Luna series
E451738
The Luna series is a science fiction saga by Ian McDonald that portrays a feudal, corporate-dominated human society on the Moon, often described as “Game of Thrones in space.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Luna series canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4543596 — 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: Luna series Context triple: [Ian McDonald, notableSeries, Luna series]
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A.
Luna
Luna was an ancient Roman town in northern Italy that served as a key urban and commercial center for the Ligurian region.
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B.
Luna
Luna is the natural satellite of Earth, renowned for its phases, influence on tides, and prominence in human culture and mythology.
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C.
Court of the Moon
Court of the Moon was a central, theatrically illuminated plaza and fountain complex at the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island, celebrated for its dramatic nighttime light and water displays.
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D.
Shepherd Moons
Shepherd Moons is a 1991 New Age music album by Irish singer Enya, known for its ethereal soundscapes and layered vocal harmonies.
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E.
Grand Lunar
Grand Lunar is the supreme ruler of the insect-like Selenite civilization in H. G. Wells's science fiction novel "The First Men in the Moon."
- 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: Luna series Target entity description: The Luna series is a science fiction saga by Ian McDonald that portrays a feudal, corporate-dominated human society on the Moon, often described as “Game of Thrones in space.”
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A.
Luna
Luna was an ancient Roman town in northern Italy that served as a key urban and commercial center for the Ligurian region.
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B.
Luna
Luna is the natural satellite of Earth, renowned for its phases, influence on tides, and prominence in human culture and mythology.
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C.
Court of the Moon
Court of the Moon was a central, theatrically illuminated plaza and fountain complex at the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island, celebrated for its dramatic nighttime light and water displays.
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D.
Shepherd Moons
Shepherd Moons is a 1991 New Age music album by Irish singer Enya, known for its ethereal soundscapes and layered vocal harmonies.
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E.
Grand Lunar
Grand Lunar is the supreme ruler of the insect-like Selenite civilization in H. G. Wells's science fiction novel "The First Men in the Moon."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
science fiction novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ science fiction novel series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Game of Thrones in space ⓘ |
| author | Ian McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| depicts |
feudal corporate society
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lunar resource exploitation ⓘ |
| features | five ruling families on the Moon ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Luna: Moon Rising
NERFINISHED
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Luna: New Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ Luna: Wolf Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
corporate power
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family dynasties ⓘ resource control ⓘ survival politics ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | multi-perspective ⓘ |
| notableComparison | A Song of Ice and Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Luna series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
2015
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2017 ⓘ 2019 ⓘ |
| publisher | Tor Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgenre | space opera ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriod | near future ⓘ |
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: Luna series Description of subject: The Luna series is a science fiction saga by Ian McDonald that portrays a feudal, corporate-dominated human society on the Moon, often described as “Game of Thrones in space.”
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.