the Twelve Colonies of Kobol
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The Twelve Colonies of Kobol are a fictional human civilization of twelve planets that serve as the primary homeland of humanity in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica universe.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Twelve Colonies of Kobol | 8 |
| the Twelve Colonies of Man | 2 |
| Fall of the Twelve Colonies | 1 |
| Twelve Colonies of Man | 1 |
| the Twelve Colonies | 1 |
| the Twelve Colonies of Kobol canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4750617 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the Twelve Colonies of Kobol Context triple: [Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), hasSetting, the Twelve Colonies of Kobol]
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Caprica
Caprica is a science fiction television series set in the Battlestar Galactica universe, exploring the origins of the Cylons and the moral implications of advanced artificial intelligence.
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Galactic Government
The Galactic Government is the vast interstellar political authority in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, overseeing countless worlds with famously inefficient and absurd bureaucracy.
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Planetary Union
Planetary Union is a futuristic interstellar alliance and governing body in the science fiction series "The Orville," overseeing exploration, diplomacy, and defense across member worlds.
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Gallente Federation
The Gallente Federation is a major playable faction in the sci-fi MMO EVE Online, known for its democratic ideals, advanced drone and hybrid weapon technology, and distinctive focus on freedom and individualism.
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E.
Caldari State
Caldari State is a major authoritarian, corporate-dominated spacefaring faction in the EVE Online universe, known for its powerful megacorporations, advanced missile technology, and strong emphasis on order and efficiency.
- 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 Twelve Colonies of Kobol Target entity description: The Twelve Colonies of Kobol are a fictional human civilization of twelve planets that serve as the primary homeland of humanity in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica universe.
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A.
Caprica
Caprica is a science fiction television series set in the Battlestar Galactica universe, exploring the origins of the Cylons and the moral implications of advanced artificial intelligence.
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B.
Galactic Government
The Galactic Government is the vast interstellar political authority in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, overseeing countless worlds with famously inefficient and absurd bureaucracy.
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C.
Planetary Union
Planetary Union is a futuristic interstellar alliance and governing body in the science fiction series "The Orville," overseeing exploration, diplomacy, and defense across member worlds.
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D.
Gallente Federation
The Gallente Federation is a major playable faction in the sci-fi MMO EVE Online, known for its democratic ideals, advanced drone and hybrid weapon technology, and distinctive focus on freedom and individualism.
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E.
Caldari State
Caldari State is a major authoritarian, corporate-dominated spacefaring faction in the EVE Online universe, known for its powerful megacorporations, advanced missile technology, and strong emphasis on order and efficiency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
How these facts were elicited
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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 Twelve Colonies of Kobol Description of subject: The Twelve Colonies of Kobol are a fictional human civilization of twelve planets that serve as the primary homeland of humanity in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica universe.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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the Battlestar Galactica starship
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Commander Adama in Battlestar Galactica
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