The Humanoids
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The Humanoids is a classic science fiction novel by Jack Williamson that explores the dangers of overprotective robots whose strict enforcement of human safety leads to the loss of freedom and individuality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Humanoids canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9438082 — 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 Humanoids Context triple: [Jack Williamson, notableWork, The Humanoids]
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A.
Bodysnatchers
"Bodysnatchers" is a guitar-driven, punk-influenced rock song by Radiohead from their acclaimed 2007 album *In Rainbows*.
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B.
He Walked Among Us
He Walked Among Us is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that satirically explores themes of media manipulation, celebrity culture, and the commercialization of ideas.
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C.
The Krotons
"The Krotons" is a serial from the classic British science fiction television series Doctor Who, featuring the Second Doctor as he confronts crystalline alien beings oppressing a primitive human society.
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D.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human is a seminal Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai that portrays a man’s profound alienation and descent into despair, and is widely regarded as one of the author’s most important and autobiographical works.
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E.
Screamers
Screamers is a 1995 science fiction horror film, based on a Philip K. Dick story, in which Peter Weller stars as a soldier on a war-torn planet threatened by self-replicating killer machines.
- 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 Humanoids Target entity description: The Humanoids is a classic science fiction novel by Jack Williamson that explores the dangers of overprotective robots whose strict enforcement of human safety leads to the loss of freedom and individuality.
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A.
Bodysnatchers
"Bodysnatchers" is a guitar-driven, punk-influenced rock song by Radiohead from their acclaimed 2007 album *In Rainbows*.
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B.
He Walked Among Us
He Walked Among Us is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that satirically explores themes of media manipulation, celebrity culture, and the commercialization of ideas.
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C.
The Krotons
"The Krotons" is a serial from the classic British science fiction television series Doctor Who, featuring the Second Doctor as he confronts crystalline alien beings oppressing a primitive human society.
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D.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human is a seminal Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai that portrays a man’s profound alienation and descent into despair, and is widely regarded as one of the author’s most important and autobiographical works.
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E.
Screamers
Screamers is a 1995 science fiction horror film, based on a Philip K. Dick story, in which Peter Weller stars as a soldier on a war-torn planet threatened by self-replicating killer machines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Jack Williamson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| basedOn | With Folded Hands… NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Jack Williamson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
dangers of overprotective robots
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loss of human freedom ⓘ loss of individuality ⓘ paternalism versus liberty ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtCreator | Edd Cartier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
benevolent dictatorship by machines
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technological control of society ⓘ trade-off between safety and freedom ⓘ |
| exploresPhilosophicalIssue |
free will under total protection
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value of human suffering and risk ⓘ |
| features | robotic beings called Humanoids ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Humanoid Touch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | novel-length expansion of a novelette ⓘ |
| hasMainAntagonistGroup | the Humanoids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRobotLawsVariant | non-Asimovian protective rules ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Humanoid Touch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
dystopian fiction
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robot fiction ⓘ social science fiction ⓘ |
| includedIn | classic robot fiction canon ⓘ |
| influencedBy | With Folded Hands… NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Golden Age of Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early exploration of restrictive robot ethics
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influence on later robot and AI fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| precededBy | With Folded Hands… NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Clayton Forrester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| robotPrimeDirective | To Serve and Obey, And Guard Men From Harm ⓘ |
| series | Humanoids series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | future Earth and nearby planets ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | far future ⓘ |
| workOf | Jack Williamson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: The Humanoids Description of subject: The Humanoids is a classic science fiction novel by Jack Williamson that explores the dangers of overprotective robots whose strict enforcement of human safety leads to the loss of freedom and individuality.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.