Drop City
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Drop City is a novel by T.C. Boyle that follows a 1970s California hippie commune whose idealistic experiment in free living unravels when they relocate to the harsh wilderness of Alaska.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Drop City canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10091731 — 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: Drop City Context triple: [T.C. Boyle, notableWork, Drop City]
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A.
Free City
"Free City" is the 2000 debut studio album by St. Lunatics, a hip hop group from St. Louis that includes rapper Nelly.
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B.
Sand City
Sand City is a small coastal city in Monterey County, California, known for its beaches, sand dunes, and outlet shopping.
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C.
Outer City
The Outer City was the extensive outer urban area surrounding the central core of Dadu, the Yuan dynasty capital later known as Beijing.
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D.
South Town
South Town is a fictional, crime-ridden American metropolis that serves as the primary backdrop for SNK’s Fatal Fury and related fighting game series.
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E.
Edge City
Edge City is a fictional, crime-ridden American metropolis known as the primary setting of the comic book and film franchise "The Mask."
- 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: Drop City Target entity description: Drop City is a novel by T.C. Boyle that follows a 1970s California hippie commune whose idealistic experiment in free living unravels when they relocate to the harsh wilderness of Alaska.
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A.
Free City
"Free City" is the 2000 debut studio album by St. Lunatics, a hip hop group from St. Louis that includes rapper Nelly.
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B.
Sand City
Sand City is a small coastal city in Monterey County, California, known for its beaches, sand dunes, and outlet shopping.
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C.
Outer City
The Outer City was the extensive outer urban area surrounding the central core of Dadu, the Yuan dynasty capital later known as Beijing.
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D.
South Town
South Town is a fictional, crime-ridden American metropolis that serves as the primary backdrop for SNK’s Fatal Fury and related fighting game series.
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E.
Edge City
Edge City is a fictional, crime-ridden American metropolis known as the primary setting of the comic book and film franchise "The Mask."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author |
T. C. Boyle
ⓘ
linked to:
T.C. Boyle
|
| award |
National Book Award finalist
ⓘ
PEN/Faulkner Award finalist ⓘ
linked to:
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| follows | hippie commune ⓘ |
| genre |
counterculture fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Joe Bosky
ⓘ
Lester ⓘ Marco ⓘ Midge ⓘ Norman ⓘ Pam Harder ⓘ Panfish ⓘ
linked to:
Trout
Ronnie ⓘ Sess Harder ⓘ Star ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
ⓘ
e-book ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-670-03109-9 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Alaskan frontier
ⓘ
communes ⓘ hippies ⓘ social experimentation ⓘ survival in wilderness ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
clash between nature and civilization
ⓘ
disillusionment with the 1960s counterculture ⓘ freedom and responsibility ⓘ utopian idealism ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
communal living
ⓘ
counterculture movement ⓘ idealism versus reality ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A California hippie commune relocates to rural Alaska, where their utopian ideals collide with harsh wilderness realities. ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Viking Press
ⓘ
linked to:
The Viking Press
|
| settingPlace |
Alaska
ⓘ
California ⓘ
linked to:
California (state)
|
| settingTime | 1970s ⓘ |
| structure | multiple viewpoints ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Drop City Description of subject: Drop City is a novel by T.C. Boyle that follows a 1970s California hippie commune whose idealistic experiment in free living unravels when they relocate to the harsh wilderness of Alaska.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.