How to Be a Satellite
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How to Be a Satellite is a literary work by William Joseph Lynch, likely a contemporary book that reflects his style and themes as an author.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| How to Be a Satellite canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13412052 — 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: How to Be a Satellite Context triple: [William Joseph Lynch, notableWork, How to Be a Satellite]
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A.
Serenata per un satellite
Serenata per un satellite is an avant-garde orchestral composition by Italian composer Bruno Maderna, noted for its experimental structure and exploration of spatial and timbral effects.
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B.
The Astronaut Farmer
The Astronaut Farmer is a 2006 American drama film about a former NASA astronaut who builds a homemade rocket in his barn to pursue his dream of going to space.
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C.
Satellite
"Satellite" is a popular early song by the Dave Matthews Band, known for its intricate guitar work and reflective lyrics.
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D.
Satellite
"Satellite" is a politically charged punk rock song by American band Rise Against, known for its anthemic sound and socially conscious lyrics.
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E.
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart is a 1993 alternative rock album by The Flaming Lips best known for its breakthrough single "She Don't Use Jelly."
- 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: How to Be a Satellite Target entity description: How to Be a Satellite is a literary work by William Joseph Lynch, likely a contemporary book that reflects his style and themes as an author.
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A.
Serenata per un satellite
Serenata per un satellite is an avant-garde orchestral composition by Italian composer Bruno Maderna, noted for its experimental structure and exploration of spatial and timbral effects.
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B.
The Astronaut Farmer
The Astronaut Farmer is a 2006 American drama film about a former NASA astronaut who builds a homemade rocket in his barn to pursue his dream of going to space.
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C.
Satellite
"Satellite" is a popular early song by the Dave Matthews Band, known for its intricate guitar work and reflective lyrics.
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D.
Satellite
"Satellite" is a politically charged punk rock song by American band Rise Against, known for its anthemic sound and socially conscious lyrics.
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E.
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart is a 1993 alternative rock album by The Flaming Lips best known for its breakthrough single "She Don't Use Jelly."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ |
| author | William Joseph Lynch ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | William Joseph Lynch ⓘ |
| genre | literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | William Joseph Lynch ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
contemporary life
ⓘ
human relationships ⓘ identity ⓘ introspection ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
contemporary themes
ⓘ
emotional experience ⓘ personal reflection ⓘ |
| hasTitle | How to Be a Satellite ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
introspective
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ |
| medium |
book
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | fiction ⓘ |
| styleOfWork | contemporary ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | William Joseph Lynch ⓘ |
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: How to Be a Satellite Description of subject: How to Be a Satellite is a literary work by William Joseph Lynch, likely a contemporary book that reflects his style and themes as an author.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.