White Teeth
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White Teeth is a critically acclaimed debut novel by Zadie Smith that explores multicultural London, immigration, and family through the intertwined lives of two wartime friends and their descendants.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| White Teeth canonical | 24 |
| White Teeth (2000 novel) | 2 |
| White Teeth universe | 2 |
| "White Teeth" | 1 |
| White Teeth (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: White Teeth Context triple: [Zadie Smith, notableWork, White Teeth]
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A.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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B.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a 2017 novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy that weaves together the lives of marginalized characters across contemporary India in a fragmented, poetic narrative.
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C.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road is a 2008 drama film, based on Richard Yates's novel, that explores the disintegration of a suburban 1950s marriage and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
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D.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch is a famous 1654 trompe-l'œil painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Carel Fabritius, depicting a life-sized goldfinch chained to its perch.
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E.
The Golden House
The Golden House is a lesser-known 19th-century novel by American essayist and humorist Charles Dudley Warner.
- 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: White Teeth Target entity description: White Teeth is a critically acclaimed debut novel by Zadie Smith that explores multicultural London, immigration, and family through the intertwined lives of two wartime friends and their descendants.
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A.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
-
B.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a 2017 novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy that weaves together the lives of marginalized characters across contemporary India in a fragmented, poetic narrative.
-
C.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road is a 2008 drama film, based on Richard Yates's novel, that explores the disintegration of a suburban 1950s marriage and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
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D.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch is a famous 1654 trompe-l'œil painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Carel Fabritius, depicting a life-sized goldfinch chained to its perch.
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E.
The Golden House
The Golden House is a lesser-known 19th-century novel by American essayist and humorist Charles Dudley Warner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
debut novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | television drama ⓘ |
| author | Zadie Smith ⓘ |
| award |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
ⓘ
linked to:
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
The Guardian First Book Award ⓘ Whitbread First Novel Award ⓘ
linked to:
Whitbread Novel Award
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| character |
Alsana Iqbal
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Clara Bowden ⓘ Irie Jones ⓘ Joyce Chalfen ⓘ Magid Iqbal ⓘ Marcus Chalfen ⓘ Millat Iqbal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| debutOf | Zadie Smith ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
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literary fiction ⓘ postcolonial fiction ⓘ |
| influencedBy | postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-0-241-14340-9 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family relationships
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history and memory ⓘ identity ⓘ immigration ⓘ multiculturalism ⓘ postcolonial Britain ⓘ race and ethnicity ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableAspect |
exploration of British immigrant experience
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intergenerational family saga ⓘ portrayal of multicultural London ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Archie Jones
ⓘ
Samad Iqbal ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hamish Hamilton ⓘ |
| settingCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| shortlistedFor | Orange Prize for Fiction ⓘ |
| structure | nonlinear timeline ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Bangladeshi diaspora in Britain
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linked to:
British Bangladeshi
Jamaican diaspora in Britain ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| tvAdaptationBroadcaster | Channel 4 ⓘ |
| tvAdaptationReleaseYear | 2002 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (30)
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Naomi Harris