Norby Finds a Villain
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Norby Finds a Villain is a science fiction children's novel in the Norby series, co-created by Janet Opal Jeppson (Janet Asimov), featuring the adventures of a quirky robot and his young human companion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Norby Finds a Villain canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8494234 — 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: Norby Finds a Villain Context triple: [Janet Opal Jeppson, notableWork, Norby Finds a Villain]
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A.
Norby's Other Secret
"Norby's Other Secret" is a science fiction children's novel in the Norby Chronicles series, featuring the quirky robot Norby in another time-traveling, spacefaring adventure.
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B.
Norby and the Invaders
Norby and the Invaders is a science fiction children’s novel in the Norby series, following the adventures of the quirky robot Norby as he confronts an alien threat.
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C.
The Norby Chronicles
The Norby Chronicles is a young adult science fiction series, co-created by Isaac Asimov and Janet Asimov, that follows the humorous adventures of a quirky robot named Norby and his human friend in space and time.
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D.
Norby Through Time and Space
"Norby Through Time and Space" is a science fiction children's novel in the Norby Chronicles series, following the adventures of a quirky robot and his young human companion as they travel through time and across the galaxy.
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E.
Norby and the Terrified Taxi
Norby and the Terrified Taxi is a children’s science fiction novel in the Norby series, co-created by Janet Asimov (with Isaac Asimov), featuring the quirky robot Norby in a humorous space adventure.
- 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: Norby Finds a Villain Target entity description: Norby Finds a Villain is a science fiction children's novel in the Norby series, co-created by Janet Opal Jeppson (Janet Asimov), featuring the adventures of a quirky robot and his young human companion.
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A.
Norby's Other Secret
"Norby's Other Secret" is a science fiction children's novel in the Norby Chronicles series, featuring the quirky robot Norby in another time-traveling, spacefaring adventure.
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B.
Norby and the Invaders
Norby and the Invaders is a science fiction children’s novel in the Norby series, following the adventures of the quirky robot Norby as he confronts an alien threat.
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C.
The Norby Chronicles
The Norby Chronicles is a young adult science fiction series, co-created by Isaac Asimov and Janet Asimov, that follows the humorous adventures of a quirky robot named Norby and his human friend in space and time.
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D.
Norby Through Time and Space
"Norby Through Time and Space" is a science fiction children's novel in the Norby Chronicles series, following the adventures of a quirky robot and his young human companion as they travel through time and across the galaxy.
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E.
Norby and the Terrified Taxi
Norby and the Terrified Taxi is a children’s science fiction novel in the Norby series, co-created by Janet Asimov (with Isaac Asimov), featuring the quirky robot Norby in a humorous space adventure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's novel
ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ |
| audience | children ⓘ |
| author |
Janet Asimov
ⓘ
Janet Opal Jeppson ⓘ |
| coCreator | Janet Asimov ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresCharacter |
Norby
ⓘ
quirky robot ⓘ young human companion ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasHumanProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| hasRobotProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Norby ⓘ |
| intendedUse | recreational reading ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySetting | science fiction universe ⓘ |
| mainCharacterRole | robot ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | adventures ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Norby series
ⓘ
linked to:
Norby
|
| seriesType | children's science fiction series ⓘ |
| targetAgeGroup | middle-grade readers ⓘ |
| workInLiteraryCanon | Norby books ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Norby Finds a Villain Description of subject: Norby Finds a Villain is a science fiction children's novel in the Norby series, co-created by Janet Opal Jeppson (Janet Asimov), featuring the adventures of a quirky robot and his young human companion.
Referenced by (1)
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