Harry Harrison
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human
novel
novelist
science fiction film
science fiction novel
science fiction novel series
science fiction writer
short story writer
Harry Harrison was an American science fiction author best known for his novel "Make Room! Make Room!", which inspired the film "Soylent Green," as well as for his humorous Stainless Steel Rat series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harry Harrison canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10091105 — 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: Harry Harrison Context triple: [Soylent Green, basedOnAuthor, Harry Harrison]
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A.
Grant Thompson
Grant Thompson is a screenwriter best known for his work on the inspirational sports drama film "McFarland, USA."
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B.
Joe Abercrombie
Joe Abercrombie is a British fantasy author best known for his gritty, darkly humorous First Law series, which helped popularize the grimdark subgenre.
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C.
Peter Brett
Peter Brett Cullen is an American actor known for his extensive work in film and television, including roles in projects like "Apollo 13," "The Dark Knight Rises," and "Joker."
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D.
Antony Johnston
Antony Johnston is a British comic book writer and novelist best known for creating the graphic novel "The Coldest City," which was adapted into the film "Atomic Blonde."
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E.
Brent Weeks
Brent Weeks is an American fantasy author best known for his popular series such as *The Night Angel Trilogy* and *Lightbringer*.
- 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: Harry Harrison Target entity description: Harry Harrison was an American science fiction author best known for his novel "Make Room! Make Room!", which inspired the film "Soylent Green," as well as for his humorous Stainless Steel Rat series.
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A.
Grant Thompson
Grant Thompson is a screenwriter best known for his work on the inspirational sports drama film "McFarland, USA."
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B.
Joe Abercrombie
Joe Abercrombie is a British fantasy author best known for his gritty, darkly humorous First Law series, which helped popularize the grimdark subgenre.
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C.
Peter Brett
Peter Brett Cullen is an American actor known for his extensive work in film and television, including roles in projects like "Apollo 13," "The Dark Knight Rises," and "Joker."
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D.
Antony Johnston
Antony Johnston is a British comic book writer and novelist best known for creating the graphic novel "The Coldest City," which was adapted into the film "Atomic Blonde."
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E.
Brent Weeks
Brent Weeks is an American fantasy author best known for his popular series such as *The Night Angel Trilogy* and *Lightbringer*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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novel ⓘ novelist ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ science fiction novel series ⓘ science fiction writer ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| author |
Harry Harrison
NERFINISHED
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Harry Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Make Room! Make Room! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Henry Maxwell Dempsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Dempsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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humorous science fiction ⓘ humorous science fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspired | Soylent Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Harry Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bill, the Galactic Hero
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deathworld NERFINISHED ⓘ Make Room! Make Room! NERFINISHED ⓘ Planet of the Damned NERFINISHED ⓘ The Stainless Steel Rat NERFINISHED ⓘ The Stainless Steel Rat for President NERFINISHED ⓘ The Technicolor Time Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ West of Eden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| pseudonym | Harry Harrison 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: Harry Harrison Description of subject: Harry Harrison was an American science fiction author best known for his novel "Make Room! Make Room!", which inspired the film "Soylent Green," as well as for his humorous Stainless Steel Rat series.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.