Norby and the Oldest Dragon
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"Norby and the Oldest Dragon" is a children's science fiction novel in the Norby series, co-created by Janet and Isaac Asimov, featuring the quirky robot Norby in a time-traveling adventure involving an ancient dragon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Norby and the Oldest Dragon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1800361 — 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: Norby and the Oldest Dragon Context triple: [Janet Asimov, notableWork, Norby and the Oldest Dragon]
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A.
The Norby Chronicles
The Norby Chronicles is a young adult science fiction series, co-created by Isaac Asimov and Janet Asimov, that follows the humorous adventures of a quirky robot named Norby and his human friend in space and time.
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B.
Norby and the Lost Princess
Norby and the Lost Princess is a science fiction children's novel in the Norby series, following the quirky robot Norby and his young human companion on an interstellar rescue adventure involving a missing princess.
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C.
the Oldest Dragon
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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D.
Norby's Other Secret
"Norby's Other Secret" is a science fiction children's novel in the Norby Chronicles series, featuring the quirky robot Norby in another time-traveling, spacefaring adventure.
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E.
Bel and the Dragon
Bel and the Dragon is an apocryphal addition to the Book of Daniel that recounts stories of the prophet exposing the falsity of idol worship and miraculously surviving a dragon and a lions’ den.
- 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: Norby and the Oldest Dragon Target entity description: "Norby and the Oldest Dragon" is a children's science fiction novel in the Norby series, co-created by Janet and Isaac Asimov, featuring the quirky robot Norby in a time-traveling adventure involving an ancient dragon.
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A.
The Norby Chronicles
The Norby Chronicles is a young adult science fiction series, co-created by Isaac Asimov and Janet Asimov, that follows the humorous adventures of a quirky robot named Norby and his human friend in space and time.
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B.
Norby and the Lost Princess
Norby and the Lost Princess is a science fiction children's novel in the Norby series, following the quirky robot Norby and his young human companion on an interstellar rescue adventure involving a missing princess.
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C.
the Oldest Dragon
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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D.
Norby's Other Secret
"Norby's Other Secret" is a science fiction children's novel in the Norby Chronicles series, featuring the quirky robot Norby in another time-traveling, spacefaring adventure.
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E.
Bel and the Dragon
Bel and the Dragon is an apocryphal addition to the Book of Daniel that recounts stories of the prophet exposing the falsity of idol worship and miraculously surviving a dragon and a lions’ den.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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children's science fiction novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author |
Isaac Asimov
ⓘ
Janet Asimov ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacterCreatedBy |
Isaac Asimov
ⓘ
Janet Asimov ⓘ |
| coCreator |
Isaac Asimov
ⓘ
Janet Asimov ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| features | quirky robot protagonist ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Norby ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasElement | ancient dragon ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | children's science fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme | time travel ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySeries |
The Norby Chronicles
ⓘ
surface form:
Norby series
|
| mainCharacter | Norby ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Norby Chronicles
ⓘ
surface form:
Norby series
|
| protagonist | Norby ⓘ |
| seriesOrder | later volume in the Norby series ⓘ |
| settingElement | time-travel adventure ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Norby and the Oldest Dragon Description of subject: "Norby and the Oldest Dragon" is a children's science fiction novel in the Norby series, co-created by Janet and Isaac Asimov, featuring the quirky robot Norby in a time-traveling adventure involving an ancient dragon.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.