The Three-Body Problem
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The Three-Body Problem is a landmark science fiction novel by Chinese author Liu Cixin that explores humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Three-Body Problem canonical | 5 |
| The Dark Forest | 1 |
| The Three-Body Problem (novel) | 1 |
| The Three-Body Problem franchise | 1 |
| 三体 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6632675 — 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.
Target entity: The Three-Body Problem Context triple: [Hugo Award for Best Novel, notableWinner, The Three-Body Problem]
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The Three-Body Problem (TV adaptation)
The Three-Body Problem (TV adaptation) is a science fiction television series based on Liu Cixin’s acclaimed novel, depicting humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization and its far-reaching consequences.
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Die Welträthsel
Die Welträthsel is a late-19th-century philosophical and scientific work by Ernst Haeckel that attempts to explain the fundamental "riddles of the universe" through a monistic, evolutionary worldview.
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Ringworld
Ringworld is a science fiction megastructure concept, popularized by Larry Niven’s novel of the same name, depicting a vast artificial ring encircling a star to provide an enormous habitable surface area.
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The Expanse
The Expanse is a critically acclaimed science fiction television series set in a colonized solar system, known for its realistic space physics, complex political intrigue, and richly developed characters.
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The Nine Billion Names of God
"The Nine Billion Names of God" is a classic science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of religion, technology, and the end of the universe through a Tibetan monastery's quest to list all possible names of God.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Three-Body Problem Target entity description: The Three-Body Problem is a landmark science fiction novel by Chinese author Liu Cixin that explores humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution.
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A.
The Three-Body Problem (TV adaptation)
The Three-Body Problem (TV adaptation) is a science fiction television series based on Liu Cixin’s acclaimed novel, depicting humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization and its far-reaching consequences.
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B.
Die Welträthsel
Die Welträthsel is a late-19th-century philosophical and scientific work by Ernst Haeckel that attempts to explain the fundamental "riddles of the universe" through a monistic, evolutionary worldview.
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C.
Ringworld
Ringworld is a science fiction megastructure concept, popularized by Larry Niven’s novel of the same name, depicting a vast artificial ring encircling a star to provide an enormous habitable surface area.
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D.
The Expanse
The Expanse is a critically acclaimed science fiction television series set in a colonized solar system, known for its realistic space physics, complex political intrigue, and richly developed characters.
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E.
The Nine Billion Names of God
"The Nine Billion Names of God" is a classic science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of religion, technology, and the end of the universe through a Tibetan monastery's quest to list all possible names of God.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Chinese live-action TV series
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Netflix television series "3 Body Problem" NERFINISHED ⓘ audio drama ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| author | Liu Cixin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Hugo Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
Three Body virtual reality game
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Trisolaris star system NERFINISHED ⓘ sophons NERFINISHED ⓘ three-body problem in orbital mechanics ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| criticalReception | internationally acclaimed ⓘ |
| englishPublicationYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| englishTranslator | Ken Liu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalCivilization | Trisolarans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Dark Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
first contact fiction
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hard science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Death’s End
NERFINISHED
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The Dark Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | global interest in Chinese science fiction ⓘ |
| languageEdition | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | first Asian novel to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
cosmic sociology
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existential risk to humanity ⓘ first contact with alien civilization ⓘ science and politics ⓘ virtual reality and simulation ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Shi Qiang
NERFINISHED
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Wang Miao NERFINISHED ⓘ Ye Wenjie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| originalTitle | 三体 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Remembrance of Earth’s Past NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | none (first in series) ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chongqing Publishing House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Chinese Cultural Revolution
NERFINISHED
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late 20th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
astronomy
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game theory ⓘ military strategy ⓘ physics ⓘ |
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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.
Subject: The Three-Body Problem Description of subject: The Three-Body Problem is a landmark science fiction novel by Chinese author Liu Cixin that explores humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution.
Referenced by (9)
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