The Troubled Air
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The Troubled Air is a novel by American writer Irwin Shaw that explores the impact of McCarthy-era anti-communist hysteria on a New York radio station and the people who work there.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Troubled Air canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20969625 — 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: The Troubled Air Context triple: [Irwin Shaw, notableWork, The Troubled Air]
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A.
The Crowded Sky
The Crowded Sky is a 1960 American drama film about intersecting lives aboard two aircraft on a collision course, adapted from a novel and noted for its ensemble cast and tense aviation disaster storyline.
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B.
The Turmoil
"The Turmoil" is a 1915 novel by American author Booth Tarkington that explores industrialization, social change, and family conflict in a rapidly modernizing Midwestern city.
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C.
Death in the Clouds
Death in the Clouds is a classic Agatha Christie detective novel featuring Hercule Poirot investigating a murder committed aboard an airplane mid-flight.
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D.
The Dark Clouds Above
"The Dark Clouds Above" is a politically charged folk-rock song by Tom Morello from his solo project The Nightwatchman.
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E.
The Flight
"The Flight" is a poem that reflects the classical, muse-inspired themes and contemplative style characteristic of the collection *To Urania*.
- 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: The Troubled Air Target entity description: The Troubled Air is a novel by American writer Irwin Shaw that explores the impact of McCarthy-era anti-communist hysteria on a New York radio station and the people who work there.
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A.
The Crowded Sky
The Crowded Sky is a 1960 American drama film about intersecting lives aboard two aircraft on a collision course, adapted from a novel and noted for its ensemble cast and tense aviation disaster storyline.
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B.
The Turmoil
"The Turmoil" is a 1915 novel by American author Booth Tarkington that explores industrialization, social change, and family conflict in a rapidly modernizing Midwestern city.
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C.
Death in the Clouds
Death in the Clouds is a classic Agatha Christie detective novel featuring Hercule Poirot investigating a murder committed aboard an airplane mid-flight.
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D.
The Dark Clouds Above
"The Dark Clouds Above" is a politically charged folk-rock song by Tom Morello from his solo project The Nightwatchman.
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E.
The Flight
"The Flight" is a poem that reflects the classical, muse-inspired themes and contemplative style characteristic of the collection *To Urania*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.