the Oldest Dragon
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The Oldest Dragon is an ancient, wise dragon character from the humorous science fiction series "The Norby Chronicles" by Janet and Isaac Asimov.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the Oldest Dragon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1799949 — 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 Oldest Dragon Context triple: [The Norby Chronicles, hasCharacter, the Oldest Dragon]
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A.
The Dragon
"The Dragon" is a track from Vangelis's 1979 electronic music album "China," blending synthesizer-driven soundscapes with an evocative, atmospheric style.
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B.
Dragon: The Old Potter’s Tale
"Dragon: The Old Potter’s Tale" is a short story by Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that blends folklore, irony, and psychological insight in a tale about a rumored dragon sighting and the power of collective belief.
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C.
El Draque
El Draque is the Spanish nickname for Sir Francis Drake, the famed 16th-century English sea captain, privateer, and circumnavigator who raided Spanish possessions in the Americas.
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D.
Sky Dragons
Sky Dragons is the distinctive nickname and motto associated with the U.S. Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps, reflecting its elite airborne and rapid-deployment capabilities.
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E.
the Dragon
The Dragon is a symbolic, malevolent figure in the Book of Revelation often interpreted as representing Satan or the ultimate embodiment of evil opposing God and His people.
- 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 Oldest Dragon Target entity description: The Oldest Dragon is an ancient, wise dragon character from the humorous science fiction series "The Norby Chronicles" by Janet and Isaac Asimov.
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A.
The Dragon
"The Dragon" is a track from Vangelis's 1979 electronic music album "China," blending synthesizer-driven soundscapes with an evocative, atmospheric style.
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B.
Dragon: The Old Potter’s Tale
"Dragon: The Old Potter’s Tale" is a short story by Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that blends folklore, irony, and psychological insight in a tale about a rumored dragon sighting and the power of collective belief.
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C.
El Draque
El Draque is the Spanish nickname for Sir Francis Drake, the famed 16th-century English sea captain, privateer, and circumnavigator who raided Spanish possessions in the Americas.
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D.
Sky Dragons
Sky Dragons is the distinctive nickname and motto associated with the U.S. Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps, reflecting its elite airborne and rapid-deployment capabilities.
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E.
the Dragon
The Dragon is a symbolic, malevolent figure in the Book of Revelation often interpreted as representing Satan or the ultimate embodiment of evil opposing God and His people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dragon
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Norby Chronicles
ⓘ
surface form:
Norby series
The Norby Chronicles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Isaac Asimov
ⓘ
Janet Asimov ⓘ |
| genre |
humorous science fiction
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
ancient
ⓘ
wise ⓘ |
| hasAuthor |
Isaac Asimov
ⓘ
Janet Asimov ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | canonical character in The Norby Chronicles ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse |
The Norby Chronicles
ⓘ
surface form:
Norby universe
|
| hasNameInWork | the Oldest Dragon ⓘ |
| hasSpecies | dragon ⓘ |
| isDescribedAs |
ancient dragon
ⓘ
wise dragon ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
The Norby Chronicles
ⓘ
surface form:
The Norby Chronicles fictional universe
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | children's science fiction ⓘ |
| medium | novel series ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | mentor-like figure ⓘ |
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 Oldest Dragon Description of subject: The Oldest Dragon is an ancient, wise dragon character from the humorous science fiction series "The Norby Chronicles" by Janet and Isaac Asimov.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.