Ubik
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Ubik is a 1969 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that explores reality, perception, and corporate intrigue in a surreal, shifting future world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ubik canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6330562 — 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: Ubik Context triple: [Philip K. Dick, notableWork, Ubik]
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A.
The Reality Dysfunction
The Reality Dysfunction is a sprawling space opera novel by Peter F. Hamilton that blends hard science fiction with horror elements in a far-future, galaxy-spanning setting.
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B.
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a seminal science fiction horror story about a sadistic supercomputer tormenting the last surviving humans in a post-apocalyptic world.
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C.
Spotless Mind
"Spotless Mind" is a mellow, introspective R&B track by Jhené Aiko that explores themes of emotional detachment and transient relationships.
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D.
Night Dreamer
Night Dreamer is a landmark 1964 hard bop/post-bop jazz album by saxophonist Wayne Shorter, noted for its atmospheric compositions and influential role in shaping modern jazz.
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E.
The Outsider
"The Outsider" is a classic horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft that follows a lonely, isolated narrator’s grim discovery of his own monstrous nature.
- 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: Ubik Target entity description: Ubik is a 1969 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that explores reality, perception, and corporate intrigue in a surreal, shifting future world.
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A.
The Reality Dysfunction
The Reality Dysfunction is a sprawling space opera novel by Peter F. Hamilton that blends hard science fiction with horror elements in a far-future, galaxy-spanning setting.
-
B.
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a seminal science fiction horror story about a sadistic supercomputer tormenting the last surviving humans in a post-apocalyptic world.
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C.
Spotless Mind
"Spotless Mind" is a mellow, introspective R&B track by Jhené Aiko that explores themes of emotional detachment and transient relationships.
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D.
Night Dreamer
Night Dreamer is a landmark 1964 hard bop/post-bop jazz album by saxophonist Wayne Shorter, noted for its atmospheric compositions and influential role in shaping modern jazz.
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E.
The Outsider
"The Outsider" is a classic horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft that follows a lonely, isolated narrator’s grim discovery of his own monstrous nature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Philip K. Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
Ubik spray product
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anti-psi talents ⓘ half-life suspended animation ⓘ psychic powers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
metaphysical fiction
ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | radio drama adaptation ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Ella Runciter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glen Runciter NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Chip NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat Conley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPlannedAdaptation | film adaptation (unproduced or in development) ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gnosticism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Wave science fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of ontological uncertainty
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influence on later science fiction ⓘ surreal narrative shifts ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setting |
North America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near-future world ⓘ |
| structureFeature |
commercial slogans at chapter openings
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shifting reality layers ⓘ |
| theme |
consumerism
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corporate intrigue ⓘ death and half-life ⓘ entropy ⓘ identity ⓘ perception ⓘ reality ⓘ unreliable reality ⓘ |
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: Ubik Description of subject: Ubik is a 1969 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that explores reality, perception, and corporate intrigue in a surreal, shifting future world.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.