The Cosmic Charge Account
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The Cosmic Charge Account is a science fiction story by Cyril M. Kornbluth that satirically explores consumerism and the consequences of limitless credit through a fantastical premise.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Cosmic Charge Account canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10568084 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cosmic Charge Account Context triple: [Cyril M. Kornbluth, notableWork, The Cosmic Charge Account]
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A.
The Universe in Your Hand
The Universe in Your Hand is a popular science book by physicist Christophe Galfard that guides readers through modern cosmology and theoretical physics in an accessible, narrative style.
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B.
The Cosmographic Mystery
The Cosmographic Mystery is Johannes Kepler’s 1596 astronomical work proposing a geometric model of the solar system based on nested Platonic solids.
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C.
Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science
Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science is a collection of essays by science writer Dorion Sagan that explores cutting-edge ideas in science, philosophy, and culture through an accessible, speculative lens.
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D.
The Cosmic Computer
The Cosmic Computer is a 1963 science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper that follows a treasure-hunting quest on a postwar planet centered around the search for a legendary supercomputer.
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E.
The Cosmic Connection
The Cosmic Connection is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
- 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 Cosmic Charge Account Target entity description: The Cosmic Charge Account is a science fiction story by Cyril M. Kornbluth that satirically explores consumerism and the consequences of limitless credit through a fantastical premise.
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A.
The Universe in Your Hand
The Universe in Your Hand is a popular science book by physicist Christophe Galfard that guides readers through modern cosmology and theoretical physics in an accessible, narrative style.
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B.
The Cosmographic Mystery
The Cosmographic Mystery is Johannes Kepler’s 1596 astronomical work proposing a geometric model of the solar system based on nested Platonic solids.
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C.
Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science
Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science is a collection of essays by science writer Dorion Sagan that explores cutting-edge ideas in science, philosophy, and culture through an accessible, speculative lens.
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D.
The Cosmic Computer
The Cosmic Computer is a 1963 science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper that follows a treasure-hunting quest on a postwar planet centered around the search for a legendary supercomputer.
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E.
The Cosmic Connection
The Cosmic Connection is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
science fiction short story
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science fiction writer ⓘ |
| author | Cyril M. Kornbluth ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| explores |
consequences of limitless credit
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dangers of unchecked consumerism ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverseElement | cosmic-scale charge account ⓘ |
| genre |
satire
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Cyril M. Kornbluth ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Cosmic Charge Account ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century science fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | satirical ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
consumerism
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credit ⓘ economic consequences ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | fantastical premise of limitless credit ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Cosmic Charge Account ⓘ |
| partOf | Cyril M. Kornbluth bibliography ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| workType | short fiction ⓘ |
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: The Cosmic Charge Account Description of subject: The Cosmic Charge Account is a science fiction story by Cyril M. Kornbluth that satirically explores consumerism and the consequences of limitless credit through a fantastical premise.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.