The Airstrip at Konora
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"The Airstrip at Konora" is a short story from James A. Michener’s World War II–era collection *Tales of the South Pacific*, depicting life, love, and military operations on a remote Pacific island airfield.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Airstrip at Konora canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10210395 — 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 Airstrip at Konora Context triple: [Tales of the South Pacific, hasNotableStory, The Airstrip at Konora]
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A.
The Airstrip
The Airstrip is a component of the "Architecture as Autobiography" project, likely serving as a conceptual or physical space that reflects themes of movement, transition, and personal or spatial narrative.
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B.
Airstrip One
Airstrip One is the dystopian, totalitarian version of Great Britain in George Orwell’s novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," serving as a province of the superstate Oceania.
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C.
The Valley
The Valley is the commonly used nickname for the Missouri Valley Conference, one of the oldest collegiate athletic conferences in the United States.
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D.
The Valley
The Valley is the small administrative and commercial center of the Caribbean island territory of Anguilla.
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E.
The Valley
The Valley is a historic football stadium in southeast London that serves as the long-time home ground of Charlton Athletic Football Club.
- 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 Airstrip at Konora Target entity description: "The Airstrip at Konora" is a short story from James A. Michener’s World War II–era collection *Tales of the South Pacific*, depicting life, love, and military operations on a remote Pacific island airfield.
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A.
The Airstrip
The Airstrip is a component of the "Architecture as Autobiography" project, likely serving as a conceptual or physical space that reflects themes of movement, transition, and personal or spatial narrative.
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B.
Airstrip One
Airstrip One is the dystopian, totalitarian version of Great Britain in George Orwell’s novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," serving as a province of the superstate Oceania.
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C.
The Valley
The Valley is the commonly used nickname for the Missouri Valley Conference, one of the oldest collegiate athletic conferences in the United States.
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D.
The Valley
"The Valley" is a song by British singer-songwriter Laura Marling from her 2017 album *Semper Femina*, noted for its introspective lyrics and atmospheric folk sound.
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E.
The Valley
The Valley is the small administrative and commercial center of the Caribbean island territory of Anguilla.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Pacific War ⓘ |
| author |
James A. Michener
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linked to:
James Michener
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| firstPublishedIn | Tales of the South Pacific ⓘ |
| genre |
short story
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war fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
air warfare logistics
ⓘ
interpersonal relationships among servicemen ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCollectionPublicationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American literature ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| militaryContext | United States military operations in the Pacific ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | life on a military airstrip ⓘ |
| partOf | Tales of the South Pacific ⓘ |
| proseForm | narrative prose ⓘ |
| settingLocation | remote Pacific island airfield ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| settingRegion | South Pacific ⓘ |
| theme |
love and romance
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military life ⓘ war and its impact on individuals ⓘ |
| workInSeries | South Pacific stories by James A. Michener ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Airstrip at Konora Description of subject: "The Airstrip at Konora" is a short story from James A. Michener’s World War II–era collection *Tales of the South Pacific*, depicting life, love, and military operations on a remote Pacific island airfield.
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