The Veldt
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"The Veldt" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury that explores the dark consequences of overreliance on immersive technology and the breakdown of family relationships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Veldt canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4915558 — 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: The Veldt Context triple: [The Illustrated Man, containsWork, The Veldt]
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A.
There Will Come Soft Rains
"There Will Come Soft Rains" is a classic Ray Bradbury short story depicting an automated house continuing its daily routines after its human inhabitants have been wiped out by nuclear catastrophe.
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B.
A Fable for Tomorrow
"A Fable for Tomorrow" is the allegorical opening chapter of Rachel Carson’s environmental classic Silent Spring, depicting a seemingly idyllic town devastated by mysterious ecological collapse to illustrate the dangers of pesticide misuse.
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C.
The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops is a 1909 dystopian science fiction short story depicting a future society utterly dependent on an all-controlling technological system and the consequences when it fails.
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D.
The Children’s Machine
The Children’s Machine is a seminal book by Seymour Papert that explores how computers can transform education by empowering children to learn through exploration, creativity, and constructionist principles.
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E.
House of Tomorrow
House of Tomorrow is a British television production company best known for producing episodes of the dystopian anthology series Black Mirror.
- 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 Veldt Target entity description: "The Veldt" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury that explores the dark consequences of overreliance on immersive technology and the breakdown of family relationships.
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A.
There Will Come Soft Rains
"There Will Come Soft Rains" is a classic Ray Bradbury short story depicting an automated house continuing its daily routines after its human inhabitants have been wiped out by nuclear catastrophe.
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B.
A Fable for Tomorrow
"A Fable for Tomorrow" is the allegorical opening chapter of Rachel Carson’s environmental classic Silent Spring, depicting a seemingly idyllic town devastated by mysterious ecological collapse to illustrate the dangers of pesticide misuse.
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C.
The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops is a 1909 dystopian science fiction short story depicting a future society utterly dependent on an all-controlling technological system and the consequences when it fails.
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D.
The Children’s Machine
The Children’s Machine is a seminal book by Seymour Papert that explores how computers can transform education by empowering children to learn through exploration, creativity, and constructionist principles.
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E.
House of Tomorrow
House of Tomorrow is a British television production company best known for producing episodes of the dystopian anthology series Black Mirror.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
science fiction short story
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short story ⓘ |
| alsoPublishedIn | The Illustrated Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTechnology |
fully automated house
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virtual reality nursery ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | under copyright in most jurisdictions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depictsLocation | African veldt simulation ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
alienation within the family
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loss of control to machines ⓘ parental authority ⓘ technological dependence ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
David McClean
NERFINISHED
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George Hadley NERFINISHED ⓘ Lydia Hadley NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Hadley NERFINISHED ⓘ Wendy Hadley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Saturday Evening Post NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio drama adaptations
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television adaptations ⓘ |
| influenced |
later cautionary tales about technology
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later works about virtual reality ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | mid-20th-century American science fiction ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
breakdown of family relationships
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children’s rebellion against parents ⓘ consumerism and convenience ⓘ dangers of overreliance on technology ⓘ parenting and discipline ⓘ psychological effects of technology ⓘ virtual reality and immersion ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of automated domestic technology
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early depiction of immersive virtual reality ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The World the Children Made NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | The Illustrated Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| setting |
Happylife Home
NERFINISHED
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futuristic automated house ⓘ nursery with virtual reality walls ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
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ominous ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Veldt Description of subject: "The Veldt" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury that explores the dark consequences of overreliance on immersive technology and the breakdown of family relationships.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.