Night Without End
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Night Without End is a 1959 thriller novel by Alistair MacLean, set in the Arctic and centered on the perilous aftermath of a mysterious air crash.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Night Without End canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10808535 — 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: Night Without End Context triple: [Alistair MacLean, notableWork, Night Without End]
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A.
The Other Side of Midnight
The Other Side of Midnight is a bestselling romantic thriller novel by Sidney Sheldon that intertwines love, betrayal, and revenge across glamorous international settings.
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B.
In the Night
"In the Night" is a dark, synth-driven R&B/pop song by The Weeknd that explores themes of trauma and survival, released as a single from his album *Beauty Behind the Madness*.
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C.
The Night
The Night is the 92nd chapter of the Qur’an, a Meccan surah that contrasts the paths of righteousness and wickedness and emphasizes the consequences of human choices.
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D.
The Night
The Night is a haunting Expressionist painting by Max Beckmann that depicts the brutal terror and psychological trauma of a violent home invasion.
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E.
The Night
The Night is an 18th-century painting by French artist Joseph Vernet, renowned for its dramatic nocturnal seascape and masterful use of light and atmosphere.
- 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: Night Without End Target entity description: Night Without End is a 1959 thriller novel by Alistair MacLean, set in the Arctic and centered on the perilous aftermath of a mysterious air crash.
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A.
The Other Side of Midnight
The Other Side of Midnight is a bestselling romantic thriller novel by Sidney Sheldon that intertwines love, betrayal, and revenge across glamorous international settings.
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B.
In the Night
"In the Night" is a dark, synth-driven R&B/pop song by The Weeknd that explores themes of trauma and survival, released as a single from his album *Beauty Behind the Madness*.
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C.
The Night
The Night is the 92nd chapter of the Qur’an, a Meccan surah that contrasts the paths of righteousness and wickedness and emphasizes the consequences of human choices.
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D.
The Night
The Night is a haunting Expressionist painting by Max Beckmann that depicts the brutal terror and psychological trauma of a violent home invasion.
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E.
The Night
The Night is an 18th-century painting by French artist Joseph Vernet, renowned for its dramatic nocturnal seascape and masterful use of light and atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Alistair MacLean ⓘ |
| basedOn | Night Without End ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | Fear Is the Key ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Sealed Cargo ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Captain Hillcrest
ⓘ
Corazzini ⓘ Dr. Peter Mason ⓘ Jackstraw ⓘ Jill Summers ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | original UK first edition cover artist (unspecified) ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
betrayal
ⓘ
extreme cold ⓘ isolation ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 255 ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
murder mystery
ⓘ
sabotage ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Alistair MacLean bibliography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A research team at an isolated Arctic station rescues survivors of a crashed airliner and discovers that some of them are ruthless criminals seeking hidden valuables on board. ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Last Frontier ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| publisher | Collins ⓘ |
| setting |
Arctic
ⓘ
linked to:
Arctic region
Greenland icecap ⓘ
linked to:
Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector)
|
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary to late 1950s ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Night Without End Description of subject: Night Without End is a 1959 thriller novel by Alistair MacLean, set in the Arctic and centered on the perilous aftermath of a mysterious air crash.
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