True Names
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"True Names" is a pioneering 1981 science fiction novella by Vernor Vinge that explores virtual reality, online identities, and cyberculture, often credited with anticipating key ideas of the cyberpunk genre and modern internet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| True Names canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7013484 — 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: True Names Context triple: [Vernor Vinge, notableWork, True Names]
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A.
The Names
The Names is a 1982 novel by Don DeLillo that blends political intrigue, linguistic obsession, and expatriate life in Greece and the Middle East into a meditative exploration of language, violence, and meaning.
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B.
The Naming of Names
"The Naming of Names" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury set on Mars, exploring human colonization and its impact on the planet’s identity and culture.
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C.
The Name
"The Name" is a notable work of modern Hebrew literature, recognized for its contribution to contemporary Hebrew narrative and cultural expression.
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D.
The Power of the Name
"The Power of the Name" is a theological work by Bishop Kallistos Ware exploring the meaning, practice, and spiritual significance of the Jesus Prayer and the invocation of the divine name in Eastern Orthodox spirituality.
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E.
She Who Holds a Thousand Souls
She Who Holds a Thousand Souls is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut, highlighting her role as the cosmic mother who receives and protects the souls of the dead.
- 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: True Names Target entity description: "True Names" is a pioneering 1981 science fiction novella by Vernor Vinge that explores virtual reality, online identities, and cyberculture, often credited with anticipating key ideas of the cyberpunk genre and modern internet.
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A.
The Names
The Names is a 1982 novel by Don DeLillo that blends political intrigue, linguistic obsession, and expatriate life in Greece and the Middle East into a meditative exploration of language, violence, and meaning.
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B.
The Naming of Names
"The Naming of Names" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury set on Mars, exploring human colonization and its impact on the planet’s identity and culture.
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C.
The Name
"The Name" is a notable work of modern Hebrew literature, recognized for its contribution to contemporary Hebrew narrative and cultural expression.
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D.
The Power of the Name
"The Power of the Name" is a theological work by Bishop Kallistos Ware exploring the meaning, practice, and spiritual significance of the Jesus Prayer and the invocation of the divine name in Eastern Orthodox spirituality.
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E.
She Who Holds a Thousand Souls
She Who Holds a Thousand Souls is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut, highlighting her role as the cosmic mother who receives and protects the souls of the dead.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novella ⓘ |
| author | Vernor Vinge ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creditedWith |
anticipating cyberpunk genre ideas
ⓘ
anticipating modern internet culture ⓘ influencing cyberpunk literature ⓘ influencing depictions of cyberspace ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
anonymity
ⓘ
artificial intelligence ⓘ computer networks ⓘ cyberculture ⓘ government control ⓘ hacking ⓘ online identities ⓘ privacy ⓘ surveillance ⓘ virtual reality ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Erythrina ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | United States government ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Binary Star #5
ⓘ
linked to:
Binary Star
|
| genre |
cyberpunk precursor
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
anthology inclusion
ⓘ
book ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
concept of cyberspace in fiction
ⓘ
depictions of online personas ⓘ |
| hasTitle | True Names ⓘ |
| includedIn | True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novella ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Roger Pollack ⓘ |
| mainCharacterAlias | Mr. Slippery ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed depiction of virtual reality interfaces
ⓘ
early realistic portrayal of computer networking ⓘ early treatment of computer security issues ⓘ exploring consequences of deanonymization ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| publisher | Dell Publishing ⓘ |
| setting |
near-future United States
ⓘ
shared virtual reality environment ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic analysis in science fiction studies
ⓘ
critical essays on cyberculture ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 21st century (approximate) ⓘ |
| workOf | Vernor Vinge ⓘ |
| workType | speculative fiction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: True Names Description of subject: "True Names" is a pioneering 1981 science fiction novella by Vernor Vinge that explores virtual reality, online identities, and cyberculture, often credited with anticipating key ideas of the cyberpunk genre and modern internet.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.