Firstborn
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Firstborn is a hard science fiction novel, part of the "A Time Odyssey" series, co-written by Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke that explores cosmic-scale mysteries and humanity’s place in the universe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Firstborn canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4805638 — 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: Firstborn Context triple: [Stephen Baxter, coAuthorOf, Firstborn]
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A.
1st Born Second
1st Born Second is the critically acclaimed neo-soul debut album by American singer-songwriter Bilal, noted for its blend of jazz, funk, and R&B influences.
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B.
The Little Sister
The Little Sister is a 1949 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe in a complex case involving Hollywood corruption and deception.
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C.
First of the First
First of the First is the nickname of the 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, a storied infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its long combat history.
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D.
The Daughter
The Daughter is a 2015 Australian drama film, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck," that explores buried family secrets and emotional fallout in a small town.
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E.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a socialist realist novel by Polish writer Wanda Wasilewska that portrays working-class struggle and political awakening in pre-war Eastern Europe.
- 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: Firstborn Target entity description: Firstborn is a hard science fiction novel, part of the "A Time Odyssey" series, co-written by Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke that explores cosmic-scale mysteries and humanity’s place in the universe.
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A.
1st Born Second
1st Born Second is the critically acclaimed neo-soul debut album by American singer-songwriter Bilal, noted for its blend of jazz, funk, and R&B influences.
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B.
The Little Sister
The Little Sister is a 1949 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe in a complex case involving Hollywood corruption and deception.
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C.
First of the First
First of the First is the nickname of the 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, a storied infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its long combat history.
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D.
The Daughter
The Daughter is a 2015 Australian drama film, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck," that explores buried family secrets and emotional fallout in a small town.
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E.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a socialist realist novel by Polish writer Wanda Wasilewska that portrays working-class struggle and political awakening in pre-war Eastern Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hard science fiction novel
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novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author |
Arthur C. Clarke
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Stephen Baxter ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkOf | Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Arthur C. Clarke
ⓘ
Stephen Baxter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
cosmic-scale mysteries
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humanity’s place in the universe ⓘ |
| featuresConcept |
advanced extraterrestrial intelligence
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alternate timelines ⓘ cosmology ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| focusesOn | interaction between humanity and superior alien beings ⓘ |
| follows | Sunstorm ⓘ |
| genre |
hard science fiction
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Bisesa Dutt ⓘ |
| hasSequel | none (final book in A Time Odyssey) ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | cosmic scale ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | A Time Odyssey ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | final volume ⓘ |
| precededBy | Sunstorm ⓘ |
| publisher |
Del Rey Books
ⓘ
Gollancz ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Sunstorm
ⓘ
Time’s Eye ⓘ
linked to:
Time's Eye
|
| seriesNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| setting |
near-future Earth
ⓘ
outer space ⓘ |
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: Firstborn Description of subject: Firstborn is a hard science fiction novel, part of the "A Time Odyssey" series, co-written by Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke that explores cosmic-scale mysteries and humanity’s place in the universe.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.