Point Omega
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Point Omega is a short, meditative novel by Don DeLillo that explores themes of time, war, and consciousness through the encounter between a reclusive war theorist and a young filmmaker in the desert.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Point Omega canonical | 7 |
| Point Omega (2010) | 1 |
| Point Omega (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549364 — 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: Point Omega Context triple: [Don DeLillo, notableWork, Point Omega]
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A.
The Light
The Light is a notable work by the rapper Common, showcasing his introspective lyricism and soulful, jazz-influenced hip-hop style.
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B.
Ratner’s Star
Ratner’s Star is a dense, experimental novel by Don DeLillo that blends science fiction, mathematics, and satire in its portrayal of a young math prodigy deciphering a mysterious signal from space.
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C.
Illangelo
Illangelo is a Canadian record producer and songwriter best known for his dark, atmospheric work with The Weeknd and contributions to contemporary R&B and pop music.
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D.
Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
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E.
The Currents of Space
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, exploring political intrigue, planetary exploitation, and social stratification on a distant world.
- 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: Point Omega Target entity description: Point Omega is a short, meditative novel by Don DeLillo that explores themes of time, war, and consciousness through the encounter between a reclusive war theorist and a young filmmaker in the desert.
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A.
The Light
The Light is a notable work by the rapper Common, showcasing his introspective lyricism and soulful, jazz-influenced hip-hop style.
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B.
Ratner’s Star
Ratner’s Star is a dense, experimental novel by Don DeLillo that blends science fiction, mathematics, and satire in its portrayal of a young math prodigy deciphering a mysterious signal from space.
-
C.
Illangelo
Illangelo is a Canadian record producer and songwriter best known for his dark, atmospheric work with The Weeknd and contributions to contemporary R&B and pop music.
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D.
Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
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E.
The Currents of Space
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov set in his Galactic Empire universe, exploring political intrigue, planetary exploitation, and social stratification on a distant world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| centralRelationship | reclusive war theorist and young filmmaker ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Scribner design department ⓘ |
| criticalReception | mixed to positive reviews ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
ethical responsibility in war
ⓘ
slowness of time ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Angel Esmeralda ⓘ |
| genre |
metafiction
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novel ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ war fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781439169964 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
epilogue set in a museum
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prologue set in a museum ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jessie Elster
ⓘ
Jim Finley ⓘ Richard Elster ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| motif |
desert landscape
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slow motion film ⓘ video art installation ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
meditative
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minimalist ⓘ |
| precededBy | Falling Man ⓘ |
| publisher |
Charles Scribner's Sons
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surface form:
Scribner
|
| setting |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
desert ⓘ |
| structure | short novel ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Iraq War
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U.S. military strategy ⓘ terrorism ⓘ |
| theme |
consciousness
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guilt ⓘ isolation ⓘ media ⓘ memory ⓘ perception ⓘ surveillance ⓘ time ⓘ violence ⓘ war ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo |
Omega Point
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surface form:
Omega Point theory
|
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: Point Omega Description of subject: Point Omega is a short, meditative novel by Don DeLillo that explores themes of time, war, and consciousness through the encounter between a reclusive war theorist and a young filmmaker in the desert.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Point Omega (novel)
this entity surface form:
Point Omega (2010)