Cylons
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The Cylons are a race of sentient machines and later human-like androids who rebel against their human creators in the Battlestar Galactica universe.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cylons canonical | 9 |
| CYLON | 2 |
| Cylon | 2 |
| Final Five Cylons | 2 |
| Cylon Alliance | 1 |
| Cylon Basestars | 1 |
| Cylon Centurions | 1 |
| Cylon Occupation Authority | 1 |
| Cylon Raider | 1 |
| Cylon Raiders | 1 |
| Cylon forces (later in series) | 1 |
| Cylon rebels | 1 |
| Cylons (original series) | 1 |
| Humanoid Cylon | 1 |
| Humanoid Cylons | 1 |
| Numbered Humanoid Cylons | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4750619 — 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: Cylons Context triple: [Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), hasAntagonist, Cylons]
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A.
Judoon
The Judoon are a race of rhinoceros-like, heavily armed intergalactic police from the Doctor Who universe, known for their strict adherence to the law and literal-minded enforcement tactics.
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B.
Sontarans
The Sontarans are a militaristic, clone-based alien race from the Doctor Who universe, obsessed with warfare and honor and frequently serving as recurring antagonists to the Doctor.
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C.
the Vidiians
The Vidiians are a technologically advanced but morally compromised alien species in Star Trek: Voyager, infamous for harvesting organs from other beings to combat a devastating phage that ravages their bodies.
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D.
Amarr Empire
The Amarr Empire is a major theocratic, slave-holding human faction in the EVE Online universe, known for its powerful laser-armed ships and rigid religious hierarchy.
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E.
Jem'Hadar
The Jem'Hadar are a genetically engineered, fanatically loyal warrior race serving the Dominion as its primary military force in the Star Trek universe.
- 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: Cylons Target entity description: The Cylons are a race of sentient machines and later human-like androids who rebel against their human creators in the Battlestar Galactica universe.
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A.
Judoon
The Judoon are a race of rhinoceros-like, heavily armed intergalactic police from the Doctor Who universe, known for their strict adherence to the law and literal-minded enforcement tactics.
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B.
Sontarans
The Sontarans are a militaristic, clone-based alien race from the Doctor Who universe, obsessed with warfare and honor and frequently serving as recurring antagonists to the Doctor.
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C.
the Vidiians
The Vidiians are a technologically advanced but morally compromised alien species in Star Trek: Voyager, infamous for harvesting organs from other beings to combat a devastating phage that ravages their bodies.
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D.
Amarr Empire
The Amarr Empire is a major theocratic, slave-holding human faction in the EVE Online universe, known for its powerful laser-armed ships and rigid religious hierarchy.
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E.
Jem'Hadar
The Jem'Hadar are a genetically engineered, fanatically loyal warrior race serving the Dominion as its primary military force in the Star Trek universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
androids
ⓘ
antagonist group ⓘ artificial intelligence ⓘ fictional species ⓘ sentient machines ⓘ |
| alsoAppearsIn |
Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
ⓘ
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome ⓘ Battlestar Galactica: Razor ⓘ Caprica ⓘ |
| attackOn |
Twelve Colonies of Kobol
ⓘ
linked to:
the Twelve Colonies of Kobol
|
| believesIn | one true God ⓘ |
| creator | Glen A. Larson ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Battlestar Galactica (ship)
ⓘ
linked to:
the Battlestar Galactica starship
Commander William Adama ⓘ
linked to:
Commander Adama
Gaius Baltar ⓘ Kara Thrace ⓘ President Laura Roslin ⓘ
linked to:
Laura Roslin
|
| faction |
Cylon Alliance
ⓘ
linked to:
Cylons
Cylon rebels ⓘ
linked to:
Cylons
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Battlestar Galactica
ⓘ
linked to:
Battlestar Galactica franchise
|
| firstAppearance | Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series) ⓘ |
| goal | destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol ⓘ |
| hasAbility |
download consciousness into new bodies
ⓘ
interface with computer systems ⓘ |
| hasForm |
Basestar capital ships
ⓘ
Humanoid Cylons ⓘ
linked to:
Cylons
Raider fighters ⓘ mechanical Cylons ⓘ |
| hasSubtype |
Cylon Basestars
ⓘ
linked to:
Cylons
Cylon Centurions ⓘ
linked to:
Cylons
Cylon Raiders ⓘ
linked to:
Cylons
Numbered Humanoid Cylons ⓘ
linked to:
Cylons
|
| inspiredBy | robot uprising trope ⓘ |
| language | Cylon language ⓘ |
| notableConflict |
First Cylon War
ⓘ
linked to:
Cylon War
Second Cylon War ⓘ
linked to:
Cylon War
|
| notableMembers |
Final Five Cylons
ⓘ
linked to:
Cylons
Number Eight ⓘ Number Five (Doral) ⓘ Number Four (Simon) ⓘ
linked to:
Simon
Number One (Cavil) ⓘ Number Six ⓘ Number Three (D'Anna) ⓘ Number Two (Leoben) ⓘ |
| origin | created by humans ⓘ |
| primaryAdversaryOf |
Battlestar Galactica crew
ⓘ
linked to:
Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
Colonial humans ⓘ |
| rebellionAgainst | humanity ⓘ |
| religion | monotheism ⓘ |
| theme |
artificial intelligence rebellion
ⓘ
questions of identity and humanity ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
FTL drives
ⓘ
resurrection technology ⓘ |
| usesWeapon | nuclear weapons ⓘ |
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: Cylons Description of subject: The Cylons are a race of sentient machines and later human-like androids who rebel against their human creators in the Battlestar Galactica universe.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cylons
linked to: Cylons
subject linked to:
the Twelve Colonies of Kobol
linked to: Cylons
linked to: Cylons
linked to: Cylons
linked to: Cylons
linked to: Cylons
linked to: Cylons
linked to: Cylons
subject linked to:
Commander Adama in Battlestar Galactica
linked to: Cylons
subject linked to:
Battlestar Galactica: HUMAN vs. CYLON roller coaster
linked to: Cylons
subject linked to:
Battlestar Galactica: HUMAN vs. CYLON roller coaster
linked to: Cylons