Night Flight
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Night Flight is a 1931 novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry that dramatizes the perilous lives of early airmail pilots in South America.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Night Flight canonical | 4 |
| Night Flight (novel) | 1 |
| Volo di notte | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11566744 — 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 Flight Context triple: [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, notableWork, Night Flight]
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Night Flight
Night Flight is a film directed by Canadian actor and filmmaker Connor Jessup.
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Bright Flight
Bright Flight is a 2001 indie rock album by Silver Jews, noted for David Berman’s stark, country-tinged songwriting and melancholic, literate lyrics.
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C.
The Flight
The Flight is a musical duo known for composing the atmospheric and cinematic soundtrack for the video game Horizon Zero Dawn.
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D.
Up from the Skies
"Up from the Skies" is a psychedelic rock song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, noted for its jazzy groove, wah-wah guitar, and socially conscious lyrics.
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E.
Black Flight
Black Flight was a renowned World War I Royal Naval Air Service fighter unit led by Canadian ace Raymond Collishaw, noted for its distinctive black-painted aircraft and high victory tally.
- 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 Flight Target entity description: Night Flight is a 1931 novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry that dramatizes the perilous lives of early airmail pilots in South America.
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A.
Night Flight
Night Flight is a film directed by Canadian actor and filmmaker Connor Jessup.
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B.
Bright Flight
Bright Flight is a 2001 indie rock album by Silver Jews, noted for David Berman’s stark, country-tinged songwriting and melancholic, literate lyrics.
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C.
The Flight
The Flight is a musical duo known for composing the atmospheric and cinematic soundtrack for the video game Horizon Zero Dawn.
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D.
Up from the Skies
"Up from the Skies" is a psychedelic rock song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, noted for its jazzy groove, wah-wah guitar, and socially conscious lyrics.
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E.
Black Flight
Black Flight was a renowned World War I Royal Naval Air Service fighter unit led by Canadian ace Raymond Collishaw, noted for its distinctive black-painted aircraft and high victory tally.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ⓘ |
| basedOn | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's experience as an airmail pilot ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| focusesOn | lives of early airmail pilots ⓘ |
| followedBy | Terre des hommes ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure novel
ⓘ
aviation novel ⓘ drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Night Flight (1933 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Night Flight (1933)
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| hasCulturalSignificance | classic of aviation literature ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Night Flight ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
airmail service
ⓘ
aviation ⓘ human endurance ⓘ risk and heroism ⓘ |
| hasTitleTranslation | Vol de nuit ⓘ |
| influencedBy | development of commercial aviation ⓘ |
| isAbout |
airline operations in hazardous conditions
ⓘ
conflict between human life and professional duty ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century French literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | airmail pilot ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
courage
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duty and responsibility ⓘ perils of early airmail flights ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Vol de nuit ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Paris ⓘ |
| precededBy | Courrier sud ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gallimard ⓘ |
| settingLocation | South America ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| timeOfPublicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Night Flight Description of subject: Night Flight is a 1931 novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry that dramatizes the perilous lives of early airmail pilots in South America.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Night Flight
linked to: Night Flight