A Question of Residence
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"A Question of Residence" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, included in his collection *The Other Side of the Sky*, that explores the social and personal implications of life in space.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Question of Residence canonical | 2 |
| “A Question of Residence” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4880119 — 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: A Question of Residence Context triple: [The Other Side of the Sky, containsWork, A Question of Residence]
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A.
About the House
"About the House" is a 1965 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects on domestic life, memory, and the passage of time through the organizing metaphor of a house.
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B.
A Question of Identity
"A Question of Identity" is an essay by James Baldwin that examines race, nationality, and the formation of personal and collective identity, particularly in the context of African Americans and their place in Western society.
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C.
The City of Homes
The City of Homes is a nickname for Springfield, Massachusetts, highlighting its historic residential architecture and notable stock of well-preserved houses.
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D.
The Appeal
The Appeal is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that explores corporate corruption and the manipulation of the judicial system through a high-stakes Mississippi court case.
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E.
This House Is Not for Sale
"This House Is Not for Sale" is a rock album by American band Bon Jovi that reflects themes of resilience and integrity, released in 2016 as one of their later-career studio works.
- 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: A Question of Residence Target entity description: "A Question of Residence" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, included in his collection *The Other Side of the Sky*, that explores the social and personal implications of life in space.
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A.
About the House
"About the House" is a 1965 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects on domestic life, memory, and the passage of time through the organizing metaphor of a house.
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B.
A Question of Identity
"A Question of Identity" is an essay by James Baldwin that examines race, nationality, and the formation of personal and collective identity, particularly in the context of African Americans and their place in Western society.
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C.
The City of Homes
The City of Homes is a nickname for Springfield, Massachusetts, highlighting its historic residential architecture and notable stock of well-preserved houses.
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D.
The Appeal
The Appeal is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that explores corporate corruption and the manipulation of the judicial system through a high-stakes Mississippi court case.
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E.
This House Is Not for Sale
"This House Is Not for Sale" is a rock album by American band Bon Jovi that reflects themes of resilience and integrity, released in 2016 as one of their later-career studio works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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science fiction short story ⓘ |
| author | Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| authorOccupation | science fiction writer ⓘ |
| collectionTitle | The Other Side of the Sky ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fictionalTheme |
life in space
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personal implications of space habitation ⓘ social implications of space habitation ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ |
| hasFictionalSetting |
outer space
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space habitat ⓘ |
| hasTitle | A Question of Residence ⓘ |
| includedInCollection | The Other Side of the Sky ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | short story ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century science fiction ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| partOf | Arthur C. Clarke bibliography ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
human adaptation to space
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identity and residence in non-terrestrial environments ⓘ social change due to space colonization ⓘ |
| workCollectionAuthor | Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ |
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: A Question of Residence Description of subject: "A Question of Residence" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, included in his collection *The Other Side of the Sky*, that explores the social and personal implications of life in space.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: A Question of Residence