Neuromancer
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Neuromancer is William Gibson’s seminal 1984 cyberpunk novel that helped define the genre with its depiction of cyberspace, artificial intelligence, and a dystopian high-tech future.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neuromancer canonical | 17 |
| Neuromancer (AI) | 2 |
| novel "Neuromancer" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2569310 — 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: Neuromancer Context triple: [Time 100 best English-language novels list, hasWork, Neuromancer]
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A.
The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that centers on the visionary construction of a space elevator on a fictionalized Sri Lankan island, exploring themes of technological ambition, religion, and human progress.
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B.
I, Robot
I, Robot is a seminal science fiction short story collection by Isaac Asimov that explores the ethical and logical implications of advanced robotics and the famous Three Laws of Robotics.
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C.
I, Robot
I, Robot is a 2004 science fiction film loosely inspired by Isaac Asimov’s robot stories, featuring Will Smith in a futuristic murder mystery involving advanced robots and artificial intelligence.
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D.
The Zero Theorem
The Zero Theorem is a 2013 dystopian science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam, featuring Christoph Waltz as a reclusive computer genius tasked with solving a mysterious mathematical formula that could reveal the meaning—or meaninglessness—of existence.
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E.
The Caves of Steel
The Caves of Steel is a science fiction detective novel by Isaac Asimov that blends futuristic robotics with a classic murder mystery set in an overpopulated, enclosed megacity.
- 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: Neuromancer Target entity description: Neuromancer is William Gibson’s seminal 1984 cyberpunk novel that helped define the genre with its depiction of cyberspace, artificial intelligence, and a dystopian high-tech future.
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A.
The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that centers on the visionary construction of a space elevator on a fictionalized Sri Lankan island, exploring themes of technological ambition, religion, and human progress.
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B.
I, Robot
I, Robot is a seminal science fiction short story collection by Isaac Asimov that explores the ethical and logical implications of advanced robotics and the famous Three Laws of Robotics.
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C.
I, Robot
I, Robot is a 2004 science fiction film loosely inspired by Isaac Asimov’s robot stories, featuring Will Smith in a futuristic murder mystery involving advanced robots and artificial intelligence.
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D.
The Zero Theorem
The Zero Theorem is a 2013 dystopian science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam, featuring Christoph Waltz as a reclusive computer genius tasked with solving a mysterious mathematical formula that could reveal the meaning—or meaninglessness—of existence.
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E.
The Caves of Steel
The Caves of Steel is a science fiction detective novel by Isaac Asimov that blends futuristic robotics with a classic murder mystery set in an overpopulated, enclosed megacity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cyberpunk novel
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novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | William Gibson ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hugo Award for Best Novel
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Nebula Award for Best Novel ⓘ Philip K. Dick Award ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
artificial intelligence autonomy
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corporate power ⓘ human–machine interface ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Rick Berry ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | paperback ⓘ |
| followedBy | Count Zero ⓘ |
| genre |
cyberpunk
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | graphic novel adaptation ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
The Matrix
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cyberpunk genre ⓘ |
| hasPlannedAdaptation | film adaptation (in development) ⓘ |
| isbn | 0-441-56956-0 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | cyberpunk ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Armitage
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Case ⓘ Molly Millions ⓘ Neuromancer (AI) ⓘ
linked to:
Neuromancer
Wintermute ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
artificial intelligence
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console cowboy ⓘ cyberspace ⓘ matrix (virtual reality dataspace) ⓘ megacorporations ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early popularization of the term "cyberspace"
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helping define the cyberpunk genre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 271 (first edition, approximate) ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Sprawl trilogy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Burning Chrome ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ace Books ⓘ |
| setting |
Chiba City
ⓘ
linked to:
Chiba
Freeside ⓘ cyberspace ⓘ dystopian future ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | near future ⓘ |
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: Neuromancer Description of subject: Neuromancer is William Gibson’s seminal 1984 cyberpunk novel that helped define the genre with its depiction of cyberspace, artificial intelligence, and a dystopian high-tech future.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Neuromancer
linked to: Neuromancer
linked to: Neuromancer