Tom Paine Maru
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Tom Paine Maru is a libertarian science fiction novel by L. Neil Smith that explores themes of individual freedom, anti-authoritarianism, and revolutionary politics in a spacefaring setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tom Paine Maru canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6910241 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Paine Maru Context triple: [L. Neil Smith, notableWork, Tom Paine Maru]
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Heian Maru
Heian Maru is a famous World War II Japanese transport shipwreck in Chuuk Lagoon, now a popular site for recreational wreck diving.
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Shinkoku Maru
Shinkoku Maru is a famous World War II-era Japanese oil tanker wreck that now serves as a popular scuba diving site in Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia.
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Kasato Maru
Kasato Maru was the Japanese steamship that carried the first official group of Japanese immigrants to Brazil in 1908, marking the beginning of Japanese immigration to the country.
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Swayback Maru
Swayback Maru was the affectionate nickname given by her crew to the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, famed for her hard service and resilience in World War II.
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Fujikawa Maru
Fujikawa Maru is a famous World War II Japanese cargo shipwreck in Chuuk Lagoon, now serving as a popular wreck diving site rich with marine life and historical artifacts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Paine Maru Target entity description: Tom Paine Maru is a libertarian science fiction novel by L. Neil Smith that explores themes of individual freedom, anti-authoritarianism, and revolutionary politics in a spacefaring setting.
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A.
Heian Maru
Heian Maru is a famous World War II Japanese transport shipwreck in Chuuk Lagoon, now a popular site for recreational wreck diving.
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B.
Shinkoku Maru
Shinkoku Maru is a famous World War II-era Japanese oil tanker wreck that now serves as a popular scuba diving site in Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia.
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C.
Kasato Maru
Kasato Maru was the Japanese steamship that carried the first official group of Japanese immigrants to Brazil in 1908, marking the beginning of Japanese immigration to the country.
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D.
Swayback Maru
Swayback Maru was the affectionate nickname given by her crew to the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, famed for her hard service and resilience in World War II.
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E.
Fujikawa Maru
Fujikawa Maru is a famous World War II Japanese cargo shipwreck in Chuuk Lagoon, now serving as a popular wreck diving site rich with marine life and historical artifacts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | L. Neil Smith ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exploresConcept |
limited government
ⓘ
resistance to tyranny ⓘ voluntaryism ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| genre |
libertarian science fiction
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalSpacecraft | Tom Paine Maru ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Jedidiah "Jed" Culver ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalTheme |
individual rights
ⓘ
self-determination ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | space opera ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | libertarian science fiction movement ⓘ |
| mediaType |
paperback
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thomas Paine ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
The Probability Broach universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Probability Broach
|
| politicalOrientation | libertarian ⓘ |
| publisher | Del Rey Books ⓘ |
| setting | spacefaring civilization ⓘ |
| sharesUniverseWith | The Probability Broach ⓘ |
| theme |
anti-authoritarianism
ⓘ
individual freedom ⓘ revolutionary politics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tom Paine Maru Description of subject: Tom Paine Maru is a libertarian science fiction novel by L. Neil Smith that explores themes of individual freedom, anti-authoritarianism, and revolutionary politics in a spacefaring setting.
Referenced by (3)
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