The Bicentennial Man

E39689

science fiction novella short fiction

The Bicentennial Man is a science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov that explores a robot’s centuries-long quest for humanity, identity, and legal recognition as a person.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

AI illustration

All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
The Bicentennial Man canonical	10
Bicentennial Man	4
film "Bicentennial Man"	3
Bicentennial Man (film)	2
"Bicentennial Man"	1
Asimov short story "The Bicentennial Man"	1
Bicentennial Man (1999)	1
The Bicentennial Man (1976 novelette)	1
The Bicentennial Man (film)	1
The Bicentennial Man (novella)	1
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories	1
The Positronic Man	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T308334 — 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: The Bicentennial Man
Context triple: [Isaac Asimov, notableWork, The Bicentennial Man]

A. Love in the Future
Love in the Future is a 2013 R&B and soul studio album by John Legend that blends romantic ballads with contemporary production and includes the hit single "All of Me."
B. The Shape of Things to Come
The Shape of Things to Come is a 1933 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that presents a speculative future history of the world, exploring global war, social collapse, and the eventual rise of a rational, technocratic world state.
C. Broca's Brain
Broca's Brain is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the nature of scientific thought, the brain, and the cosmos through essays on astronomy, philosophy, and skepticism.
D. Roger the Alien
Roger the Alien is a flamboyant, shape-shifting extraterrestrial character from the animated TV series "American Dad!" known for his sarcastic humor, elaborate disguises, and chaotic schemes.
E. The Time Machine
The Time Machine is a pioneering 1895 science fiction novella by H. G. Wells that explores time travel, social evolution, and dystopian futures through the journey of an unnamed Time Traveller.
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 Bicentennial Man
Target entity description: The Bicentennial Man is a science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov that explores a robot’s centuries-long quest for humanity, identity, and legal recognition as a person.

A. Love in the Future
Love in the Future is a 2013 R&B and soul studio album by John Legend that blends romantic ballads with contemporary production and includes the hit single "All of Me."
B. The Shape of Things to Come
The Shape of Things to Come is a 1933 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that presents a speculative future history of the world, exploring global war, social collapse, and the eventual rise of a rational, technocratic world state.
C. Broca's Brain
Broca's Brain is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the nature of scientific thought, the brain, and the cosmos through essays on astronomy, philosophy, and skepticism.
D. Roger the Alien
Roger the Alien is a flamboyant, shape-shifting extraterrestrial character from the animated TV series "American Dad!" known for his sarcastic humor, elaborate disguises, and chaotic schemes.
E. The Time Machine
The Time Machine is a pioneering 1895 science fiction novella by H. G. Wells that explores time travel, social evolution, and dystopian futures through the journey of an unnamed Time Traveller.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	science fiction novella ⓘ short fiction ⓘ
adaptedAs	film "Bicentennial Man" ⓘ linked to: The Bicentennial Man novel "The Positronic Man" ⓘ
author	Isaac Asimov ⓘ
awarded	Hugo Award for Best Novelette ⓘ Nebula Award for Best Novelette ⓘ linked to: Nebula Award
awardYear	1976 Nebula Award for Best Novelette ⓘ 1977 Hugo Award for Best Novelette ⓘ
basedOnCharacterTypeCreatedBy	Isaac Asimov ⓘ
centralTheme	human–robot relations ⓘ identity ⓘ legal recognition of personhood ⓘ mortality ⓘ quest for humanity ⓘ
collectionPublicationYear	1976 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
exploresConcept	artificial intelligence ethics ⓘ civil rights for robots ⓘ definition of a person ⓘ
featuresLaw	Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ
filmAdaptationStar	Robin Williams ⓘ
filmAdaptationYear	1999 ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	1976 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	St. Martin's Press anthology "Stellar #2" ⓘ
focusesOn	gradual transformation from robot to human ⓘ legal battles over robot rights ⓘ
form	prose ⓘ
genre	science fiction ⓘ
hasRobotDesignationForProtagonist	NDR-series robot ⓘ
influenced	later depictions of sentient robots in fiction ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
laterPublishedIn	collection "The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories" ⓘ
mainCharacter	Andrew Martin ⓘ
mainCharacterType	robot ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
narrativeScope	spans two centuries ⓘ
novelAdaptationCoAuthor	Robert Silverberg ⓘ
partOf	Asimov's positronic robot stories ⓘ linked to: I, Robot
publisherOfCollection	Doubleday ⓘ
series	Robot series ⓘ
setting	future Earth ⓘ
subgenre	robot fiction ⓘ
universe	Isaac Asimov's Robot–Foundation universe ⓘ linked to: Robots and Empire

How these facts were elicited