short story "Robbie"
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"Robbie" is an Isaac Asimov science fiction short story about a mute robot companion and its emotional bond with a young girl, exploring early themes of human-robot relationships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| short story "Robbie" canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8492880 — 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: short story "Robbie" Context triple: [Dr. Susan Calvin, appearsIn, short story "Robbie"]
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A.
short story "Murphy's Romance"
The short story "Murphy's Romance" is a romantic narrative best known as the literary source for the 1985 film adaptation starring Sally Field and James Garner.
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B.
short story "The Sentinel"
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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C.
short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death"
"In the Event of My Father’s Death" is a short story by Roxane Gay that appears in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of family, grief, and complex emotional inheritance.
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D.
A Very Short Story
"A Very Short Story" is a brief World War I–themed narrative by Ernest Hemingway, known for its concise style and emotional understatement, later collected in his book *In Our Time*.
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E.
short story "The Cape"
"The Cape" is a short story, likely in the horror or speculative fiction genre, that explores dark psychological themes through a focused, self-contained narrative.
- 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: short story "Robbie" Target entity description: "Robbie" is an Isaac Asimov science fiction short story about a mute robot companion and its emotional bond with a young girl, exploring early themes of human-robot relationships.
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A.
short story "Murphy's Romance"
The short story "Murphy's Romance" is a romantic narrative best known as the literary source for the 1985 film adaptation starring Sally Field and James Garner.
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B.
short story "The Sentinel"
"The Sentinel" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores humanity's encounter with an ancient alien artifact on the Moon, later serving as a key inspiration for the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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C.
short story "In the Event of My Father’s Death"
"In the Event of My Father’s Death" is a short story by Roxane Gay that appears in her collection Difficult Women, exploring themes of family, grief, and complex emotional inheritance.
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D.
A Very Short Story
"A Very Short Story" is a brief World War I–themed narrative by Ernest Hemingway, known for its concise style and emotional understatement, later collected in his book *In Our Time*.
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E.
short story "The Cape"
"The Cape" is a short story, likely in the horror or speculative fiction genre, that explores dark psychological themes through a focused, self-contained narrative.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| authorProfession | science fiction writer ⓘ |
| character |
Gloria Weston
ⓘ
Mr. Weston ⓘ Mrs. Weston ⓘ Robbie the robot ⓘ
linked to:
Robby the Robot
|
| chronologicalPositionInIRobot | first story in I, Robot collection ⓘ |
| collectedIn | various Isaac Asimov short story collections ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPublicationType | pulp magazine ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Super Science Stories ⓘ |
| genre |
robot fiction
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasEmotionalTone |
melancholic
ⓘ
sentimental ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter |
Robbie the robot
ⓘ
linked to:
Robby the Robot
|
| intendedMessage | challenge irrational fear of robots and new technology ⓘ |
| inUniverseIssue | public distrust of robots ⓘ |
| inUniverseTechnology | household robots ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterIncludedIn | I, Robot ⓘ |
| lawOfRoboticsStatus | pre-Three Laws formulation in publication history ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Gloria Weston
ⓘ
Robbie the robot ⓘ
linked to:
Robby the Robot
|
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of child-robot emotional attachment
ⓘ
early exploration of sympathetic robot character ⓘ |
| plotElement |
child suffers emotionally after separation from robot
ⓘ
parents remove robot due to fear and social pressure ⓘ reunion between Gloria and Robbie ⓘ |
| protagonistRelationship |
Robbie is companion to Gloria Weston
ⓘ
linked to:
Robbie
|
| publicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| robotFunction |
child companion
ⓘ
nursemaid ⓘ |
| robotType | mute robot ⓘ |
| series | Robot series ⓘ |
| setting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
near-future Earth ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers of science fiction magazines ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional bonds between humans and robots
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human-robot relationships ⓘ prejudice against robots ⓘ technology and social fear ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | mid-20th-century future projection ⓘ |
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Subject: short story "Robbie" Description of subject: "Robbie" is an Isaac Asimov science fiction short story about a mute robot companion and its emotional bond with a young girl, exploring early themes of human-robot relationships.
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