Lock In
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Lock In is a near-future science fiction novel by John Scalzi that explores a world transformed by a pandemic-induced condition that leaves many people fully conscious but unable to move their bodies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lock In canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9153289 — 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: Lock In Context triple: [John Scalzi, notableWork, Lock In]
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A.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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B.
The Unraveling
The Unraveling is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against, showcasing their early hardcore-influenced sound and socially conscious themes.
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C.
The Unlocking
"The Unlocking" is a song by hip hop band The Roots from their influential 1995 album *Do You Want More?!!!??!* that showcases their jazz-rap style and live-instrumentation approach.
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D.
A Pact
"A Pact" is a notable poem by Ezra Pound in which he addresses and reconciles with the influence of Walt Whitman on his own poetic development.
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E.
The Barrier
The Barrier is a massive Antarctic ice formation historically known as a formidable obstacle to early polar exploration.
- 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: Lock In Target entity description: Lock In is a near-future science fiction novel by John Scalzi that explores a world transformed by a pandemic-induced condition that leaves many people fully conscious but unable to move their bodies.
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A.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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B.
The Unraveling
The Unraveling is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against, showcasing their early hardcore-influenced sound and socially conscious themes.
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C.
The Unlocking
"The Unlocking" is a song by hip hop band The Roots from their influential 1995 album *Do You Want More?!!!??!* that showcases their jazz-rap style and live-instrumentation approach.
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D.
A Pact
"A Pact" is a notable poem by Ezra Pound in which he addresses and reconciles with the influence of Walt Whitman on his own poetic development.
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E.
The Barrier
The Barrier is a massive Antarctic ice formation historically known as a formidable obstacle to early polar exploration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | John Scalzi ⓘ |
| awarded |
2015 Audie Award for Science Fiction (audiobook)
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linked to:
Audie Award
|
| centralConcept |
people fully conscious but unable to move their bodies
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use of neural networks and robotic bodies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exploresTheme |
civil rights
ⓘ
corporate power ⓘ disability ⓘ identity ⓘ pandemics ⓘ technology and society ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalDisease | Haden's syndrome ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Head On ⓘ |
| includesFictionalTechnology |
neural network interfaces
ⓘ
threeps (personal robotic bodies) ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
mystery
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Chris Shane ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | FBI agent ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
2015 Dragon Award (finalist, science fiction)
ⓘ
2015 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| publisher | Tor Books ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingTime | near future ⓘ |
| subgenre | near-future science fiction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Lock In Description of subject: Lock In is a near-future science fiction novel by John Scalzi that explores a world transformed by a pandemic-induced condition that leaves many people fully conscious but unable to move their bodies.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.