The Touchdown Gene
E1029668
The Touchdown Gene is a science fiction novel by Thomas Hoover that blends genetic engineering with high-stakes sports and techno-thriller intrigue.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Touchdown Gene canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13234100 — 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 Touchdown Gene Context triple: [Thomas Hoover, notableWork, The Touchdown Gene]
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A.
The Long Reach of the Gene
"The Long Reach of the Gene" is a chapter in Richard Dawkins' influential book *The Selfish Gene* that explores how genes exert effects beyond the bodies they inhabit, shaping behavior and even aspects of the environment to enhance their own propagation.
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B.
The Cooperative Gene
The Cooperative Gene is a popular science book by evolutionary biologist Mark Ridley that explores how cooperation and altruism can evolve through the principles of gene-centered evolution.
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C.
The Gene Machine
The Gene Machine is a chapter in Richard Dawkins' influential evolutionary biology book "The Selfish Gene" that explores organisms as vehicles shaped by genes to ensure their own replication.
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D.
Not in Our Genes
Not in Our Genes is a 1984 book by Richard Lewontin, Steven Rose, and Leon Kamin that critiques genetic determinism and argues for the central role of environment and social factors in shaping human behavior and abilities.
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E.
Protogeneia
Protogeneia is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as the daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha and associated with the earliest generations of humankind after the great flood.
- 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 Touchdown Gene Target entity description: The Touchdown Gene is a science fiction novel by Thomas Hoover that blends genetic engineering with high-stakes sports and techno-thriller intrigue.
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A.
The Long Reach of the Gene
"The Long Reach of the Gene" is a chapter in Richard Dawkins' influential book *The Selfish Gene* that explores how genes exert effects beyond the bodies they inhabit, shaping behavior and even aspects of the environment to enhance their own propagation.
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B.
The Cooperative Gene
The Cooperative Gene is a popular science book by evolutionary biologist Mark Ridley that explores how cooperation and altruism can evolve through the principles of gene-centered evolution.
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C.
The Gene Machine
The Gene Machine is a chapter in Richard Dawkins' influential evolutionary biology book "The Selfish Gene" that explores organisms as vehicles shaped by genes to ensure their own replication.
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D.
Not in Our Genes
Not in Our Genes is a 1984 book by Richard Lewontin, Steven Rose, and Leon Kamin that critiques genetic determinism and argues for the central role of environment and social factors in shaping human behavior and abilities.
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E.
Protogeneia
Protogeneia is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as the daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha and associated with the earliest generations of humankind after the great flood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Hoover ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
science fiction
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sports fiction ⓘ techno-thriller ⓘ |
| hasFictionalGenreElement | techno-thriller intrigue ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
athletes
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biotechnology ⓘ genetic manipulation ⓘ sports industry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
bioethics
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corporate intrigue ⓘ genetic engineering ⓘ high-stakes sports ⓘ scientific experimentation ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Touchdown Gene ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Thomas Hoover ⓘ |
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 Touchdown Gene Description of subject: The Touchdown Gene is a science fiction novel by Thomas Hoover that blends genetic engineering with high-stakes sports and techno-thriller intrigue.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Touchdown Gene