Love is a World War I-era British stage production best known for featuring prominent socialite and actress Lady Diana Cooper in a leading role.
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C.
The Big Day
The Big Day is Chance the Rapper’s 2019 debut studio album, a concept project centered on his wedding and adult life that received mixed critical reception.
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D.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
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E.
The Small Woman
The Small Woman is a 1957 biographical book by Alan Burgess that recounts the life and missionary work of British evangelist Gladys Aylward in China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
So Big (1924 film)
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So Big (1932 film) ⓘ So Big (1953 film) ⓘ |
| author | Edna Ferber ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
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linked to:
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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| awardYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| followedBy | Show Boat ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
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literary fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
agricultural life
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ women's resilience ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
American Dream
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art versus material success ⓘ changing American values ⓘ motherhood ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
| hasTitle | So Big ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American realism
ⓘ
linked to:
Realism
|
| mainCharacter |
Dirk DeJong
ⓘ
Selina Peake DeJong ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Pulitzer Prize–winning American novels ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| precededBy | Gigolo ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1924 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Doubleday, Page & Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Doubleday
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| setInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Chicago
ⓘ
rural Chicago area ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: So Big (novel) Description of subject: "So Big" is a 1924 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Edna Ferber that follows a resilient woman's struggles and aspirations in rural Chicago as she raises her son and confronts changing American values.
Referenced by (6)
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