Ylla
E472912
Ylla is a short story by Ray Bradbury, set on Mars and exploring the inner life and unfulfilled desires of a Martian woman.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4833966 — 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: Ylla Context triple: [The Martian Chronicles, containsStory, Ylla]
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Velda
Velda is the loyal and resourceful secretary and love interest of private investigator Mike Hammer in the hardboiled crime novel and film "Kiss Me Deadly."
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Trysilelva
Trysilelva is a major river in eastern Norway that flows southward through the Trysil region and continues into Sweden as part of the Klarälven–Göta älv watercourse.
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C.
Heltermaa
Heltermaa is a small port village on the eastern coast of Hiiumaa Island in Estonia, serving as a key ferry connection to the mainland.
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D.
Givlaari
Givlaari is an RNA interference-based therapy used to treat acute hepatic porphyria by reducing the production of toxic heme intermediates in the liver.
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Novilara
Novilara is an archaeological site and locality in the Marche region of Italy, known for its ancient Picene culture remains and notable funerary stelae.
- 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: Ylla Target entity description: Ylla is a short story by Ray Bradbury, set on Mars and exploring the inner life and unfulfilled desires of a Martian woman.
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A.
Velda
Velda is the loyal and resourceful secretary and love interest of private investigator Mike Hammer in the hardboiled crime novel and film "Kiss Me Deadly."
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B.
Trysilelva
Trysilelva is a major river in eastern Norway that flows southward through the Trysil region and continues into Sweden as part of the Klarälven–Göta älv watercourse.
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C.
Heltermaa
Heltermaa is a small port village on the eastern coast of Hiiumaa Island in Estonia, serving as a key ferry connection to the mainland.
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D.
Givlaari
Givlaari is an RNA interference-based therapy used to treat acute hepatic porphyria by reducing the production of toxic heme intermediates in the liver.
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E.
Novilara
Novilara is an archaeological site and locality in the Marche region of Italy, known for its ancient Picene culture remains and notable funerary stelae.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury ⓘ |
| centralConflict | Ylla’s inner desires versus her constrained marriage ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| explores |
female subjectivity in a science-fictional setting
ⓘ
tension between domestic life and adventure ⓘ |
| featuresSpecies |
Martians
ⓘ
humans ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio drama adaptations of The Martian Chronicles
ⓘ
television adaptation segments of The Martian Chronicles ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Ylla ⓘ |
| includedIn | various Ray Bradbury short story collections ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Golden Age science fiction
ⓘ
linked to:
Golden Age of Science Fiction
|
| mainCharacter |
Yll
ⓘ
linked to:
Ylla
Ylla ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early depiction of human–Martian contact in Bradbury’s work
ⓘ
portrayal of Martians with complex inner lives ⓘ |
| originalCollection | The Martian Chronicles ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Martian Chronicles ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Yll becomes jealous of Ylla’s dreams
ⓘ
Yll secretly confronts the arriving humans ⓘ Ylla dreams of an approaching human astronaut ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookForm | Doubleday ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
The Golden Apples of the Sun
ⓘ
The Illustrated Man ⓘ The Martian Chronicles ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | early story in The Martian Chronicles ⓘ |
| setting | Mars ⓘ |
| theme |
cultural encounter
ⓘ
dreams and premonitions ⓘ jealousy ⓘ loneliness ⓘ marital dissatisfaction ⓘ repression of emotion ⓘ unfulfilled desire ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | 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
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Input
Subject: Ylla Description of subject: Ylla is a short story by Ray Bradbury, set on Mars and exploring the inner life and unfulfilled desires of a Martian woman.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ylla