The Rocket Man
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"The Rocket Man" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury that explores the emotional toll of space travel on an astronaut’s family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Rocket Man canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4915564 — 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 Rocket Man Context triple: [The Illustrated Man, containsWork, The Rocket Man]
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A.
Rocket Man
Rocket Man is a British television drama series centered on a widowed father who builds a homemade rocket to launch his late wife's ashes into space.
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B.
Rocket Man
"Rocket Man" is a humorous song by the satirical comic-strip band Pearls Before Swine, known for its folk-psychedelic style and cult following in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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C.
Spaceman
"Spaceman" is a synth-driven alternative rock song by The Killers, known for its cosmic themes and energetic, anthemic sound.
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D.
Starman
Starman is a temporary invincibility-granting item in the Super Mario series that lets Mario defeat enemies by touching them.
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E.
Starman
Starman is a 1984 science fiction romance film in which Jeff Bridges plays an alien who takes human form and embarks on a cross-country journey with a grieving widow.
- 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 Rocket Man Target entity description: "The Rocket Man" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury that explores the emotional toll of space travel on an astronaut’s family.
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A.
Rocket Man
Rocket Man is a British television drama series centered on a widowed father who builds a homemade rocket to launch his late wife's ashes into space.
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B.
Rocket Man
"Rocket Man" is a humorous song by the satirical comic-strip band Pearls Before Swine, known for its folk-psychedelic style and cult following in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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C.
Spaceman
"Spaceman" is a synth-driven alternative rock song by The Killers, known for its cosmic themes and energetic, anthemic sound.
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D.
Starman
Starman is a temporary invincibility-granting item in the Super Mario series that lets Mario defeat enemies by touching them.
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E.
Starman
Starman is a 1984 science fiction romance film in which Jeff Bridges plays an alien who takes human form and embarks on a cross-country journey with a grieving widow.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction short story ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| explores |
conflict between duty and family
ⓘ
impact of space travel on family life ⓘ psychological effects of long-distance travel ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Illustrated Man ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| includedIn | various Ray Bradbury short story collections ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | short story ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | mid-20th-century American science fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Doug
ⓘ
Doug's father ⓘ Doug's mother ⓘ |
| narrationType | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrator | Doug ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of domestic drama and space travel
ⓘ
emotional portrayal of astronaut's family ⓘ |
| partOf | The Illustrated Man ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | astronaut ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setting | near-future Earth ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
absence and loss
ⓘ
emotional toll of space travel ⓘ family relationships ⓘ parent-child relationship ⓘ risk and danger of space exploration ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPublication | Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Rocket Man Description of subject: "The Rocket Man" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury that explores the emotional toll of space travel on an astronaut’s family.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.