The Black Star Passes
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The Black Star Passes is a classic early science fiction novel by John W. Campbell Jr. featuring interplanetary adventure, advanced technology, and cosmic-scale threats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Black Star Passes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6312577 — 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 Black Star Passes Context triple: [John W. Campbell Jr., notableWork, The Black Star Passes]
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A.
The Black Ghosts
The Black Ghosts are a British electronic music duo known for blending indie pop melodies with electro and dance influences.
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B.
The Black Man
"The Black Man" is a haunting, introspective poem by Russian poet Sergei Yesenin that explores themes of inner torment, identity, and existential despair.
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C.
Door of No Return
The Door of No Return is a symbolic and haunting memorial site on Gorée Island in Senegal, marking the final exit point from Africa for countless enslaved Africans during the transatlantic slave trade.
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D.
Garvey's Ghost
Garvey's Ghost is a roots reggae album by Burning Spear, known for its dub reinterpretations of the songs from his influential record "Marcus Garvey."
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E.
The Liberator
The Liberator was a prominent 19th-century American abolitionist newspaper that became a leading voice in the movement to end slavery in the United States.
- 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 Black Star Passes Target entity description: The Black Star Passes is a classic early science fiction novel by John W. Campbell Jr. featuring interplanetary adventure, advanced technology, and cosmic-scale threats.
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A.
The Black Ghosts
The Black Ghosts are a British electronic music duo known for blending indie pop melodies with electro and dance influences.
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B.
The Black Man
"The Black Man" is a haunting, introspective poem by Russian poet Sergei Yesenin that explores themes of inner torment, identity, and existential despair.
-
C.
Door of No Return
The Door of No Return is a symbolic and haunting memorial site on Gorée Island in Senegal, marking the final exit point from Africa for countless enslaved Africans during the transatlantic slave trade.
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D.
Garvey's Ghost
Garvey's Ghost is a roots reggae album by Burning Spear, known for its dub reinterpretations of the songs from his influential record "Marcus Garvey."
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E.
The Liberator
The Liberator was a prominent 19th-century American abolitionist newspaper that became a leading voice in the movement to end slavery in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fix-up novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author |
John W. Campbell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John W. Campbell Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsStory |
Piracy Preferred
NERFINISHED
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Solarite ⓘ The Black Star Passes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter |
Arcot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morey NERFINISHED ⓘ Wade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTechnology |
advanced energy weapons
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force-field technology ⓘ interstellar spacecraft ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
advanced technology
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cosmic-scale threats ⓘ interplanetary travel ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | magazine serial ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Invaders from the Infinite
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Islands of Space NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
interplanetary adventure
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ |
| hasFictionalElement |
alien civilizations
ⓘ
experimental spacecraft ⓘ threats to entire planets ⓘ |
| hasForm |
linked stories
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | early American science fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Golden Age of Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | adventure-oriented ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | cosmic scale ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early depiction of super-science technology
ⓘ
early space opera adventure ⓘ |
| originalMedium | pulp magazine ⓘ |
| publicationType | fix-up of previously published stories ⓘ |
| series | Arcot, Morey, and Wade series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Solar System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
interstellar space ⓘ |
| targetAudience | science fiction readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPublication | early 20th century ⓘ |
| workOf | John W. Campbell Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 Black Star Passes Description of subject: The Black Star Passes is a classic early science fiction novel by John W. Campbell Jr. featuring interplanetary adventure, advanced technology, and cosmic-scale threats.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.