The Operation
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"The Operation" is a poem from the collection *Live or Die* by Anne Sexton that confronts illness, medical intervention, and mortality with stark, confessional intensity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Operation canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12942237 — 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: The Operation Context triple: [Live or Die, hasPoem, The Operation]
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A.
Operation T
Operation T was the codename for the World War II Battle of Tornio, a Finnish-German engagement in northern Finland during the Lapland War.
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B.
Operation Z
Operation Z was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s codename for the 1941 carrier-based attack plan on Pearl Harbor that launched Japan into war with the United States in World War II.
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C.
Operation 25
Operation 25 was the codename for Nazi Germany’s April 1941 military campaign that swiftly invaded and dismembered the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during World War II.
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D.
Operation Opera
Operation Opera was a 1981 Israeli Air Force airstrike that destroyed Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor to prevent Saddam Hussein’s regime from developing nuclear weapons.
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E.
Operation Hiram
Operation Hiram was a major Israeli military offensive in late 1948 that rapidly captured the Upper Galilee from Arab forces during the closing stages of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
- 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: The Operation Target entity description: "The Operation" is a poem from the collection *Live or Die* by Anne Sexton that confronts illness, medical intervention, and mortality with stark, confessional intensity.
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A.
Operation T
Operation T was the codename for the World War II Battle of Tornio, a Finnish-German engagement in northern Finland during the Lapland War.
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B.
Operation Z
Operation Z was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s codename for the 1941 carrier-based attack plan on Pearl Harbor that launched Japan into war with the United States in World War II.
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C.
Operation 25
Operation 25 was the codename for Nazi Germany’s April 1941 military campaign that swiftly invaded and dismembered the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during World War II.
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D.
Operation Opera
Operation Opera was a 1981 Israeli Air Force airstrike that destroyed Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor to prevent Saddam Hussein’s regime from developing nuclear weapons.
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E.
Operation Hiram
Operation Hiram was a major Israeli military offensive in late 1948 that rapidly captured the Upper Galilee from Arab forces during the closing stages of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Anne Sexton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
fear of death
ⓘ
the body as a medical object ⓘ the experience of hospitalization ⓘ the psychological impact of illness ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Live or Die NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | free verse ⓘ |
| includedInPoetryCollection | Live or Die NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | confessional poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Confessionalism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
illness
ⓘ
medical intervention ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
| partOf | Live or Die ⓘ |
| style | confessional ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
patient–doctor relationship
ⓘ
surgery ⓘ survival ⓘ vulnerability ⓘ |
| tone |
intense
ⓘ
stark ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Anne Sexton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Operation Description of subject: "The Operation" is a poem from the collection *Live or Die* by Anne Sexton that confronts illness, medical intervention, and mortality with stark, confessional intensity.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.