Passage
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Passage is a science fiction novel by Connie Willis that explores near-death experiences through a blend of medical mystery, psychological depth, and dark humor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Passage canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6202292 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Passage Context triple: [Connie Willis, notableWork, Passage]
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Pasajes
Pasajes is a coastal town and port in the province of Gipuzkoa in Spain’s Basque Country, known for its historic maritime activity and picturesque harbor.
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Passabe
Passabe is a village and administrative post in the Oecusse exclave of Timor-Leste, known for its remote location and its role in the region’s political and social history.
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Passer-by
"Passer-by" is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, featured in his science fiction collection *The Other Side of the Sky*, that explores themes of chance encounters and the vastness of space.
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The Pas
The Pas is a northern Manitoba town known as a regional service and transportation hub with strong Indigenous heritage and a history rooted in fur trading and resource industries.
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E.
The Paper
The Paper is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard that follows the hectic, deadline-driven day at a New York City tabloid newspaper.
- 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: Passage Target entity description: Passage is a science fiction novel by Connie Willis that explores near-death experiences through a blend of medical mystery, psychological depth, and dark humor.
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A.
Pasajes
Pasajes is a coastal town and port in the province of Gipuzkoa in Spain’s Basque Country, known for its historic maritime activity and picturesque harbor.
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B.
Passabe
Passabe is a village and administrative post in the Oecusse exclave of Timor-Leste, known for its remote location and its role in the region’s political and social history.
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C.
Passer-by
"Passer-by" is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, featured in his science fiction collection *The Other Side of the Sky*, that explores themes of chance encounters and the vastness of space.
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D.
The Pas
The Pas is a northern Manitoba town known as a regional service and transportation hub with strong Indigenous heritage and a history rooted in fur trading and resource industries.
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E.
The Paper
The Paper is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard that follows the hectic, deadline-driven day at a New York City tabloid newspaper.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Connie Willis ⓘ |
| award | Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel nomination ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
consciousness
ⓘ
death and dying ⓘ memory ⓘ near-death experiences ⓘ the afterlife ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| explores |
human perception under extreme stress
ⓘ
scientific explanations for near-death experiences ⓘ the boundary between life and death ⓘ |
| genre |
medical thriller
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | unconfirmed ⓘ |
| hasForm | standalone novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780553111249 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Joanna Lander
ⓘ
Richard Wright ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 780 (approximate US paperback edition) ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation |
cardiologist
ⓘ
psychologist ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
blend of science fiction and medical mystery
ⓘ
character-driven narrative ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
cardiology
ⓘ
medical research ⓘ neurology ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| isWrittenBy | Connie Willis ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
dark humor
ⓘ
psychological depth ⓘ |
| partOf | Connie Willis bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| publisher | Bantam Books ⓘ |
| setting |
Colorado
ⓘ
hospital ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary to publication ⓘ |
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: Passage Description of subject: Passage is a science fiction novel by Connie Willis that explores near-death experiences through a blend of medical mystery, psychological depth, and dark humor.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.