Lucky Jim
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Lucky Jim is a 1954 comic novel by Kingsley Amis that satirizes academic life through the misadventures of a disillusioned young lecturer.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lucky Jim canonical | 8 |
| Lucky Jim (1957 film) | 1 |
| Lucky Jim (TV adaptations) | 1 |
| Lucky Jim (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8510224 — 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: Lucky Jim Context triple: [Kingsley Amis, notableWork, Lucky Jim]
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A.
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim is a British musical duo known for their melancholic, folk-influenced indie sound and association with the Skint Records label.
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B.
The Honourable Schoolboy
The Honourable Schoolboy is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows British intelligence officer Jerry Westerby on a complex mission in Southeast Asia as part of George Smiley’s campaign against the Soviet spy network.
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C.
The Naked Civil Servant
The Naked Civil Servant is a 1975 British television film based on Quentin Crisp’s autobiography, renowned for its groundbreaking portrayal of an openly gay man in mid-20th-century England.
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D.
Wise Children
Wise Children is a 1991 novel by Angela Carter that blends magical realism, Shakespearean allusion, and bawdy humor to explore themes of legitimacy, performance, and family through the lives of twin chorus girls.
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E.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
- 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: Lucky Jim Target entity description: Lucky Jim is a 1954 comic novel by Kingsley Amis that satirizes academic life through the misadventures of a disillusioned young lecturer.
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A.
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim is a British musical duo known for their melancholic, folk-influenced indie sound and association with the Skint Records label.
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B.
The Honourable Schoolboy
The Honourable Schoolboy is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows British intelligence officer Jerry Westerby on a complex mission in Southeast Asia as part of George Smiley’s campaign against the Soviet spy network.
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C.
The Naked Civil Servant
The Naked Civil Servant is a 1975 British television film based on Quentin Crisp’s autobiography, renowned for its groundbreaking portrayal of an openly gay man in mid-20th-century England.
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D.
Wise Children
Wise Children is a 1991 novel by Angela Carter that blends magical realism, Shakespearean allusion, and bawdy humor to explore themes of legitimacy, performance, and family through the lives of twin chorus girls.
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E.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Lucky Jim (1957 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim (TV adaptations) ⓘ
linked to:
Lucky Jim
|
| author |
Kingsley Amis
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Kingsley Amis
|
| awardReceived | Somerset Maugham Award ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
campus novel
ⓘ
comic novel ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasSequel | That Uncertain Feeling ⓘ |
| influenced | later British comic novels ⓘ |
| languageStyle | colloquial ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | postwar British literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jim Dixon ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic portrayal of academia
ⓘ
influence on campus novel genre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | lecturer in medieval history ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1954 ⓘ |
| publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd ⓘ |
| setting | provincial English university ⓘ |
| theme |
class and social mobility
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hypocrisy in academia ⓘ postwar British society ⓘ satire of academic life ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
post-World War II Britain
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linked to:
post-war Britain
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lucky Jim Description of subject: Lucky Jim is a 1954 comic novel by Kingsley Amis that satirizes academic life through the misadventures of a disillusioned young lecturer.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sir Kingsley Amis
linked to: Lucky Jim
subject linked to:
Amis
subject linked to:
Kingsley
linked to: Lucky Jim
linked to: Lucky Jim