Eastercon
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Eastercon is the annual British national science fiction convention, featuring panels, talks, and awards that celebrate science fiction and fantasy literature and fandom in the UK.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastercon canonical | 2 |
| British National Science Fiction Convention | 1 |
| Japan National SF Convention | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6981603 — 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)
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Target entity: Eastercon Context triple: [British Science Fiction Association Award, awardPresentedAt, Eastercon]
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A.
Worldcon
Worldcon is the annual World Science Fiction Convention, a major international gathering of science fiction and fantasy fans, creators, and professionals.
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B.
World Fantasy Convention
The World Fantasy Convention is an annual gathering of writers, editors, artists, and fans focused on fantasy literature, featuring panels, readings, and major genre awards.
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C.
Clarion West
Clarion West is a renowned intensive writing workshop and nonprofit organization focused on developing speculative fiction authors.
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D.
World Science Fiction Society
The World Science Fiction Society is an international fan organization best known for overseeing the annual Worldcon convention and administering the prestigious Hugo Awards for science fiction and fantasy.
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E.
Constitution of the World Science Fiction Society
The Constitution of the World Science Fiction Society is the governing document that defines the rules, structures, and procedures of the World Science Fiction Society and its activities, including the administration of the Hugo Awards.
- 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: Eastercon Target entity description: Eastercon is the annual British national science fiction convention, featuring panels, talks, and awards that celebrate science fiction and fantasy literature and fandom in the UK.
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A.
Worldcon
Worldcon is the annual World Science Fiction Convention, a major international gathering of science fiction and fantasy fans, creators, and professionals.
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B.
World Fantasy Convention
The World Fantasy Convention is an annual gathering of writers, editors, artists, and fans focused on fantasy literature, featuring panels, readings, and major genre awards.
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C.
Clarion West
Clarion West is a renowned intensive writing workshop and nonprofit organization focused on developing speculative fiction authors.
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D.
World Science Fiction Society
The World Science Fiction Society is an international fan organization best known for overseeing the annual Worldcon convention and administering the prestigious Hugo Awards for science fiction and fantasy.
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E.
Constitution of the World Science Fiction Society
The Constitution of the World Science Fiction Society is the governing document that defines the rules, structures, and procedures of the World Science Fiction Society and its activities, including the administration of the Hugo Awards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fan convention
ⓘ
science fiction convention ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
British National Science Fiction Convention
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastercon
|
| audience |
artists
ⓘ
editors ⓘ fantasy fans ⓘ publishers ⓘ science fiction fans ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| awardsPresented |
BSFA Awards
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linked to:
BSFA Award
fan awards ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
fantasy fandom
ⓘ
fantasy literature ⓘ science fiction fandom ⓘ science fiction literature ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
convention badges
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convention programme book ⓘ guest of honour ⓘ membership system ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationPattern | various cities in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| organisedBy |
British science fiction fans
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volunteer committee ⓘ |
| recurrence | annual ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British Science Fiction Association
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UK science fiction fandom ⓘ Worldcon ⓘ |
| scope | British national convention ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | Easter weekend ⓘ |
| typicalEvent |
art show
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book launches ⓘ dealer room ⓘ fan meetings ⓘ filk music ⓘ masquerade ⓘ panel discussions ⓘ readings ⓘ signing sessions ⓘ talks ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
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: Eastercon Description of subject: Eastercon is the annual British national science fiction convention, featuring panels, talks, and awards that celebrate science fiction and fantasy literature and fandom in the UK.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eastercon
linked to: Eastercon