short story "Death and Dishonor"
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"Death and Dishonor" is a short story by Mark Boal that inspired the crime drama film "In the Valley of Elah," focusing on the psychological and moral fallout of a soldier’s disappearance after returning from the Iraq War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| short story "Death and Dishonor" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7630724 — 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: short story "Death and Dishonor" Context triple: [In the Valley of Elah, basedOn, short story "Death and Dishonor"]
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A.
short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death"
"In the Event of My Father’s Death" is a short story by Roxane Gay that appears in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of family, grief, and complex emotional inheritance.
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B.
short story "The Sacrifice of Darkness"
"The Sacrifice of Darkness" is a short story by Roxane Gay that blends elements of fantasy and allegory to explore themes of loss, guilt, and resilience in a world literally and figuratively consumed by darkness.
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C.
short story "The Sentinel"
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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D.
Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole"
Elmore Leonard’s short story "Fire in the Hole" is a crime tale featuring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens that served as the primary inspiration for the television series "Justified."
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E.
short story "Noble Things"
"Noble Things" is a short story by Roxane Gay included in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of identity, resilience, and complex female experience.
- 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: short story "Death and Dishonor" Target entity description: "Death and Dishonor" is a short story by Mark Boal that inspired the crime drama film "In the Valley of Elah," focusing on the psychological and moral fallout of a soldier’s disappearance after returning from the Iraq War.
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A.
short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death"
"In the Event of My Father’s Death" is a short story by Roxane Gay that appears in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of family, grief, and complex emotional inheritance.
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B.
short story "The Sacrifice of Darkness"
"The Sacrifice of Darkness" is a short story by Roxane Gay that blends elements of fantasy and allegory to explore themes of loss, guilt, and resilience in a world literally and figuratively consumed by darkness.
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C.
short story "The Sentinel"
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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D.
Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole"
Elmore Leonard’s short story "Fire in the Hole" is a crime tale featuring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens that served as the primary inspiration for the television series "Justified."
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E.
short story "Noble Things"
"Noble Things" is a short story by Roxane Gay included in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of identity, resilience, and complex female experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Mark Boal ⓘ |
| basedOn | Death and Dishonor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Mark Boal ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ war fiction ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
post-Iraq War period ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | In the Valley of Elah ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Iraq War
ⓘ
military crime ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ post-traumatic stress ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | soldier’s disappearance after returning from Iraq War ⓘ |
| notableWork | Death and Dishonor ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| theme |
family trauma
ⓘ
military justice ⓘ moral fallout of war ⓘ psychological fallout of war ⓘ truth-seeking investigation ⓘ |
| workInfluenced |
film In the Valley of Elah
ⓘ
linked to:
In the Valley of Elah
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: short story "Death and Dishonor" Description of subject: "Death and Dishonor" is a short story by Mark Boal that inspired the crime drama film "In the Valley of Elah," focusing on the psychological and moral fallout of a soldier’s disappearance after returning from the Iraq War.
Referenced by (1)
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