Killing the Rising Sun
E1036340
"Killing the Rising Sun" is a popular historical nonfiction book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard that chronicles the final phase of World War II in the Pacific, including the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Killing the Rising Sun canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13383115 — 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: Killing the Rising Sun Context triple: [Bill O'Reilly, notableWork, Killing the Rising Sun]
-
A.
Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944–45
Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944–45 is a historical narrative by military historian Max Hastings that examines the final year of the Pacific War, focusing on the brutal campaigns leading to Japan’s defeat in World War II.
-
B.
The Rising of the Sun
The Rising of the Sun is a celebrated Rococo painting by François Boucher, renowned for its mythological subject matter, luminous color palette, and sensuous, decorative style.
-
C.
From Pearl Harbor to Calvary
From Pearl Harbor to Calvary is the autobiographical account of former Japanese naval aviator Mitsuo Fuchida, detailing his role in the attack on Pearl Harbor and his later conversion to Christianity.
-
D.
How I Won the War
How I Won the War is a 1967 satirical anti-war film directed by Richard Lester, known for its dark humor, experimental style, and featuring John Lennon in a supporting role.
-
E.
The Vanquished
The Vanquished is a 1953 Western film in which Lyle Bettger appears, set in the post–Civil War American South and centered on themes of revenge and justice.
- 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: Killing the Rising Sun Target entity description: "Killing the Rising Sun" is a popular historical nonfiction book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard that chronicles the final phase of World War II in the Pacific, including the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan.
-
A.
Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944–45
Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944–45 is a historical narrative by military historian Max Hastings that examines the final year of the Pacific War, focusing on the brutal campaigns leading to Japan’s defeat in World War II.
-
B.
The Rising of the Sun
The Rising of the Sun is a celebrated Rococo painting by François Boucher, renowned for its mythological subject matter, luminous color palette, and sensuous, decorative style.
-
C.
From Pearl Harbor to Calvary
From Pearl Harbor to Calvary is the autobiographical account of former Japanese naval aviator Mitsuo Fuchida, detailing his role in the attack on Pearl Harbor and his later conversion to Christianity.
-
D.
How I Won the War
How I Won the War is a 1967 satirical anti-war film directed by Richard Lester, known for its dark humor, experimental style, and featuring John Lennon in a supporting role.
-
E.
The Vanquished
The Vanquished is a 1953 Western film in which Lyle Bettger appears, set in the post–Civil War American South and centered on themes of revenge and justice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
history book
ⓘ
military history book ⓘ nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author |
Bill O'Reilly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martin Dugard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coversTheme |
end of the Pacific War
ⓘ
surrender of Japan ⓘ use of nuclear weapons ⓘ war crimes and atrocities in the Pacific ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent | decision to use atomic bombs against Japan ⓘ |
| genre |
historical nonfiction
ⓘ
military history ⓘ |
| hasCoAuthorRelationshipWith |
Bill O'Reilly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martin Dugard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm |
audio edition
ⓘ
hardcover edition ⓘ paperback edition ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | popular narrative history ⓘ |
| notableFor | popularizing the history of the Pacific War for mass audiences ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Henry Holt and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Bill O'Reilly's Killing series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Henry Holt and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Killing series ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Japan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Battle of Iwo Jima
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Okinawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas MacArthur NERFINISHED ⓘ Emperor Hirohito NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry S. Truman NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Manhattan Project NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki NERFINISHED ⓘ kamikaze attacks ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | final phase of World War II in the Pacific ⓘ |
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: Killing the Rising Sun Description of subject: "Killing the Rising Sun" is a popular historical nonfiction book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard that chronicles the final phase of World War II in the Pacific, including the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bill O'Reilly