Smoke and Steel
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Smoke and Steel is a 1920 poetry collection by American writer Carl Sandburg that explores industrialization, urban life, and the American working class in a free-verse, modernist style.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Smoke and Steel canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Smoke and Steel Context triple: [Carl Sandburg, notableWork, Smoke and Steel]
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A.
The Smoke
The Smoke is the English name of Surah Ad-Dukhan, a chapter of the Qur’an that warns of a coming smoke as a sign of divine punishment and emphasizes God’s power and mercy.
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B.
The Smoke
The Smoke is a dramatic work by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood, known for her sharp, socially engaged storytelling.
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C.
The Smoke
The Smoke is a British television drama series centered on the lives and challenges of London firefighters.
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D.
City of Smokestacks
The "City of Smokestacks" is a nickname for Everett, Washington, reflecting its historic identity as an industrial and mill town dominated by lumber and paper factories.
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E.
The Age of Steel
The Age of Steel is a 2006 Doctor Who television episode featuring the Cybermen in an alternate Earth setting, concluding a two-part story that reintroduces the iconic villains to the revived series.
- 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: Smoke and Steel Target entity description: Smoke and Steel is a 1920 poetry collection by American writer Carl Sandburg that explores industrialization, urban life, and the American working class in a free-verse, modernist style.
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A.
The Smoke
The Smoke is the English name of Surah Ad-Dukhan, a chapter of the Qur’an that warns of a coming smoke as a sign of divine punishment and emphasizes God’s power and mercy.
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B.
The Smoke
The Smoke is a dramatic work by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood, known for her sharp, socially engaged storytelling.
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C.
The Smoke
The Smoke is a British television drama series centered on the lives and challenges of London firefighters.
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D.
City of Smokestacks
The "City of Smokestacks" is a nickname for Everett, Washington, reflecting its historic identity as an industrial and mill town dominated by lumber and paper factories.
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E.
The Age of Steel
The Age of Steel is a 2006 Doctor Who television episode featuring the Cybermen in an alternate Earth setting, concluding a two-part story that reintroduces the iconic villains to the revived series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Carl Sandburg ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| exploresTheme |
American identity
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American working class ⓘ industrialization ⓘ labor ⓘ modern city ⓘ social inequality ⓘ technology and society ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| follows | Cornhuskers ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | American social poetry ⓘ |
| hasMediaType | print ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
colloquial language
ⓘ
experimental structure ⓘ imagistic ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
factories
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machines ⓘ railroads ⓘ smokestacks ⓘ urban landscapes ⓘ workers ⓘ |
| isInCatalogOf | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of industrial America
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focus on working-class experience ⓘ use of free verse ⓘ |
| partOf | Carl Sandburg bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| poeticForm | free verse ⓘ |
| precedes | Slabs of the Sunburnt West ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harcourt Brace & World
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surface form:
Harcourt, Brace and Howe
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| timePeriodDescribed | early 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Smoke and Steel Description of subject: Smoke and Steel is a 1920 poetry collection by American writer Carl Sandburg that explores industrialization, urban life, and the American working class in a free-verse, modernist style.
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subject surface form:
Carl Sandburg