James A. Michener's Tales of the South Pacific
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James A. Michener's *Tales of the South Pacific* is a Pulitzer Prize–winning collection of interconnected World War II stories set in the South Pacific that inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific*.
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| James A. Michener's Tales of the South Pacific canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13884294 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James A. Michener's Tales of the South Pacific Context triple: [Bali Ha'i, basedOn, James A. Michener's Tales of the South Pacific]
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James Michener
James Michener was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his meticulously researched, epic historical novels such as "Tales of the South Pacific" and "Hawaii."
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Hawaii (novel)
Hawaii is a 1959 historical novel by James A. Michener that chronicles the multicultural settlement and transformation of the Hawaiian Islands over several centuries.
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Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, and co-founder of The Paris Review, renowned for his literary fiction and environmental writing.
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D.
J. W. Melville
J. W. Melville is a screenwriter best known for his work on the 1986 comedy-thriller film "Jumpin' Jack Flash."
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The Jewel of the Pacific
The Jewel of the Pacific is a picturesque nickname for New Caledonia’s Île des Pins, famed for its turquoise lagoons, white-sand beaches, and towering pine trees.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James A. Michener's Tales of the South Pacific Target entity description: James A. Michener's *Tales of the South Pacific* is a Pulitzer Prize–winning collection of interconnected World War II stories set in the South Pacific that inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific*.
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A.
James Michener
James Michener was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his meticulously researched, epic historical novels such as "Tales of the South Pacific" and "Hawaii."
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B.
Hawaii (novel)
Hawaii is a 1959 historical novel by James A. Michener that chronicles the multicultural settlement and transformation of the Hawaiian Islands over several centuries.
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C.
Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, and co-founder of The Paris Review, renowned for his literary fiction and environmental writing.
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D.
J. W. Melville
J. W. Melville is a screenwriter best known for his work on the 1986 comedy-thriller film "Jumpin' Jack Flash."
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E.
The Jewel of the Pacific
The Jewel of the Pacific is a picturesque nickname for New Caledonia’s Île des Pins, famed for its turquoise lagoons, white-sand beaches, and towering pine trees.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bali Ha'i