Story of Your Life (short story by Ted Chiang)
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"Story of Your Life" is a science fiction short story by Ted Chiang that explores language, determinism, and nonlinear time through a linguist’s attempt to communicate with alien visitors.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang | 1 |
| Story of Your Life (screenplay adaptation) | 1 |
| Story of Your Life (short story by Ted Chiang) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4205692 — 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: Story of Your Life (short story by Ted Chiang) Context triple: [Denis Villeneuve, adaptedFrom, Story of Your Life (short story by Ted Chiang)]
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A.
Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick
"Adjustment Team" is a 1954 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick that explores themes of fate, free will, and hidden powers manipulating reality behind the scenes.
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B.
The Science of Interstellar
The Science of Interstellar is a popular-science book by theoretical physicist Kip Thorne that explains the real astrophysics and relativity underlying the film Interstellar.
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C.
The Three-Body Problem (TV adaptation)
The Three-Body Problem (TV adaptation) is a science fiction television series based on Liu Cixin’s acclaimed novel, depicting humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization and its far-reaching consequences.
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D.
Childhood's End
Childhood's End is a landmark science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's transcendence and the profound consequences of a seemingly benevolent alien intervention.
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E.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles is a classic science fiction collection of interconnected stories depicting human colonization of Mars and its consequences, written by Ray Bradbury.
- 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: Story of Your Life (short story by Ted Chiang) Target entity description: "Story of Your Life" is a science fiction short story by Ted Chiang that explores language, determinism, and nonlinear time through a linguist’s attempt to communicate with alien visitors.
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A.
Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick
"Adjustment Team" is a 1954 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick that explores themes of fate, free will, and hidden powers manipulating reality behind the scenes.
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B.
The Science of Interstellar
The Science of Interstellar is a popular-science book by theoretical physicist Kip Thorne that explains the real astrophysics and relativity underlying the film Interstellar.
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C.
The Three-Body Problem (TV adaptation)
The Three-Body Problem (TV adaptation) is a science fiction television series based on Liu Cixin’s acclaimed novel, depicting humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization and its far-reaching consequences.
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D.
Childhood's End
Childhood's End is a landmark science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's transcendence and the profound consequences of a seemingly benevolent alien intervention.
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E.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles is a classic science fiction collection of interconnected stories depicting human colonization of Mars and its consequences, written by Ray Bradbury.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
science fiction short story
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short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Arrival ⓘ |
| author | Ted Chiang ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Nebula Award for Best Novella ⓘ |
| awardYear |
2000 Nebula Award for Best Novella
ⓘ
linked to:
Nebula Award for Best Novella
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| centralConcept |
Sapir–Whorf hypothesis
ⓘ
block universe theory ⓘ linguistic relativity ⓘ predestination ⓘ |
| collectedIn |
Stories of Your Life and Others
ⓘ
linked to:
Story of Your Life
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| collectionPublicationYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| editorOfFirstPublication | Patrick Nielsen Hayden ⓘ |
| featuresEvent | arrival of alien spacecraft ⓘ |
| featuresSpecies | heptapods ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Denis Villeneuve ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationScreenwriter | Eric Heisserer ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Starlight 2 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
acquisition of alien language
ⓘ
communication with extraterrestrials ⓘ |
| genre |
first-contact fiction
ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBNInCollection | 978-0-7653-0418-6 ⓘ |
| hasPageCountInCollection | approximately 60 pages ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
causality
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determinism ⓘ free will ⓘ grief ⓘ language ⓘ nonlinear time ⓘ parenthood ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Louise Banks ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Hugo Award for Best Novella ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of nonlinear perception of time
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integration of linguistics and physics concepts ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | linguist ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Tor Books ⓘ |
| setting | near-future Earth ⓘ |
| structureDevice | interwoven future and past scenes ⓘ |
| toldAs | address to the protagonist's daughter ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Story of Your Life (short story by Ted Chiang) Description of subject: "Story of Your Life" is a science fiction short story by Ted Chiang that explores language, determinism, and nonlinear time through a linguist’s attempt to communicate with alien visitors.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Officer Jimmy in Arrival
linked to: Story of Your Life (short story by Ted Chiang)
linked to: Story of Your Life (short story by Ted Chiang)