The Shelter
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"The Shelter" is a 1961 episode of the anthology television series The Twilight Zone that explores Cold War paranoia and the dark side of human nature when neighbors turn against each other over access to a fallout shelter.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Shelter canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2120490 — 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 Shelter Context triple: [The Twilight Zone (TV series episodes), hasNotableEpisode, The Shelter]
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A.
The Rescue
The Rescue is a dramatic 1855 painting by British Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais depicting a father saving his children from a burning building.
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B.
The Ditch
The Ditch is a colloquial nickname for the Tasman Sea, the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand.
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C.
Asylum Hill
Asylum Hill is a historic neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut, known for its Victorian architecture, major insurance company headquarters, and cultural institutions.
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D.
Burnt House
Burnt House is an archaeological site and museum in Jerusalem showcasing the remains of a first-century Jewish home destroyed during the Roman destruction of the Second Temple.
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E.
The City of Homes
The City of Homes is a nickname for Springfield, Massachusetts, highlighting its historic residential architecture and notable stock of well-preserved houses.
- 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 Shelter Target entity description: "The Shelter" is a 1961 episode of the anthology television series The Twilight Zone that explores Cold War paranoia and the dark side of human nature when neighbors turn against each other over access to a fallout shelter.
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A.
The Rescue
The Rescue is a dramatic 1855 painting by British Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais depicting a father saving his children from a burning building.
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B.
The Ditch
The Ditch is a colloquial nickname for the Tasman Sea, the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand.
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C.
Asylum Hill
Asylum Hill is a historic neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut, known for its Victorian architecture, major insurance company headquarters, and cultural institutions.
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D.
Burnt House
Burnt House is an archaeological site and museum in Jerusalem showcasing the remains of a first-century Jewish home destroyed during the Roman destruction of the Second Temple.
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E.
The City of Homes
The City of Homes is a nickname for Springfield, Massachusetts, highlighting its historic residential architecture and notable stock of well-preserved houses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
The Twilight Zone episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| basedOn | original teleplay by Rod Serling ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| broadcastRegion |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| closingNarrationBy | Rod Serling ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creatorOfSeries | Rod Serling ⓘ |
| director | Lamont Johnson ⓘ |
| episodeNumberInSeason | 3 ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| franchise |
The Twilight Zone (TV series)
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surface form:
The Twilight Zone (original series)
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| genre |
drama
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psychological drama ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasMedium | television ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Dr. Bill Stockton ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | moral choices under extreme pressure ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of Cold War anxieties
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portrayal of social collapse under stress ⓘ |
| openingNarrationBy | Rod Serling ⓘ |
| originalAirDate | 1961-09-29 ⓘ |
| originalBroadcastFormat | half-hour television episode ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
The Twilight Zone (TV series)
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surface form:
The Twilight Zone
|
| plotSummary | Neighbors turn against each other when a possible nuclear attack leads them to fight for access to a single family’s fallout shelter. ⓘ |
| producer | Buck Houghton ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
CBS
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surface form:
CBS Television Network
Cayuga Productions ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| seriesType | anthology television series ⓘ |
| setting | suburban American neighborhood ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
civil defense
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nuclear fallout shelters ⓘ |
| theme |
Cold War paranoia
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breakdown of social order ⓘ dark side of human nature ⓘ fallout shelters ⓘ fear and hysteria ⓘ mob mentality ⓘ neighbor against neighbor ⓘ nuclear war ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Cold War era ⓘ |
| title | The Shelter self-link ⓘ |
| writer | Rod Serling ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Shelter Description of subject: "The Shelter" is a 1961 episode of the anthology television series The Twilight Zone that explores Cold War paranoia and the dark side of human nature when neighbors turn against each other over access to a fallout shelter.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.