Small Great Things
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Small Great Things is a bestselling contemporary novel by Jodi Picoult that explores race, privilege, and justice through the story of an African American nurse accused in the death of a white supremacist’s newborn.
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| Small Great Things canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Small Great Things Context triple: [Jodi Picoult, notableWork, Small Great Things]
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A.
The Splendid Things We Planned
The Splendid Things We Planned is a memoir by biographer Blake Bailey that recounts his troubled relationship with his brother and their dysfunctional family.
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B.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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C.
Olive Kitteridge
Olive Kitteridge is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Elizabeth Strout that was adapted into an acclaimed HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand as the titular character.
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D.
Love, Loss, and What We Ate
"Love, Loss, and What We Ate" is a memoir by Padma Lakshmi that intertwines her personal journey through love, grief, immigration, and identity with the central role that food has played in her life.
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E.
The Golden House
The Golden House is a lesser-known 19th-century novel by American essayist and humorist Charles Dudley Warner.
- 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: Small Great Things Target entity description: Small Great Things is a bestselling contemporary novel by Jodi Picoult that explores race, privilege, and justice through the story of an African American nurse accused in the death of a white supremacist’s newborn.
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A.
The Splendid Things We Planned
The Splendid Things We Planned is a memoir by biographer Blake Bailey that recounts his troubled relationship with his brother and their dysfunctional family.
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B.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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C.
Olive Kitteridge
Olive Kitteridge is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Elizabeth Strout that was adapted into an acclaimed HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand as the titular character.
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D.
Love, Loss, and What We Ate
"Love, Loss, and What We Ate" is a memoir by Padma Lakshmi that intertwines her personal journey through love, grief, immigration, and identity with the central role that food has played in her life.
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E.
The Golden House
The Golden House is a lesser-known 19th-century novel by American essayist and humorist Charles Dudley Warner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Jodi Picoult ⓘ |
| bestsellerStatus | New York Times bestseller ⓘ |
| character |
Brit Bauer
ⓘ
Edison Jefferson ⓘ Howard ⓘ Kennedy McQuarrie ⓘ Ruth Jefferson ⓘ Turk Bauer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| explores |
intersection of race and law
ⓘ
systemic racism in healthcare ⓘ white liberal complicity ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
ⓘ
legal drama ⓘ social problem novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationPlanned | film adaptation in development ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtFeaturing | minimalist design with bold typography ⓘ |
| hasDiscussionGuide | yes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | realist ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
ethics in medicine
ⓘ
implicit bias ⓘ justice ⓘ privilege ⓘ race ⓘ racism ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ |
| marketedAs | book club selection ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple first-person viewpoints ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of a Black nurse facing institutional racism ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An African American labor and delivery nurse is accused of causing the death of a white supremacist couple’s newborn after being ordered not to touch the baby. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Ruth Jefferson ⓘ |
| publisher | Ballantine Books ⓘ |
| setting |
Connecticut
ⓘ
hospital maternity ward ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
courtroom trial
ⓘ
criminal justice system ⓘ interracial relations ⓘ medical ethics ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 21st century ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | inspired by a quote attributed to Martin Luther King Jr. about doing small things in a great way ⓘ |
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