Devon
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Devon is the central protagonist of the 1970s Canadian science fiction television series "The Starlost," who discovers the truth about his generation starship and seeks to save its inhabitants.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Devon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5042862 — 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: Devon Context triple: [The Starlost, mainCharacter, Devon]
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A.
Devon
Devon is a county in South West England known for its rugged coastlines, moorland national parks, and historic seaside towns.
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B.
Devon
Devon is a residential neighbourhood located within the city of Fredericton in New Brunswick, Canada.
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C.
Dorset
Dorset is a rural county on England’s south coast, known for its Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, rolling countryside, and historic market towns.
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D.
West Devon
West Devon is a largely rural local government district and borough in the county of Devon, England, known for its moorland landscapes and historic market towns.
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E.
North Devon
North Devon is a largely rural district and coastal area in the county of Devon, England, known for its market towns, beaches, and scenic countryside.
- 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: Devon Target entity description: Devon is the central protagonist of the 1970s Canadian science fiction television series "The Starlost," who discovers the truth about his generation starship and seeks to save its inhabitants.
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A.
Devon
Devon is a county in South West England known for its rugged coastlines, moorland national parks, and historic seaside towns.
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B.
Devon
Devon is a residential neighbourhood located within the city of Fredericton in New Brunswick, Canada.
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C.
Dorset
Dorset is a rural county on England’s south coast, known for its Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, rolling countryside, and historic market towns.
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D.
West Devon
West Devon is a largely rural local government district and borough in the county of Devon, England, known for its moorland landscapes and historic market towns.
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E.
North Devon
North Devon is a largely rural district and coastal area in the county of Devon, England, known for its market towns, beaches, and scenic countryside.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
science fiction character ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Starlost ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Garth
ⓘ
Rachel ⓘ |
| centralThemeConnection |
discovery of truth about one’s world
ⓘ
responsibility to save humanity ⓘ |
| characterType | idealistic young man ⓘ |
| countryOfBroadcast | Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginWork | Canada ⓘ |
| createdBy | writers of The Starlost ⓘ |
| createdFor | The Starlost television series ⓘ |
| discovers |
that his world is part of a vast generation starship
ⓘ
the true nature of the Earthship Ark ⓘ |
| faces | hostile or ignorant communities on the ship ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Starlost universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Starlost
|
| firstAppearance |
The Starlost episode 1
ⓘ
linked to:
The Starlost
|
| genreOfWork | science fiction television series ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | heroic ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | to reveal the larger setting of the generation starship to the audience ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central protagonist
ⓘ
hero ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the main hero of The Starlost ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | a rural agrarian biosphere ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | live-action television ⓘ |
| primaryGoal |
to prevent the destruction of the generation starship
ⓘ
to save the inhabitants of the Earthship Ark ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | The Starlost ⓘ |
| realizes | that the ship is on a collision course with a star ⓘ |
| seeks |
a way to alter the ship’s course
ⓘ
knowledge about the ship’s systems ⓘ |
| settingOfStory | generation starship ⓘ |
| takesActionTo |
reach the ship’s control center
ⓘ
warn other biospheres on the ship ⓘ |
| targetAudienceOfWork | general television audience ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSeries | 1970s ⓘ |
| travelsThrough | multiple biospheres on the Earthship Ark ⓘ |
| vesselName | Earthship Ark ⓘ |
| worksTogetherWith |
Garth
ⓘ
Rachel ⓘ |
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: Devon Description of subject: Devon is the central protagonist of the 1970s Canadian science fiction television series "The Starlost," who discovers the truth about his generation starship and seeks to save its inhabitants.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.