Levi Belsey
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Levi Belsey is a politically engaged, rebellious teenage son in Zadie Smith’s novel "On Beauty," whose activism and personal struggles highlight themes of race, class, and identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Levi Belsey canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6984016 — 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: Levi Belsey Context triple: [On Beauty, featuresCharacter, Levi Belsey]
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A.
Tyrone Kelsie
Tyrone Kelsie is an author best known for writing the work titled "Uproar."
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B.
Isaiah Rogers
Isaiah Rogers was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for pioneering hotel design and contributing major public buildings in the United States.
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C.
Josh Bayliss
Josh Bayliss is a British business executive best known as the CEO of the Virgin Group, overseeing the conglomerate’s global strategy and operations.
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D.
Levi Sanders
Levi Sanders is an American political consultant and public defender best known as the son of U.S. Senator and progressive figure Bernie Sanders.
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E.
Wesley Saunders
Wesley Saunders is an American basketball player best known for starring as a versatile guard/forward for Harvard University, where he became one of the program’s top performers in the early 2010s.
- 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: Levi Belsey Target entity description: Levi Belsey is a politically engaged, rebellious teenage son in Zadie Smith’s novel "On Beauty," whose activism and personal struggles highlight themes of race, class, and identity.
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A.
Tyrone Kelsie
Tyrone Kelsie is an author best known for writing the work titled "Uproar."
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B.
Isaiah Rogers
Isaiah Rogers was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for pioneering hotel design and contributing major public buildings in the United States.
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C.
Josh Bayliss
Josh Bayliss is a British business executive best known as the CEO of the Virgin Group, overseeing the conglomerate’s global strategy and operations.
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D.
Levi Sanders
Levi Sanders is an American political consultant and public defender best known as the son of U.S. Senator and progressive figure Bernie Sanders.
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E.
Wesley Saunders
Wesley Saunders is an American basketball player best known for starring as a versatile guard/forward for Harvard University, where he became one of the program’s top performers in the early 2010s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| age | teenager ⓘ |
| appearsIn | On Beauty ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
class
ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ generational tension ⓘ identity ⓘ race ⓘ |
| characterRole | supporting protagonist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator | Zadie Smith ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground | African American and white mixed heritage ⓘ |
| familyName | Belsey ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
On Beauty universe
ⓘ
linked to:
On Beauty
|
| firstPublicationAppearance | 2005 ⓘ |
| genre | literary fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Levi ⓘ |
| hasFather | Howard Belsey ⓘ |
| hasMother | Kiki Belsey ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn |
cultural appropriation
ⓘ
globalization ⓘ inequality ⓘ |
| hasResidence |
Boston area
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Boston
|
| hasSibling |
Jerome Belsey
ⓘ
Zora Belsey ⓘ |
| involvedIn | political activism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary British literature ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | explores themes of race class and identity ⓘ |
| occupation | student ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Belsey family ⓘ |
| setting | fictional town of Wellington Massachusetts ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
class consciousness
ⓘ
family expectations ⓘ racial identity ⓘ |
| trait |
idealistic
ⓘ
politically engaged ⓘ rebellious ⓘ socially conscious ⓘ |
| workLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Levi Belsey Description of subject: Levi Belsey is a politically engaged, rebellious teenage son in Zadie Smith’s novel "On Beauty," whose activism and personal struggles highlight themes of race, class, and identity.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.