The Tower by Richard Martin Stern
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"The Tower" by Richard Martin Stern is a disaster novel centered on a catastrophic fire in a newly built skyscraper, which served as one of the primary literary sources for the film "The Towering Inferno."
All labels observed (1)
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| The Tower by Richard Martin Stern canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2007998 — 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 Tower by Richard Martin Stern Context triple: [The Towering Inferno, basedOn, The Tower by Richard Martin Stern]
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Post Tower
Post Tower is a prominent high-rise office building in Bonn, Germany, serving as the headquarters of Deutsche Post DHL Group and standing as one of the city's most recognizable modern landmarks.
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B.
The Tower
The Tower is the famous historic castle complex on the north bank of the River Thames in London, renowned for its role as a royal palace, prison, and fortress.
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C.
The Tower on the Plains
The Tower on the Plains is the Nebraska State Capitol building in Lincoln, renowned for its distinctive Art Deco skyscraper design rising above the surrounding flat landscape.
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D.
The Prism Tower
The Prism Tower is a prominent commercial skyscraper in Dubai’s Business Bay district, known for its modern glass façade and office spaces.
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E.
Tower of Glass
Tower of Glass is a 1970 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores themes of artificial intelligence, class hierarchy, and the ethics of creating sentient beings.
- 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 Tower by Richard Martin Stern Target entity description: "The Tower" by Richard Martin Stern is a disaster novel centered on a catastrophic fire in a newly built skyscraper, which served as one of the primary literary sources for the film "The Towering Inferno."
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A.
Post Tower
Post Tower is a prominent high-rise office building in Bonn, Germany, serving as the headquarters of Deutsche Post DHL Group and standing as one of the city's most recognizable modern landmarks.
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B.
The Tower
The Tower is the famous historic castle complex on the north bank of the River Thames in London, renowned for its role as a royal palace, prison, and fortress.
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C.
The Tower on the Plains
The Tower on the Plains is the Nebraska State Capitol building in Lincoln, renowned for its distinctive Art Deco skyscraper design rising above the surrounding flat landscape.
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D.
The Prism Tower
The Prism Tower is a prominent commercial skyscraper in Dubai’s Business Bay district, known for its modern glass façade and office spaces.
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E.
Tower of Glass
Tower of Glass is a 1970 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores themes of artificial intelligence, class hierarchy, and the ethics of creating sentient beings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
disaster novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film source material ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | The Towering Inferno ⓘ |
| author | Richard Martin Stern ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
emergency response to skyscraper fire
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people trapped in a burning skyscraper ⓘ |
| genre |
disaster fiction
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thriller ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Richard Martin Stern ⓘ |
| hasFictionalEventType | high-rise fire disaster ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasWorkTitle | The Tower ⓘ |
| influenced | disaster film genre ⓘ |
| inspirationFor | The Towering Inferno ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novel-length narrative ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
high-rise building
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skyscraper fire ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | catastrophic fire in a newly built skyscraper ⓘ |
| oneOfPrimarySourcesFor | The Towering Inferno ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorWorkType | disaster novels by Richard Martin Stern ⓘ |
| publicationEra | 1970s ⓘ |
| setting | modern urban skyscraper ⓘ |
| theme |
architectural safety
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disaster and survival ⓘ human error ⓘ technological risk ⓘ |
| workBasedOn | original story by Richard Martin Stern ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Tower by Richard Martin Stern Description of subject: "The Tower" by Richard Martin Stern is a disaster novel centered on a catastrophic fire in a newly built skyscraper, which served as one of the primary literary sources for the film "The Towering Inferno."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.