Runaway Robot
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Runaway Robot is a children's science fiction novel by Frank Cottrell-Boyce about a boy who befriends a malfunctioning robot, blending humor with themes of friendship and identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Runaway Robot canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13519762 — 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: Runaway Robot Context triple: [Frank Cottrell-Boyce, notableWork, Runaway Robot]
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A.
The Runaway Robot
The Runaway Robot is a mid-20th-century science fiction novel by Lester del Rey that follows the adventures of a self-aware robot companion on a distant planet.
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B.
Ima Robot
Ima Robot is an American rock band known for its eclectic blend of punk, new wave, and electronic influences, as well as for its energetic, quirky style.
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C.
The Rest of the Robots
The Rest of the Robots is a science fiction short story collection by Isaac Asimov that gathers many of his classic robot tales exploring the implications of the Three Laws of Robotics.
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D.
The Robot
The Robot is the English title of the Indian science fiction film "Enthiran," which centers on a powerful humanoid robot and its creator.
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E.
Mr. Roboto
"Mr. Roboto" is a 1983 synth-driven rock song by Styx, famous for its futuristic robot theme and the catchphrase "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto."
- 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: Runaway Robot Target entity description: Runaway Robot is a children's science fiction novel by Frank Cottrell-Boyce about a boy who befriends a malfunctioning robot, blending humor with themes of friendship and identity.
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A.
The Runaway Robot
The Runaway Robot is a mid-20th-century science fiction novel by Lester del Rey that follows the adventures of a self-aware robot companion on a distant planet.
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B.
Ima Robot
Ima Robot is an American rock band known for its eclectic blend of punk, new wave, and electronic influences, as well as for its energetic, quirky style.
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C.
The Rest of the Robots
The Rest of the Robots is a science fiction short story collection by Isaac Asimov that gathers many of his classic robot tales exploring the implications of the Three Laws of Robotics.
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D.
The Robot
The Robot is the English title of the Indian science fiction film "Enthiran," which centers on a powerful humanoid robot and its creator.
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E.
Mr. Roboto
"Mr. Roboto" is a 1983 synth-driven rock song by Styx, famous for its futuristic robot theme and the catchphrase "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's novel
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novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Frank Cottrell-Boyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
loyalty in friendship
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personal identity ⓘ what it means to be a person ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | a malfunctioning robot ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasElement |
friendship between human and robot
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robots ⓘ |
| hasTone |
heartwarming
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light-hearted ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | contemporary children's fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | humorous ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | a boy who befriends a malfunctioning robot ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | relationship between a boy and a robot ⓘ |
| settingType | near-future world ⓘ |
| targetAgeGroup | middle grade readers ⓘ |
| theme |
friendship
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humor ⓘ identity ⓘ |
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: Runaway Robot Description of subject: Runaway Robot is a children's science fiction novel by Frank Cottrell-Boyce about a boy who befriends a malfunctioning robot, blending humor with themes of friendship and identity.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
subject surface form:
Frank Cottrell-Boyce