Adjustment Team
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"Adjustment Team" is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick about a man who accidentally discovers a secret organization that controls reality behind the scenes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adjustment Team canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1211228 — 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: Adjustment Team Context triple: [The Adjustment Bureau, basedOn, Adjustment Team]
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A.
Red and Blue Crew
Red and Blue Crew is the official student cheering section that supports the University of Pennsylvania’s athletic teams, especially at Penn Quakers football games.
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B.
Staff God
The Staff God is a principal Andean deity, often depicted front-facing and holding vertical staffs, associated with creation, fertility, and cosmic order in ancient pre-Columbian religions.
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C.
OneTeam Partners
OneTeam Partners is a sports-focused licensing, marketing, and media company that helps athletes and players’ associations commercialize their group name, image, and likeness rights.
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D.
Team Gray
Team Gray was a robotics team that gained recognition for competing in DARPA’s pioneering autonomous vehicle Grand Challenge.
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E.
Unified Team
The Unified Team was a temporary coalition of former Soviet republics that competed together under a neutral flag at the 1992 Olympic Games.
- 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: Adjustment Team Target entity description: "Adjustment Team" is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick about a man who accidentally discovers a secret organization that controls reality behind the scenes.
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A.
Red and Blue Crew
Red and Blue Crew is the official student cheering section that supports the University of Pennsylvania’s athletic teams, especially at Penn Quakers football games.
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B.
Staff God
The Staff God is a principal Andean deity, often depicted front-facing and holding vertical staffs, associated with creation, fertility, and cosmic order in ancient pre-Columbian religions.
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C.
OneTeam Partners
OneTeam Partners is a sports-focused licensing, marketing, and media company that helps athletes and players’ associations commercialize their group name, image, and likeness rights.
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D.
Team Gray
Team Gray was a robotics team that gained recognition for competing in DARPA’s pioneering autonomous vehicle Grand Challenge.
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E.
Unified Team
The Unified Team was a temporary coalition of former Soviet republics that competed together under a neutral flag at the 1992 Olympic Games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
science fiction film
ⓘ
science fiction short story ⓘ |
| author | Philip K. Dick ⓘ |
| basedOn | Adjustment Team ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | George Nolfi ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Orbit Science Fiction No. 4 ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Adjustment Bureau ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Ed Fletcher
ⓘ
The Adjusters ⓘ The Clerk ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Ed Fletcher ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
conspiracy
ⓘ
fate ⓘ metaphysical control ⓘ reality alteration ⓘ |
| influencedAdaptation | The Adjustment Bureau ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | short story ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
bureaucratic control
ⓘ
free will versus determinism ⓘ hidden control of everyday life ⓘ manipulation of reality ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorWork | Philip K. Dick short fiction ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man accidentally discovers a secret organization that adjusts and controls reality behind the scenes. ⓘ |
| publisher | Pyramid Books ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary United States ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Adjustment Team Description of subject: "Adjustment Team" is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick about a man who accidentally discovers a secret organization that controls reality behind the scenes.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Adjustment Team
subject linked to:
Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick
subject linked to:
Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick
subject linked to:
Orbit Science Fiction No. 4