Citizen of the Galaxy
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Citizen of the Galaxy is a 1957 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that follows a boy sold into slavery who becomes embroiled in interstellar politics and the fight against galactic slave trading.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Citizen of the Galaxy canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5066604 — 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: Citizen of the Galaxy Context triple: [Robert A. Heinlein, notableWork, Citizen of the Galaxy]
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A.
Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky is Isaac Asimov’s first published novel, a science fiction story set in his Galactic Empire universe that explores themes of prejudice, time displacement, and a future Earth’s struggle for survival.
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B.
The Skylark of Space
The Skylark of Space is a pioneering early space opera novel by E. E. "Doc" Smith that helped define many of the genre’s classic interstellar adventure tropes.
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C.
The Star Flyer
The Star Flyer is a tall swing ride attraction at Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens that lifts riders high into the air for panoramic views of the city.
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D.
Wheel in the Sky
"Wheel in the Sky" is a popular rock song by the American band Journey, known for its melodic hooks and prominent use of soaring vocals and guitar.
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E.
Commandement de l’espace
Commandement de l’espace is the French Space Command, a military organization responsible for France’s space operations, defense, and space-based security capabilities.
- 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: Citizen of the Galaxy Target entity description: Citizen of the Galaxy is a 1957 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that follows a boy sold into slavery who becomes embroiled in interstellar politics and the fight against galactic slave trading.
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A.
Pebble in the Sky
Pebble in the Sky is Isaac Asimov’s first published novel, a science fiction story set in his Galactic Empire universe that explores themes of prejudice, time displacement, and a future Earth’s struggle for survival.
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B.
The Skylark of Space
The Skylark of Space is a pioneering early space opera novel by E. E. "Doc" Smith that helped define many of the genre’s classic interstellar adventure tropes.
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C.
The Star Flyer
The Star Flyer is a tall swing ride attraction at Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens that lifts riders high into the air for panoramic views of the city.
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D.
Wheel in the Sky
"Wheel in the Sky" is a popular rock song by the American band Journey, known for its melodic hooks and prominent use of soaring vocals and guitar.
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E.
Commandement de l’espace
Commandement de l’espace is the French Space Command, a military organization responsible for France’s space operations, defense, and space-based security capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Robert A. Heinlein ⓘ |
| character |
Baslim the Cripple
ⓘ
Captain Krausa ⓘ Rudbek of Rudbek ⓘ Thorby ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstMagazineAppearance | Astounding Science Fiction ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | magazine serial ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
ⓘ
space opera ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
1957 American novels
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American science fiction novels ⓘ Novels by Robert A. Heinlein ⓘ Works originally published in Astounding Science Fiction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later space opera works ⓘ |
| hasMotive | exposure of the evils of slavery ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 300 pages ⓘ |
| hasReception | critically acclaimed among Heinlein juveniles ⓘ |
| hasStructure | linear narrative ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
adoption
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espionage ⓘ galactic slave trade ⓘ interstellar trade ⓘ merchant starship culture ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Thorby ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| partOf |
Heinlein juvenile novels
ⓘ
linked to:
Heinlein juveniles
|
| plotSummary | A boy sold into slavery is adopted by a beggar-spy and later becomes involved in interstellar politics and the fight against galactic slave trading. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Thorby ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ |
| setting |
future
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interstellar civilization ⓘ multiple planets ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
science fiction readers
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young adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
anti-slavery
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citizenship ⓘ freedom ⓘ identity ⓘ slavery ⓘ social responsibility ⓘ |
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: Citizen of the Galaxy Description of subject: Citizen of the Galaxy is a 1957 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that follows a boy sold into slavery who becomes embroiled in interstellar politics and the fight against galactic slave trading.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.