An Abundance of Katherines
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An Abundance of Katherines is a young adult novel by John Green that follows a former child prodigy on a road trip as he tries to make sense of his repeated breakups with girls named Katherine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| An Abundance of Katherines canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Abundance of Katherines Context triple: [John Green, notableWork, An Abundance of Katherines]
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A.
Katherines
Katherines is a residential area and housing estate within the town and district of Harlow in Essex, England.
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B.
(500) Days of Summer
(500) Days of Summer is a 2009 romantic comedy-drama film that follows a nonlinear account of a failed relationship between a greeting-card writer and his quirky coworker in Los Angeles.
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C.
Romance & Cigarettes
Romance & Cigarettes is a 2005 musical romantic comedy-drama film that blends blue-collar New York realism with stylized song-and-dance numbers and an ensemble cast including James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, and Kate Winslet.
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D.
13 Going on 30
13 Going on 30 is a 2004 romantic comedy fantasy film about a 13-year-old girl who magically wakes up in her 30-year-old body and must navigate adulthood, starring Jennifer Garner.
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E.
Begin Again
Begin Again is a 2013 musical romantic drama film about a disgraced music executive and a young singer-songwriter who collaborate to produce an album recorded live across New York City.
- 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: An Abundance of Katherines Target entity description: An Abundance of Katherines is a young adult novel by John Green that follows a former child prodigy on a road trip as he tries to make sense of his repeated breakups with girls named Katherine.
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A.
Katherines
Katherines is a residential area and housing estate within the town and district of Harlow in Essex, England.
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B.
(500) Days of Summer
(500) Days of Summer is a 2009 romantic comedy-drama film that follows a nonlinear account of a failed relationship between a greeting-card writer and his quirky coworker in Los Angeles.
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C.
Romance & Cigarettes
Romance & Cigarettes is a 2005 musical romantic comedy-drama film that blends blue-collar New York realism with stylized song-and-dance numbers and an ensemble cast including James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, and Kate Winslet.
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D.
13 Going on 30
13 Going on 30 is a 2004 romantic comedy fantasy film about a 13-year-old girl who magically wakes up in her 30-year-old body and must navigate adulthood, starring Jennifer Garner.
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E.
Begin Again
Begin Again is a 2013 musical romantic drama film about a disgraced music executive and a young singer-songwriter who collaborate to produce an album recorded live across New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
young adult novel ⓘ |
| author | John Green ⓘ |
| award | Michael L. Printz Honor ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
growing up
ⓘ
identity ⓘ pattern-seeking in life and love ⓘ relationships ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverArtist | Rodrigo Corral ⓘ |
| followedBy | Paper Towns ⓘ |
| follows | Colin Singleton on a road trip ⓘ |
| genre |
road novel
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Hassan Harbish
ⓘ
Hollis Wells ⓘ Lindsey Lee Wells ⓘ TOC ⓘ |
| hasDedication | to Katherine (not one of the 19) ⓘ |
| includes |
footnotes
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mathematical formulas ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780525476887 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
conversational
ⓘ
humorous ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Colin Singleton ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| notableFeature | features a theorem predicting relationship outcomes ⓘ |
| numberOfKatherinesDatedByProtagonist | 19 ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 227 ⓘ |
| partOf | John Green bibliography ⓘ |
| plotElement | Colin tries to understand his breakups with girls named Katherine ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Looking for Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Looking for Alaska (novel)
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| protagonistDescription | former child prodigy ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Dutton Books
ⓘ
linked to:
Dutton Penguin
|
| setting | Gutshot, Tennessee ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
breakups
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friendship ⓘ mathematical modeling of relationships ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| targetAudience | young adults ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary era ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: An Abundance of Katherines Description of subject: An Abundance of Katherines is a young adult novel by John Green that follows a former child prodigy on a road trip as he tries to make sense of his repeated breakups with girls named Katherine.
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subject linked to:
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