unobtanium
E432694
Unobtanium is a highly valuable, fictional superconductor mineral in the film *Avatar*, central to the human exploitation of the alien moon Pandora.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| unobtanium canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4356214 — 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: unobtanium Context triple: [Avatar (2009 film), hasFictionalSubstance, unobtanium]
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A.
UNON
UNON is the United Nations Office at Nairobi, a major UN headquarters in Africa that hosts and supports numerous UN agencies and programs.
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B.
Atombaupreis
The Atombaupreis was a German scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to nuclear physics and atomic research.
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C.
Ormenium
Ormenium was an ancient town in the region of Magnesia in Thessaly, Greece, known from classical sources such as Homer’s Iliad.
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D.
Cavorite
Cavorite is a fictional anti-gravity material from H. G. Wells's novel "The First Men in the Moon," used to enable space travel to the Moon.
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E.
Albium Ingaunum
Albium Ingaunum was an important ancient Ligurian coastal city, located in what is now Albenga on the Italian Riviera.
- 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: unobtanium Target entity description: Unobtanium is a highly valuable, fictional superconductor mineral in the film *Avatar*, central to the human exploitation of the alien moon Pandora.
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A.
UNON
UNON is the United Nations Office at Nairobi, a major UN headquarters in Africa that hosts and supports numerous UN agencies and programs.
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B.
Atombaupreis
The Atombaupreis was a German scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to nuclear physics and atomic research.
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C.
Ormenium
Ormenium was an ancient town in the region of Magnesia in Thessaly, Greece, known from classical sources such as Homer’s Iliad.
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D.
Cavorite
Cavorite is a fictional anti-gravity material from H. G. Wells's novel "The First Men in the Moon," used to enable space travel to the Moon.
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E.
Albium Ingaunum
Albium Ingaunum was an important ancient Ligurian coastal city, located in what is now Albenga on the Italian Riviera.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional mineral
ⓘ
plot device ⓘ superconductor ⓘ |
| appearsInFranchise | Avatar franchise ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Avatar ⓘ |
| associatedWithSpecies |
Naʼvi
ⓘ
linked to:
Na'vi
|
| classification | metallic mineral ⓘ |
| controlledBy | RDA ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | James Cameron ⓘ |
| depictsTheme |
colonialism
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environmental destruction ⓘ resource exploitation ⓘ |
| drivesPlotEvent |
RDA military operations on Pandora
ⓘ
destruction of Hometree ⓘ |
| economicRole | central resource in human exploitation of Pandora ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from engineering slang for an impossible material ⓘ |
| fictionalMoon | Pandora ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Pandora ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStatus | nonexistent in real world ⓘ |
| inUniverseLocation |
Pandoraʼs crust
ⓘ
underneath Hometree ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| marketContext | sold on Earth ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| minedBy |
RDA
ⓘ
humans ⓘ |
| minedOn | Pandora ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
motivation for human presence on Pandora
ⓘ
source of conflict between humans and Naʼvi ⓘ |
| primaryValue |
extreme monetary value
ⓘ
superconductivity ⓘ |
| property |
extreme rarity
ⓘ
extremely high energy density ⓘ high market price ⓘ room-temperature superconductivity ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
rare earth elements
ⓘ
science fiction minerals ⓘ superconducting materials ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
corporate greed
ⓘ
unsustainable resource extraction ⓘ |
| usedFor |
advanced technology
ⓘ
energy generation ⓘ spacecraft propulsion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: unobtanium Description of subject: Unobtanium is a highly valuable, fictional superconductor mineral in the film *Avatar*, central to the human exploitation of the alien moon Pandora.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.