The Goblin Reservation
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The Goblin Reservation is a science fiction novel by Clifford D. Simak that blends time travel, folklore creatures, and philosophical themes in a humorous, pastoral future setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Goblin Reservation canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9245517 — 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: The Goblin Reservation Context triple: [Clifford D. Simak, notableWork, The Goblin Reservation]
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A.
The Goblin
The Goblin is a supervillain persona in Marvel Comics most closely associated with Spider-Man’s arch-enemy, the Green Goblin.
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B.
The Land of Take-What-You-Want
The Land of Take-What-You-Want is a magical realm in Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree stories where visitors can freely help themselves to any object or treat they desire.
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C.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a secluded, woodland gorge in Central Park featuring winding paths, a stream, and rustic bridges that evoke a natural forest landscape.
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D.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a wooded, stream-carved gorge in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park that evokes a natural forest landscape within the urban park.
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E.
The Hollow of the Three Hills
"The Hollow of the Three Hills" is a short Gothic tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of guilt, sin, and supernatural retribution through a mysterious meeting in a secluded valley.
- 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: The Goblin Reservation Target entity description: The Goblin Reservation is a science fiction novel by Clifford D. Simak that blends time travel, folklore creatures, and philosophical themes in a humorous, pastoral future setting.
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A.
The Goblin
The Goblin is a supervillain persona in Marvel Comics most closely associated with Spider-Man’s arch-enemy, the Green Goblin.
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B.
The Land of Take-What-You-Want
The Land of Take-What-You-Want is a magical realm in Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree stories where visitors can freely help themselves to any object or treat they desire.
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C.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a secluded, woodland gorge in Central Park featuring winding paths, a stream, and rustic bridges that evoke a natural forest landscape.
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D.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a wooded, stream-carved gorge in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park that evokes a natural forest landscape within the urban park.
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E.
The Hollow of the Three Hills
"The Hollow of the Three Hills" is a short Gothic tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of guilt, sin, and supernatural retribution through a mysterious meeting in a secluded valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Clifford D. Simak ⓘ |
| character |
Peter Maxwell
ⓘ
a sabertooth tiger ⓘ ghosts ⓘ goblins ⓘ trolls ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| firstPublicationYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| genre |
comic science fiction
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasElement |
academic bureaucracy
ⓘ
alien artifacts ⓘ time travel agency ⓘ |
| hasForm | novel ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
cultural preservation
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identity and duplication ⓘ relations between humans and nonhuman beings ⓘ university life ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
folklore creatures
ⓘ
humor ⓘ pastoral future ⓘ philosophical questions ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| hasTone |
humorous
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philosophical ⓘ whimsical ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American science fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Peter Maxwell ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
light, humorous style
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mixing folklore with science fiction ⓘ pastoral depiction of the future ⓘ |
| partOf | Clifford D. Simak bibliography ⓘ |
| publisher | G. P. Putnam’s Sons ⓘ |
| setting |
a university campus
ⓘ
future Earth ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Goblin Reservation Description of subject: The Goblin Reservation is a science fiction novel by Clifford D. Simak that blends time travel, folklore creatures, and philosophical themes in a humorous, pastoral future setting.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Simak