The Vertical Hour
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The Vertical Hour is a play by David Hare that explores the personal and political aftermath of the Iraq War through the relationship between an American war correspondent–turned–academic and a British doctor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Vertical Hour canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4630610 — 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 Vertical Hour Context triple: [Robert Fox, notableWork, The Vertical Hour]
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A.
The Little Hours
The Little Hours is a 2017 comedy film loosely based on Boccaccio’s The Decameron, following a group of misbehaving nuns whose convent is thrown into chaos by the arrival of a young servant.
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B.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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C.
Vantage Point
Vantage Point is a 2008 political action-thriller film, starring Matthew Fox among an ensemble cast, that reconstructs an assassination attempt on the U.S. President from multiple characters’ perspectives.
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D.
Invisible Horizons
Invisible Horizons is a nonfiction book by Vincent Gaddis that explores mysterious maritime disappearances and sea legends, including accounts related to the Bermuda Triangle.
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E.
The Striking Hour
The Striking Hour is an English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Qari'ah, a chapter of the Qur'an that vividly describes the Day of Judgment and its overwhelming impact on humanity.
- 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 Vertical Hour Target entity description: The Vertical Hour is a play by David Hare that explores the personal and political aftermath of the Iraq War through the relationship between an American war correspondent–turned–academic and a British doctor.
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A.
The Little Hours
The Little Hours is a 2017 comedy film loosely based on Boccaccio’s The Decameron, following a group of misbehaving nuns whose convent is thrown into chaos by the arrival of a young servant.
-
B.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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C.
Vantage Point
Vantage Point is a 2008 political action-thriller film, starring Matthew Fox among an ensemble cast, that reconstructs an assassination attempt on the U.S. President from multiple characters’ perspectives.
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D.
Invisible Horizons
Invisible Horizons is a nonfiction book by Vincent Gaddis that explores mysterious maritime disappearances and sea legends, including accounts related to the Bermuda Triangle.
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E.
The Striking Hour
The Striking Hour is an English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Qari'ah, a chapter of the Qur'an that vividly describes the Day of Judgment and its overwhelming impact on humanity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | play ⓘ |
| actCount | 2 ⓘ |
| author | David Hare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Nadia Blye
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oliver Lucas NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | mixed to positive reviews ⓘ |
| directorOfOriginalProduction | Sam Mendes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstUKProductionVenue | Royal Court Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasDialogueForm | debate-driven dialogue ⓘ |
| hasOriginalBroadwayOpeningYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| hasOriginalBroadwayTheatre | Music Box Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPlaywright | David Hare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublication | Faber and Faber edition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActorInOriginalProduction |
Bill Nighy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Julianne Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| notableTopic |
academic life
ⓘ
journalistic ethics ⓘ justification of the Iraq invasion ⓘ |
| originalProductionType | Broadway production ⓘ |
| playwrightNationality | British ⓘ |
| premiereCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 2006-11-30 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Music Box Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producerOfOriginalProduction | Scott Rudin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | rural Shropshire, England ⓘ |
| subject |
Iraq War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
personal relationships ⓘ politics ⓘ war correspondence ⓘ |
| theme |
clash of American and British perspectives
ⓘ
impact of war on private life ⓘ interventionism ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | early 21st century ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | post-2003 Iraq War era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Vertical Hour Description of subject: The Vertical Hour is a play by David Hare that explores the personal and political aftermath of the Iraq War through the relationship between an American war correspondent–turned–academic and a British doctor.
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