The Galaxy Being
E521969
The Galaxy Being is a classic episode of the 1963 science fiction anthology series The Outer Limits, featuring a radio engineer’s accidental contact with an alien intelligence made of electromagnetic energy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Galaxy Being canonical | 2 |
| The Galaxy Being (alien) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5473836 — 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 Galaxy Being Context triple: [The Outer Limits (1963 TV series), notableEpisode, The Galaxy Being]
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A.
Galaxia
Galaxia is a fictional, galaxy-spanning group consciousness proposed in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction universe as an ultimate evolutionary step for intelligent life.
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B.
Galaxy
Galaxy is Samsung’s flagship line of Android smartphones and tablets known for its high-end hardware, advanced displays, and wide range of models from budget to premium.
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C.
Galaxy
Galaxy is a professional soccer club based in the Los Angeles area that competes in Major League Soccer and is known for signing high-profile international stars.
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D.
The Galaxy
The Galaxy was a 19th-century American literary magazine co-founded and edited by William Conant Church, known for publishing prominent authors of its time.
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E.
Galaxie
"Galaxie" is an alternative rock song by Blind Melon, known for its introspective lyrics and inclusion on their 1995 album "Soup."
- 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 Galaxy Being Target entity description: The Galaxy Being is a classic episode of the 1963 science fiction anthology series The Outer Limits, featuring a radio engineer’s accidental contact with an alien intelligence made of electromagnetic energy.
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A.
Galaxia
Galaxia is a fictional, galaxy-spanning group consciousness proposed in Isaac Asimov’s science fiction universe as an ultimate evolutionary step for intelligent life.
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B.
Galaxy
Galaxy is Samsung’s flagship line of Android smartphones and tablets known for its high-end hardware, advanced displays, and wide range of models from budget to premium.
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C.
Galaxy
Galaxy is a professional soccer club based in the Los Angeles area that competes in Major League Soccer and is known for signing high-profile international stars.
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D.
The Galaxy
The Galaxy was a 19th-century American literary magazine co-founded and edited by William Conant Church, known for publishing prominent authors of its time.
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E.
Galaxie
"Galaxie" is an alternative rock song by Blind Melon, known for its introspective lyrics and inclusion on their 1995 album "Soup."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television episode ⓘ |
| basedOn | original teleplay by Leslie Stevens ⓘ |
| castMember |
Cliff Robertson
ⓘ
Jacqueline Scott ⓘ James Doohan ⓘ Lee Philips ⓘ William O. Douglas Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
William O. Douglas
|
| centralTheme |
dangers and promise of advanced technology
ⓘ
fear of the unknown ⓘ misunderstanding between species ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creatorOfSeries | Leslie Stevens ⓘ |
| director | Byron Haskin ⓘ |
| episodeNumberInSeason | 1 ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Allan Maxwell
ⓘ
Carol Maxwell ⓘ Kathy Maxwell ⓘ The Galaxy Being (alien) ⓘ
linked to:
The Galaxy Being
|
| featuresElement |
accidental contact with alien intelligence
ⓘ
alien composed of electromagnetic energy ⓘ radio engineer protagonist ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | black-and-white cinematography ⓘ |
| followedByEpisode | The Hundred Days of the Dragon ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasOpeningControlVoiceMonologue | yes ⓘ |
| leadActor | Cliff Robertson ⓘ |
| narrator | Vic Perrin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first broadcast episode of The Outer Limits (1963)
ⓘ
early television depiction of an energy-based alien ⓘ |
| openingNarrationSpokenBy | Vic Perrin ⓘ |
| originalAirDate | 1963-09-16 ⓘ |
| originalBroadcastFormat | 4:3 black-and-white ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Outer Limits (TV series)
|
| portraysCharacter |
Cliff Robertson as Allan Maxwell
ⓘ
Lee Philips as The Galaxy Being ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | series premiere ⓘ |
| producer | Leslie Stevens ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Daystar Productions ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 50 minutes ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| seriesType | science fiction anthology television series ⓘ |
| setting | small American town ⓘ |
| subgenre |
alien visitation
ⓘ
first contact story ⓘ |
| title | The Galaxy Being ⓘ |
| writer | Leslie Stevens ⓘ |
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: The Galaxy Being Description of subject: The Galaxy Being is a classic episode of the 1963 science fiction anthology series The Outer Limits, featuring a radio engineer’s accidental contact with an alien intelligence made of electromagnetic energy.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.