Escape from Andersonville
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Escape from Andersonville is a historical novel centered on a daring Civil War prison break, written by Gene Hackman in collaboration with Daniel Lenihan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Escape from Andersonville canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10543990 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Escape from Andersonville Context triple: [Gene Hackman, notableWork, Escape from Andersonville]
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A.
A Long Walk
A Long Walk is a soulful R&B song by Jill Scott, celebrated for its smooth groove, poetic lyrics, and warm, conversational storytelling style.
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B.
Miracle at St. Anna
Miracle at St. Anna is a 2008 war drama film directed by Spike Lee that follows four African-American soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 92nd Infantry Division trapped behind enemy lines in Italy during World War II.
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C.
Witness to War
Witness to War is a documentary-style film by Australian artist and filmmaker George Gittoes that explores the human impact and brutal realities of armed conflict.
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D.
Le Déserteur
Le Déserteur is a famous 1954 anti-war song by Boris Vian, written as a poignant open letter from a conscientious objector to the French president.
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E.
Death of Absalom
Death of Absalom is the biblical account of King David’s rebellious son being killed during battle, marking a tragic climax in the narrative of 2 Samuel.
- 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: Escape from Andersonville Target entity description: Escape from Andersonville is a historical novel centered on a daring Civil War prison break, written by Gene Hackman in collaboration with Daniel Lenihan.
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A.
A Long Walk
A Long Walk is a soulful R&B song by Jill Scott, celebrated for its smooth groove, poetic lyrics, and warm, conversational storytelling style.
-
B.
Miracle at St. Anna
Miracle at St. Anna is a 2008 war drama film directed by Spike Lee that follows four African-American soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 92nd Infantry Division trapped behind enemy lines in Italy during World War II.
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C.
Witness to War
Witness to War is a documentary-style film by Australian artist and filmmaker George Gittoes that explores the human impact and brutal realities of armed conflict.
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D.
Le Déserteur
Le Déserteur is a famous 1954 anti-war song by Boris Vian, written as a poignant open letter from a conscientious objector to the French president.
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E.
Death of Absalom
Death of Absalom is the biblical account of King David’s rebellious son being killed during battle, marking a tragic climax in the narrative of 2 Samuel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical novel ⓘ |
| about |
Confederate prisoner-of-war camps
ⓘ
linked to:
Civil War prison system of the Confederacy
Union prisoners of war ⓘ military escape ⓘ |
| author |
Daniel Lenihan
ⓘ
Gene Hackman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
American Civil War fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasContributor |
Daniel Lenihan
ⓘ
Gene Hackman ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Escape from Andersonville ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Andersonville prison ⓘ
linked to:
Andersonville National Historic Site
prison escape ⓘ |
| narrativeFormat | fictionalized account of historical events ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of a Civil War prison break ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Andersonville, Georgia
ⓘ
linked to:
Andersonville National Historic Site
Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | American Civil War ⓘ |
| workType | collaborative novel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Escape from Andersonville Description of subject: Escape from Andersonville is a historical novel centered on a daring Civil War prison break, written by Gene Hackman in collaboration with Daniel Lenihan.
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