The Locusts
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"The Locusts" is a short story by Ray Bradbury that depicts the mass colonization of Mars by humans, likening the influx of settlers to a swarm of locusts consuming a new world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Locusts canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4833974 — 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 Locusts Context triple: [The Martian Chronicles, containsStory, The Locusts]
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A.
Vagos
Vagos is a coastal municipality in central Portugal known for its beaches, dunes, and integration into the Aveiro region’s lagoon landscape.
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B.
The Underdogs
The Underdogs are an American R&B and pop production duo known for crafting polished, radio-friendly hits for major artists in the 2000s and beyond.
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C.
White Worms
White Worms is a criminal gang operating in the Star Wars universe, notably on the planet Corellia, involved in smuggling and other illicit activities.
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D.
The Grays
The Grays were a short-lived early-1990s power pop supergroup featuring songwriters like Jon Brion, known for their melodic, guitar-driven rock and cult-favorite album "Ro Sham Bo."
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E.
The Sleepers
The Sleepers is an 1866 realist painting by Gustave Courbet depicting two nude women lying together in an intimate, intertwined pose, notable for its sensuality and frank portrayal of female sexuality.
- 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 Locusts Target entity description: "The Locusts" is a short story by Ray Bradbury that depicts the mass colonization of Mars by humans, likening the influx of settlers to a swarm of locusts consuming a new world.
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A.
Vagos
Vagos is a coastal municipality in central Portugal known for its beaches, dunes, and integration into the Aveiro region’s lagoon landscape.
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B.
The Underdogs
The Underdogs are an American R&B and pop production duo known for crafting polished, radio-friendly hits for major artists in the 2000s and beyond.
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C.
White Worms
White Worms is a criminal gang operating in the Star Wars universe, notably on the planet Corellia, involved in smuggling and other illicit activities.
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D.
The Grays
The Grays were a short-lived early-1990s power pop supergroup featuring songwriters like Jon Brion, known for their melodic, guitar-driven rock and cult-favorite album "Ro Sham Bo."
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E.
The Sleepers
"The Sleepers" is a visionary, dreamlike poem by Walt Whitman that explores themes of democracy, empathy, and the shared human condition through a series of nocturnal, stream-of-consciousness vignettes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
science fiction short story
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury ⓘ |
| centralImage | spaceships descending on Mars like locusts ⓘ |
| comparesHumanColonizationTo | a swarm of locusts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depicts | mass colonization of Mars by humans ⓘ |
| describes | rapid transformation of Martian landscape ⓘ |
| explores | moral implications of colonization ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | short story collection component ⓘ |
| focusesOn | arrival of large numbers of human settlers on Mars ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
adult readers
ⓘ
science fiction readers ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | speculative fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
extended metaphor
ⓘ
imagery ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American science fiction ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | The Martian Chronicles ⓘ |
| portraysHumansAs | invading force ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
The Martian Chronicles
ⓘ
The Rocket ⓘ There Will Come Soft Rains ⓘ |
| setting | Mars ⓘ |
| symbolism | locusts as metaphor for human settlers ⓘ |
| theme |
colonialism
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destruction of new worlds ⓘ environmental exploitation ⓘ human expansion ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | future ⓘ |
| workInSeries | The Martian Chronicles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Locusts Description of subject: "The Locusts" is a short story by Ray Bradbury that depicts the mass colonization of Mars by humans, likening the influx of settlers to a swarm of locusts consuming a new world.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.