The Air We Breathe
E522817
"The Air We Breathe" is a historical novel by Andrea Barrett that explores early 20th-century tuberculosis treatment and the complex social dynamics within a New York sanatorium during World War I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Air We Breathe canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5487813 — 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 Air We Breathe Context triple: [Andrea Barrett, notableWork, The Air We Breathe]
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A.
Where the Air Is Clear
Where the Air Is Clear is a 1958 novel by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes that portrays post-revolutionary Mexico City through a fragmented, modernist narrative exploring class, identity, and disillusionment.
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B.
Breath
"Breath" is a short, minimalist stage piece by Samuel Beckett, known for its wordless depiction of existence through a brief cry, a single inhalation and exhalation, and shifting light on a heap of rubbish.
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C.
Breathe
"Breathe" is a song by Irish rock band U2 from their 2009 album *No Line on the Horizon*, blending driving rhythms with reflective, stream-of-consciousness lyrics.
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D.
Breathe
"Breathe" is a hit country-pop song by American singer Faith Hill that became one of her signature crossover successes in the late 1990s.
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E.
Breathe
"Breathe" is a 1996 electronic dance track by The Prodigy, featuring Keith Flint, known for its aggressive sound and iconic status in 1990s rave culture.
- 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 Air We Breathe Target entity description: "The Air We Breathe" is a historical novel by Andrea Barrett that explores early 20th-century tuberculosis treatment and the complex social dynamics within a New York sanatorium during World War I.
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A.
Where the Air Is Clear
Where the Air Is Clear is a 1958 novel by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes that portrays post-revolutionary Mexico City through a fragmented, modernist narrative exploring class, identity, and disillusionment.
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B.
Breath
"Breath" is a short, minimalist stage piece by Samuel Beckett, known for its wordless depiction of existence through a brief cry, a single inhalation and exhalation, and shifting light on a heap of rubbish.
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C.
Breathe
"Breathe" is a song by Irish rock band U2 from their 2009 album *No Line on the Horizon*, blending driving rhythms with reflective, stream-of-consciousness lyrics.
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D.
Breathe
"Breathe" is a hit country-pop song by American singer Faith Hill that became one of her signature crossover successes in the late 1990s.
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E.
Breathe
"Breathe" is a 1996 electronic dance track by The Prodigy, featuring Keith Flint, known for its aggressive sound and iconic status in 1990s rave culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical novel ⓘ |
| author | Andrea Barrett ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| features |
ensemble cast of patients
ⓘ
sanatorium community ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
war novel ⓘ |
| hasForm |
hardcover edition
ⓘ
paperback edition ⓘ print book ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
United States home front during World War I
ⓘ
rise of public health institutions in the U.S. ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
community and isolation
ⓘ
public health ⓘ science and ethics ⓘ social class dynamics ⓘ tuberculosis treatment ⓘ war-time paranoia ⓘ xenophobia ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person plural ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of early 20th-century medical practices
ⓘ
use of collective narrative voice ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| publisher | W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Servants of the Map
ⓘ
Ship Fever ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Adirondacks
ⓘ
linked to:
Adirondack Mountains
New York State ⓘ |
| settingTime |
World War I
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
immigrant experience in the United States
ⓘ
impact of World War I on civilians ⓘ tuberculosis sanatorium ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1910s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Air We Breathe Description of subject: "The Air We Breathe" is a historical novel by Andrea Barrett that explores early 20th-century tuberculosis treatment and the complex social dynamics within a New York sanatorium during World War I.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.