The Crossing
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The Crossing is a historical novel by Howard Fast that dramatizes George Washington’s daring 1776 crossing of the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Crossing canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8135437 — 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: The Crossing Context triple: [Howard Fast, notableWork, The Crossing]
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A.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a 1994 novel by Cormac McCarthy, the second book in his Border Trilogy, following a young cowboy’s harrowing journeys between the United States and Mexico.
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B.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a crime novel by Michael Connelly featuring detective Harry Bosch teaming up with defense attorney Mickey Haller to investigate a complex murder case.
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C.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a renowned video art installation by Bill Viola that explores themes of transformation and spirituality through slow-motion imagery of a figure engulfed alternately by fire and water.
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D.
Still Crossed
"Still Crossed" is a song by the American metalcore band Zao from their influential 1995 album "The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation" (often associated with their early release era around "Born of You").
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E.
De Oversteek
De Oversteek is a modern road bridge over the River Waal in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, commemorating a historic World War II river crossing.
- 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 Crossing Target entity description: The Crossing is a historical novel by Howard Fast that dramatizes George Washington’s daring 1776 crossing of the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a 1994 novel by Cormac McCarthy, the second book in his Border Trilogy, following a young cowboy’s harrowing journeys between the United States and Mexico.
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B.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a crime novel by Michael Connelly featuring detective Harry Bosch teaming up with defense attorney Mickey Haller to investigate a complex murder case.
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C.
The Crossing
The Crossing is a renowned video art installation by Bill Viola that explores themes of transformation and spirituality through slow-motion imagery of a figure engulfed alternately by fire and water.
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D.
Still Crossed
"Still Crossed" is a song by the American metalcore band Zao from their influential 1995 album "The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation" (often associated with their early release era around "Born of You").
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E.
De Oversteek
De Oversteek is a modern road bridge over the River Waal in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, commemorating a historic World War II river crossing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical novel ⓘ |
| author | Howard Fast ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depictsConflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
war novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
courage
ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ revolution ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
Crossing of the Delaware River ⓘ
linked to:
Washington Crossing the Delaware
George Washington ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
leadership of George Washington
ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
British Army
ⓘ
Continental Army ⓘ George Washington ⓘ Hessian troops ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1971 ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Delaware River
ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
linked to:
New Jersey, United States
Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1776 ⓘ |
| workOf | Howard Fast ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Crossing Description of subject: The Crossing is a historical novel by Howard Fast that dramatizes George Washington’s daring 1776 crossing of the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.