The Spirit of St. Louis
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The Spirit of St. Louis is Charles Lindbergh’s Pulitzer Prize–winning autobiographical account of his pioneering 1927 solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Spirit of St. Louis Context triple: [Charles Lindbergh, notableWork, The Spirit of St. Louis]
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Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator famed for making the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
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Rockwell Cage
Rockwell Cage is an indoor athletic facility at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that serves as the primary venue for the MIT Engineers’ home sports events.
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Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal spoken address traditionally used for the sitting President of the United States.
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D-Day
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Supermarine Spitfire
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- 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 Spirit of St. Louis Target entity description: The Spirit of St. Louis is Charles Lindbergh’s Pulitzer Prize–winning autobiographical account of his pioneering 1927 solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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A.
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator famed for making the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
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B.
Rockwell Cage
Rockwell Cage is an indoor athletic facility at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that serves as the primary venue for the MIT Engineers’ home sports events.
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C.
Mr. President
"Mr. President" is the formal spoken address traditionally used for the sitting President of the United States.
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Hundred Days
The Hundred Days refers to the intense early period of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in 1933 when a flurry of New Deal legislation was rapidly enacted to combat the Great Depression.
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Roosevelt’s Tree Army
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- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiography
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book ⓘ nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | Charles Lindbergh ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Pulitzer Prize for Letters, Drama, and Music
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surface form:
Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ⓘ |
| basedOn | Lindbergh’s 1927 New York–to–Paris flight ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
Lindbergh’s experiences during the flight
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Ryan NYP monoplane ⓘ
surface form:
Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis aircraft
preparation for transatlantic flight ⓘ solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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aviation literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“New York to Paris”
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“The Flight to Paris” ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Charles Lindbergh ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Charles Lindbergh ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1953 ⓘ |
| publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ |
| setting |
Atlantic Ocean
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New York ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| subject |
1927 solo nonstop transatlantic flight
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Charles Lindbergh ⓘ aviation history ⓘ transatlantic flight ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 1927 ⓘ |
| title | The Spirit of St. Louis self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Spirit of St. Louis Description of subject: The Spirit of St. Louis is Charles Lindbergh’s Pulitzer Prize–winning autobiographical account of his pioneering 1927 solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Spirit of St. Louis
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Spirit of St. Louis
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Spirit of St. Louis
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Roosevelt Field
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Spirit of St. Louis transatlantic flight
Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States
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Roosevelt Field
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Spirit of St. Louis
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Spirit of St. Louis at National Air and Space Museum
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The Spirit of St. Louis (1957 film)
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The Spirit of St. Louis (book by Charles Lindbergh)
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The Flight to Paris
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The Flight to Paris
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1927 transatlantic flight of Charles A. Lindbergh
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The Flight to Paris
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film "The Spirit of St. Louis"
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book "The Spirit of St. Louis" by Charles Lindbergh
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The Spirit of St. Louis (1957 film)
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Wright J-5C Whirlwind
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New York–Paris transatlantic flight of 1927