The War (documentary series)
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The War is a 2007 American documentary television series directed by Ken Burns and written by Geoffrey C. Ward that explores the experiences of ordinary Americans during World War II.
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| The War (documentary series) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20849151 — 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)
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Target entity: The War (documentary series) Context triple: [Geoffrey C. Ward, subjectOf, The War (documentary series)]
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The World at War 1914–1945
The World at War 1914–1945 is a historical study by Jeremy Black that analyzes the global military, political, and social dimensions of the two World Wars as a single, interconnected era of conflict.
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Generation War
Generation War is a German World War II television miniseries that follows a group of young friends whose lives are dramatically altered by the war and its moral complexities.
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C.
Der Krieg (The War)
Der Krieg (The War) is a harrowing series of etchings and paintings by German artist Otto Dix that depicts the brutal realities and psychological trauma of World War I.
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Why We Fight (film series)
Why We Fight is a World War II-era series of American propaganda documentary films explaining and justifying the U.S. involvement in the war to both soldiers and the general public.
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E.
One War
One War is a Russian film directed by Vera Glagoleva that portrays the struggles and moral complexities faced by women during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The War (documentary series) Target entity description: The War is a 2007 American documentary television series directed by Ken Burns and written by Geoffrey C. Ward that explores the experiences of ordinary Americans during World War II.
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A.
The World at War 1914–1945
The World at War 1914–1945 is a historical study by Jeremy Black that analyzes the global military, political, and social dimensions of the two World Wars as a single, interconnected era of conflict.
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B.
Generation War
Generation War is a German World War II television miniseries that follows a group of young friends whose lives are dramatically altered by the war and its moral complexities.
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C.
Der Krieg (The War)
Der Krieg (The War) is a harrowing series of etchings and paintings by German artist Otto Dix that depicts the brutal realities and psychological trauma of World War I.
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D.
Why We Fight (film series)
Why We Fight is a World War II-era series of American propaganda documentary films explaining and justifying the U.S. involvement in the war to both soldiers and the general public.
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E.
One War
One War is a Russian film directed by Vera Glagoleva that portrays the struggles and moral complexities faced by women during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.