I Am Charlotte Simmons
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I Am Charlotte Simmons is a satirical novel by Tom Wolfe that follows a naive young woman’s immersion into the hedonistic and status-obsessed culture of an elite American university.
All labels observed (1)
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| I Am Charlotte Simmons canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8501001 — 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: I Am Charlotte Simmons Context triple: [Tom Wolfe, notableWork, I Am Charlotte Simmons]
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A.
The Paper Chase
The Paper Chase is a 1973 American drama film (and later a TV series) about the intense first-year experience at Harvard Law School, best known for John Houseman’s Oscar-winning portrayal of the demanding Professor Kingsfield.
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B.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides is a 1999 atmospheric drama film directed by Sofia Coppola, adapted from Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel about the mysterious lives and deaths of five sheltered sisters in 1970s suburban America.
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C.
The Love School
The Love School is a British television drama series in which Ben Kingsley starred, exploring the lives and relationships of the Pre-Raphaelite artists.
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D.
The Rules of Attraction
The Rules of Attraction is a darkly comedic 2002 film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, following the tangled romantic and sexual lives of college students at a liberal arts school.
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E.
The Faculty
The Faculty is a 1998 science fiction horror film about high school students who discover their teachers are being taken over by alien parasites.
- 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: I Am Charlotte Simmons Target entity description: I Am Charlotte Simmons is a satirical novel by Tom Wolfe that follows a naive young woman’s immersion into the hedonistic and status-obsessed culture of an elite American university.
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A.
The Paper Chase
The Paper Chase is a 1973 American drama film (and later a TV series) about the intense first-year experience at Harvard Law School, best known for John Houseman’s Oscar-winning portrayal of the demanding Professor Kingsfield.
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B.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides is a 1999 atmospheric drama film directed by Sofia Coppola, adapted from Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel about the mysterious lives and deaths of five sheltered sisters in 1970s suburban America.
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C.
The Love School
The Love School is a British television drama series in which Ben Kingsley starred, exploring the lives and relationships of the Pre-Raphaelite artists.
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D.
The Rules of Attraction
The Rules of Attraction is a darkly comedic 2002 film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, following the tangled romantic and sexual lives of college students at a liberal arts school.
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E.
The Faculty
The Faculty is a 1998 science fiction horror film about high school students who discover their teachers are being taken over by alien parasites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Tom Wolfe ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| award | Bad Sex in Fiction Award ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| followedBy | Back to Blood ⓘ |
| genre |
campus novel
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satire ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Chip Kidd ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniversity | Dupont University ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780374270323 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Charlotte Simmons ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial portrayal of sex and language
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depiction of elite university social life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | ~700 ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Tom Wolfe novels ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| precededBy | A Man in Full ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | college freshman ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2004 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ |
| setting | fictional elite American university ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
American higher education
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college basketball ⓘ fraternities and sororities ⓘ youth culture in America ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
big-time college athletics
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class and privilege ⓘ college life ⓘ hedonism ⓘ identity and self-discovery ⓘ intellectualism vs anti-intellectualism ⓘ sexual culture on campus ⓘ social status ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 21st century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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