Banner in the Sky
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Banner in the Sky is a 1954 young adult adventure novel about a Swiss boy’s perilous attempt to climb a deadly Alpine peak, inspired by the first ascent of the Matterhorn.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Banner in the Sky canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10074308 — 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: Banner in the Sky Context triple: [James Ramsey Ullman, notableWork, Banner in the Sky]
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A.
Our Banner in the Sky
Our Banner in the Sky is a patriotic 1861 landscape painting by Frederic Edwin Church that depicts the American flag formed by a dramatic sunrise sky and treeline.
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B.
Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky is a biographical account of British World War II flying ace Douglas Bader, focusing on his overcoming disability to become a celebrated fighter pilot.
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C.
Reach for the Sky
"Reach for the Sky" is a song by the American punk rock band Rancid, featured on their 2004 album "Indestructible."
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D.
Barnstorm
Barnstorm is a 1972 rock album by Joe Walsh’s band of the same name, known for its blend of hard rock and atmospheric, experimental sounds.
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E.
Late for the Sky
"Late for the Sky" is a critically acclaimed 1974 folk-rock album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, noted for its introspective lyrics and emotional depth.
- 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: Banner in the Sky Target entity description: Banner in the Sky is a 1954 young adult adventure novel about a Swiss boy’s perilous attempt to climb a deadly Alpine peak, inspired by the first ascent of the Matterhorn.
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A.
Our Banner in the Sky
Our Banner in the Sky is a patriotic 1861 landscape painting by Frederic Edwin Church that depicts the American flag formed by a dramatic sunrise sky and treeline.
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B.
Reach for the Sky
"Reach for the Sky" is a song by the American punk rock band Rancid, featured on their 2004 album "Indestructible."
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C.
Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky is a biographical account of British World War II flying ace Douglas Bader, focusing on his overcoming disability to become a celebrated fighter pilot.
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D.
Barnstorm
Barnstorm is a 1972 rock album by Joe Walsh’s band of the same name, known for its blend of hard rock and atmospheric, experimental sounds.
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E.
Late for the Sky
"Late for the Sky" is a critically acclaimed 1974 folk-rock album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, noted for its introspective lyrics and emotional depth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ |
| author | James Ramsey Ullman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Newbery Honor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Banner in the Sky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | attempt to climb a dangerous Alpine peak ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
coming of age
ⓘ
courage ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ perseverance ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Ken Annakin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Third Man on the Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Captain John Winter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emil Saxo NERFINISHED ⓘ Franz Lerner NERFINISHED ⓘ Frau Matt NERFINISHED ⓘ Teo Zurbriggen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalMountain | the Citadel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Alps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
father–son relationships ⓘ mountain climbing ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | first ascent of the Matterhorn ⓘ |
| intendedUse | recreational reading ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | classic of mountaineering fiction for young readers ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Rudi Matt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality | Swiss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | kitchen boy ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1954 ⓘ |
| publisher | J. B. Lippincott & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Swiss Alps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
young adults ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Banner in the Sky Description of subject: Banner in the Sky is a 1954 young adult adventure novel about a Swiss boy’s perilous attempt to climb a deadly Alpine peak, inspired by the first ascent of the Matterhorn.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.