Fire in the Lake
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Fire in the Lake is a Pulitzer Prize–winning book that offers a deeply researched and influential analysis of the Vietnam War and Vietnamese society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fire in the Lake canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10257964 — 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: Fire in the Lake Context triple: [Frances FitzGerald, notableWork, Fire in the Lake]
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A.
A Savage Place
A Savage Place is a crime novel in Robert B. Parker’s Spenser series, featuring the Boston private investigator tackling corruption and danger in Hollywood.
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B.
Field of Blood
Field of Blood is the biblical name traditionally given to the plot of land associated with Judas Iscariot’s betrayal of Jesus and his subsequent death.
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C.
Fields of Fire
Fields of Fire is a critically acclaimed Vietnam War novel by Jim Webb that portrays the brutal realities and psychological toll of combat on a group of U.S. Marines.
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D.
Cease Fire
"Cease Fire" is a song featured on Christina Aguilera's album "Lotus," blending emotive vocals with themes of conflict and reconciliation.
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E.
The Killing Ground
The Killing Ground is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring his recurring character Sean Dillon in a high-stakes tale of terrorism, kidnapping, and covert operations.
- 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: Fire in the Lake Target entity description: Fire in the Lake is a Pulitzer Prize–winning book that offers a deeply researched and influential analysis of the Vietnam War and Vietnamese society.
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A.
A Savage Place
A Savage Place is a crime novel in Robert B. Parker’s Spenser series, featuring the Boston private investigator tackling corruption and danger in Hollywood.
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B.
Field of Blood
Field of Blood is the biblical name traditionally given to the plot of land associated with Judas Iscariot’s betrayal of Jesus and his subsequent death.
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C.
Fields of Fire
Fields of Fire is a critically acclaimed Vietnam War novel by Jim Webb that portrays the brutal realities and psychological toll of combat on a group of U.S. Marines.
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D.
Cease Fire
"Cease Fire" is a song featured on Christina Aguilera's album "Lotus," blending emotive vocals with themes of conflict and reconciliation.
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E.
The Killing Ground
The Killing Ground is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring his recurring character Sean Dillon in a high-stakes tale of terrorism, kidnapping, and covert operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pulitzer Prize-winning work
ⓘ
history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Frances FitzGerald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Book Award for Contemporary Affairs
NERFINISHED
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Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
deeply researched
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influential analysis of the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| genre |
history
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political analysis ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | critical of American intervention in Vietnam ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Buddhism in Vietnam
NERFINISHED
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South Vietnamese politics ⓘ U.S. foreign policy ⓘ peasant society in Vietnam ⓘ |
| influenced |
American public understanding of Vietnam
ⓘ
scholarship on the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryAwardYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Vietnam War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vietnamese society ⓘ |
| NationalBookAwardCategory | Contemporary Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical examination of U.S. policy in Vietnam
ⓘ
in-depth analysis of Vietnamese culture and politics ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| publisher | Little, Brown and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| PulitzerCategory | General Non-Fiction ⓘ |
| setting | Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | Vietnam War era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fire in the Lake Description of subject: Fire in the Lake is a Pulitzer Prize–winning book that offers a deeply researched and influential analysis of the Vietnam War and Vietnamese society.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Frances FitzGerald
subject surface form:
Frances FitzGerald