The Shooting Star
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The Shooting Star is a 1942 installment of Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin comic series, featuring Tintin’s race to claim a fallen meteorite amid international rivalry and apocalyptic omens.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Shooting Star canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7697092 — 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 Shooting Star Context triple: [The Adventures of Tintin, hasAlbum, The Shooting Star]
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A.
The Evening Star
The Evening Star was the original name of the major Canadian daily newspaper now known as the Toronto Star.
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B.
The Evening Star
The Evening Star is a 1996 American comedy-drama film that serves as a sequel to Terms of Endearment, continuing the story of Aurora Greenway and her family.
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C.
The Star
The Star is the English title of Surah An-Najm, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes the divine origin of revelation and the authority of the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
The Star
The Star is a mixed-use development in Frisco, Texas that serves as the Dallas Cowboys’ headquarters and practice facility, surrounded by retail, dining, and entertainment venues.
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E.
The Star
The Star was a late 19th-century London evening newspaper known for its sensational and often moralistic coverage of crime and scandal.
- 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 Shooting Star Target entity description: The Shooting Star is a 1942 installment of Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin comic series, featuring Tintin’s race to claim a fallen meteorite amid international rivalry and apocalyptic omens.
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A.
The Evening Star
The Evening Star is a 1996 American comedy-drama film that serves as a sequel to Terms of Endearment, continuing the story of Aurora Greenway and her family.
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B.
The Evening Star
The Evening Star was the original name of the major Canadian daily newspaper now known as the Toronto Star.
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C.
The Star
The Star is the English title of Surah An-Najm, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes the divine origin of revelation and the authority of the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
The Star
The Star is a mixed-use development in Frisco, Texas that serves as the Dallas Cowboys’ headquarters and practice facility, surrounded by retail, dining, and entertainment venues.
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E.
The Star
The Star was a late 19th-century London evening newspaper known for its sensational and often moralistic coverage of crime and scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tintin adventure
ⓘ
comic album ⓘ |
| albumNumberInSeries | 10 ⓘ |
| artStyle | ligne claire ⓘ |
| colorEditionYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Belgium ⓘ |
| creator | Hergé ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Professor Decimus Phostle
ⓘ
Thomson and Thompson ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization |
European scientific expedition
ⓘ
rival American-backed expedition ⓘ |
| featuresVessel | Aurora ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | Le Soir ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Le Soir (newspaper) ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Secret of the Unicorn ⓘ |
| format | album ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure comic
ⓘ
science fiction comic ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Adventures of Tintin animated series episode ⓘ |
| hasControversy |
anti-Semitic caricature in early version
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wartime publication in Nazi-occupied Belgium ⓘ |
| languageOfFirstSerialization | French ⓘ |
| laterEditions | removed explicit anti-Semitic elements ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Captain Haddock
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Snowy ⓘ Tintin ⓘ |
| medium | comic strip ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | prophetic astronomical omen ⓘ |
| notableElement |
approaching giant meteorite
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expanding and unstable meteorite fragment ⓘ expedition ship Aurora ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | L’Étoile mystérieuse ⓘ |
| plotFocus | race to reach a fallen meteorite ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Crab with the Golden Claws ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| publisher | Casterman ⓘ |
| scientificElement | fictional metal phostlite ⓘ |
| series | The Adventures of Tintin ⓘ |
| setting |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Brussels ⓘ
linked to:
Brussels, Belgium
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| targetAudience | children and young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
apocalyptic omens
ⓘ
international rivalry ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | contemporary to early 1940s ⓘ |
| tone |
apocalyptic
ⓘ
suspenseful ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Shooting Star Description of subject: The Shooting Star is a 1942 installment of Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin comic series, featuring Tintin’s race to claim a fallen meteorite amid international rivalry and apocalyptic omens.
Referenced by (6)
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