Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

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biographical book nonfiction book

"Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" is a nonfiction book by Laura Hillenbrand that chronicles the harrowing wartime experiences and remarkable endurance of American Olympian and airman Louis Zamperini.

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Label	Occurrences
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption canonical	6
Unbroken	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8501506 — 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: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Context triple: [Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography, notableWinner, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption]

A. Unbroken
Unbroken is a 2014 biographical war drama film that chronicles the harrowing World War II experiences of American Olympian and airman Louis Zamperini.
B. Unbroken
Unbroken is Demi Lovato’s third studio album, known for its blend of pop, R&B, and dance influences and for marking a more mature, resilient phase in her music career.
C. Unbroken
Unbroken is an album titled "Skyscraper," likely featuring music that reflects themes of resilience or emotional intensity.
D. Lone Survivor
Lone Survivor is a 2013 war film based on the true story of a Navy SEAL team’s ill-fated mission in Afghanistan, adapted from Marcus Luttrell’s memoir.
E. Miracle at St. Anna
Miracle at St. Anna is a 2008 war drama film directed by Spike Lee that follows four African-American soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 92nd Infantry Division trapped behind enemy lines in Italy during World War II.
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: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Target entity description: "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" is a nonfiction book by Laura Hillenbrand that chronicles the harrowing wartime experiences and remarkable endurance of American Olympian and airman Louis Zamperini.

A. Unbroken
Unbroken is a 2014 biographical war drama film that chronicles the harrowing World War II experiences of American Olympian and airman Louis Zamperini.
B. Unbroken
Unbroken is Demi Lovato’s third studio album, known for its blend of pop, R&B, and dance influences and for marking a more mature, resilient phase in her music career.
C. Unbroken
Unbroken is an album titled "Skyscraper," likely featuring music that reflects themes of resilience or emotional intensity.
D. Lone Survivor
Lone Survivor is a 2013 war film based on the true story of a Navy SEAL team’s ill-fated mission in Afghanistan, adapted from Marcus Luttrell’s memoir.
E. Miracle at St. Anna
Miracle at St. Anna is a 2008 war drama film directed by Spike Lee that follows four African-American soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 92nd Infantry Division trapped behind enemy lines in Italy during World War II.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographical book ⓘ nonfiction book ⓘ
adaptedAs	feature film ⓘ
author	Laura Hillenbrand ⓘ
awarded	long run on The New York Times Best Seller list ⓘ
basedOn	true story ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
describesEvent	Louis Zamperini's Olympic career ⓘ Louis Zamperini's capture by the Japanese Navy ⓘ Louis Zamperini's imprisonment in Japanese POW camps ⓘ Louis Zamperini's postwar struggles ⓘ Louis Zamperini's religious conversion ⓘ Louis Zamperini's service as a U.S. Army Air Forces airman ⓘ Louis Zamperini's survival at sea on a life raft ⓘ crash of a B-24 bomber in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector	Angelina Jolie ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear	2014 ⓘ
filmAdaptationTitle	Unbroken ⓘ
follows	life of Louis Zamperini ⓘ
followsWork	Seabiscuit: An American Legend ⓘ linked to: Seabiscuit
genre	biography ⓘ history ⓘ war literature ⓘ
hasFormat	audiobook ⓘ ebook ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ
ISBN	978-1-4000-6416-8 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Louis Zamperini ⓘ World War II ⓘ prisoners of war ⓘ redemption ⓘ resilience ⓘ survival ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person ⓘ
notableTheme	endurance ⓘ faith ⓘ forgiveness ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ
placeOfPublication	New York City ⓘ
publicationDate	2010 ⓘ
publisher	Random House ⓘ
setInPeriod	World War II ⓘ
setInPlace	Japan ⓘ Pacific Theater ⓘ linked to: Pacific Theater of Operations United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
timeToWrite	approximately seven years ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography → notableWinner → Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption ⓘ

William Nicholson → notableWork → Unbroken ⓘ

linked to: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand → notableWork → Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption ⓘ

subject linked to: Hillenbrand

Unbroken → basedOn → Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption ⓘ

Laura Hillenbrand → notableWork → Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption ⓘ

Laura Hillenbrand → authorOf → Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption ⓘ

Louis Zamperini → subjectOf → Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption ⓘ

Matthew Baer → notableWork → Unbroken ⓘ