“The Old World Lives On”
E1009335
“The Old World Lives On” is the official motto of the New California Republic in the Fallout video game series, reflecting its aspiration to rebuild pre-war civilization and democratic ideals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “The Old World Lives On” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12911931 — 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 Old World Lives On” Context triple: [New California Republic, motto, “The Old World Lives On”]
-
A.
Goodnight Old World
"Goodnight Old World" is a song by Emmylou Harris from her 2011 Americana/folk album *Hard Bargain*.
-
B.
The World Over
The World Over is a weekly Catholic news and commentary television program hosted by Raymond Arroyo that covers current events, culture, and issues affecting the Church and the world.
-
C.
Sweet Old World
"Sweet Old World" is a poignant, folk-influenced song by Lucinda Williams that reflects on loss, memory, and the fragile beauty of life.
-
D.
The New Old World
The New Old World is a major work of political and historical analysis by Perry Anderson that examines the development, structure, and crises of the European Union.
-
E.
The Old People
"The Old People" is a short story by William Faulkner that forms part of his collection *Go Down, Moses*, exploring themes of heritage, race, and the Southern wilderness through a young boy’s hunting experiences.
- 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 Old World Lives On” Target entity description: “The Old World Lives On” is the official motto of the New California Republic in the Fallout video game series, reflecting its aspiration to rebuild pre-war civilization and democratic ideals.
-
A.
Goodnight Old World
"Goodnight Old World" is a song by Emmylou Harris from her 2011 Americana/folk album *Hard Bargain*.
-
B.
The World Over
The World Over is a weekly Catholic news and commentary television program hosted by Raymond Arroyo that covers current events, culture, and issues affecting the Church and the world.
-
C.
Sweet Old World
"Sweet Old World" is a poignant, folk-influenced song by Lucinda Williams that reflects on loss, memory, and the fragile beauty of life.
-
D.
The New Old World
The New Old World is a major work of political and historical analysis by Perry Anderson that examines the development, structure, and crises of the European Union.
-
E.
The Old People
"The Old People" is a short story by William Faulkner that forms part of his collection *Go Down, Moses*, exploring themes of heritage, race, and the Southern wilderness through a young boy’s hunting experiences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional motto
ⓘ
slogan ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Fallout series
ⓘ
linked to:
Fallout (video game series)
Fallout: New Vegas ⓘ |
| associatedWithFaction | New California Republic ⓘ |
| associatedWithGovernment |
New California Republic government
ⓘ
linked to:
New California Republic
|
| contrastsWith |
Caesar's Legion ideology
ⓘ
Mr. House's technocratic vision ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Fallout universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Fallout (video game series)
|
| firstNotableAppearance | Fallout: New Vegas-era NCR depiction ⓘ |
| ideology |
democracy
ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ rule of law ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | video game ⓘ |
| mottoOf | New California Republic ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
contrast with more authoritarian factions
ⓘ
symbol of NCR identity ⓘ |
| partOf | New California Republic political symbolism ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
NCR constitution
ⓘ
NCR expansionism ⓘ NCR flag ⓘ |
| settingContext | post-apocalyptic world ⓘ |
| theme |
continuity of human culture
ⓘ
democratic ideals ⓘ preservation of old world values ⓘ rebuilding pre-war civilization ⓘ reconstruction ⓘ |
| usedBy | New California Republic ⓘ |
| usedInUniverseAs | official state motto ⓘ |
| valueExpressed |
civilization
ⓘ
hope ⓘ nostalgia for pre-war society ⓘ resilience ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: “The Old World Lives On” Description of subject: “The Old World Lives On” is the official motto of the New California Republic in the Fallout video game series, reflecting its aspiration to rebuild pre-war civilization and democratic ideals.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.