Way Station
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Way Station is a classic science fiction novel by Clifford D. Simak about a reclusive Civil War veteran who secretly operates an intergalactic transit hub on Earth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Way Station canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9245515 — 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: Way Station Context triple: [Clifford D. Simak, notableWork, Way Station]
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A.
Lower Station
Lower Station is the riverside terminal of Pittsburgh’s historic Duquesne Incline funicular, serving as the boarding point near the base of Mount Washington.
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B.
Moss Station
Moss Station is a railway station serving the town of Moss in Viken county, Norway, as part of the country’s intercity and regional rail network.
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C.
Savage station
Savage station is a commuter rail stop in Savage, Maryland, serving passengers on MARC's Camden Line between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore.
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D.
Hledan Junction
Hledan Junction is a major commercial and transportation hub in Yangon, Myanmar, known for its busy traffic intersection, markets, and proximity to universities.
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E.
Upper Station
Upper Station is the hilltop terminal of Pittsburgh’s historic Duquesne Incline funicular, serving as its upper boarding and observation point.
- 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: Way Station Target entity description: Way Station is a classic science fiction novel by Clifford D. Simak about a reclusive Civil War veteran who secretly operates an intergalactic transit hub on Earth.
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A.
Lower Station
Lower Station is the riverside terminal of Pittsburgh’s historic Duquesne Incline funicular, serving as the boarding point near the base of Mount Washington.
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B.
Moss Station
Moss Station is a railway station serving the town of Moss in Viken county, Norway, as part of the country’s intercity and regional rail network.
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C.
Savage station
Savage station is a commuter rail stop in Savage, Maryland, serving passengers on MARC's Camden Line between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore.
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D.
Hledan Junction
Hledan Junction is a major commercial and transportation hub in Yangon, Myanmar, known for its busy traffic intersection, markets, and proximity to universities.
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E.
Upper Station
Upper Station is the hilltop terminal of Pittsburgh’s historic Duquesne Incline funicular, serving as its upper boarding and observation point.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Clifford D. Simak ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Hugo Award for Best Novel ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
humanity and alien contact
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isolation ⓘ peace and conflict ⓘ the passage of time ⓘ tolerance and understanding ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPublicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Enoch Wallace
ⓘ
U.S. government agents ⓘ various alien travelers ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later works about hidden alien transit hubs ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-385-26798-7 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Enoch Wallace ⓘ |
| hasMotiveForce | galactic transit network ⓘ |
| hasReception |
considered a classic of science fiction
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praised for humane and philosophical tone ⓘ |
| hasTechnology |
advanced alien communication devices
ⓘ
interstellar teleportation ⓘ |
| involvesConflict |
potential global war on Earth
ⓘ
tension between secrecy and disclosure ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of pastoral setting with cosmic-scale science fiction
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portrayal of a reclusive Civil War veteran as caretaker of an alien way station ⓘ |
| originalPublicationFormat | serialized novel ⓘ |
| originalPublicationVenue | Galaxy Magazine ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Here Gather the Stars ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorBodyOfWork | Clifford D. Simak bibliography ⓘ |
| plotElement |
government suspicion of the protagonist
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imminent galactic crisis ⓘ negotiation between humans and a galactic civilization ⓘ secret intergalactic transit hub on Earth ⓘ |
| primarySetting | rural Wisconsin ⓘ |
| protagonistBackground | American Civil War veteran ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | intergalactic way station keeper ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| settingPlanet | Earth ⓘ |
| subgenre | soft science fiction ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
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: Way Station Description of subject: Way Station is a classic science fiction novel by Clifford D. Simak about a reclusive Civil War veteran who secretly operates an intergalactic transit hub on Earth.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Simak