The Space Eater
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The Space Eater is a science fiction novel by David Langford that blends dark humor with high-concept physics and military adventure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Space Eater canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10381375 — 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 Space Eater Context triple: [David Langford, notableWork, The Space Eater]
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A.
Another Space
"Another Space" is a musical work by Canadian pianist and composer Frank Mills, known for his easy-listening and instrumental pop style.
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B.
The Earthling
The Earthling is a 1980 Australian-American drama film starring William Holden and Ricky Schroder, centered on a dying man who teaches a young boy how to survive alone in the wilderness.
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C.
The Space Jungle
The Space Jungle is a 1990 electronic dance music album by British producer Adamski that blends acid house, techno, and pop influences.
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D.
Spaceways
Spaceways is a 1953 British science fiction film about early space travel and personal intrigue, directed by Terence Fisher and associated with editor-turned-director Harmon Jones.
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E.
Fools in Space
Fools in Space is a comedic science-fiction audio piece by David Ossman, known for its satirical and surreal style in the tradition of The Firesign Theatre.
- 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 Space Eater Target entity description: The Space Eater is a science fiction novel by David Langford that blends dark humor with high-concept physics and military adventure.
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A.
Another Space
"Another Space" is a musical work by Canadian pianist and composer Frank Mills, known for his easy-listening and instrumental pop style.
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B.
The Earthling
The Earthling is a 1980 Australian-American drama film starring William Holden and Ricky Schroder, centered on a dying man who teaches a young boy how to survive alone in the wilderness.
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C.
The Space Jungle
The Space Jungle is a 1990 electronic dance music album by British producer Adamski that blends acid house, techno, and pop influences.
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D.
Spaceways
Spaceways is a 1953 British science fiction film about early space travel and personal intrigue, directed by Terence Fisher and associated with editor-turned-director Harmon Jones.
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E.
Fools in Space
Fools in Space is a comedic science-fiction audio piece by David Ossman, known for its satirical and surreal style in the tradition of The Firesign Theatre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | David Langford ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Peter Jones ⓘ |
| genre |
comic science fiction
ⓘ
military science fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalElement |
advanced space technology
ⓘ
elite military unit ⓘ experimental physics device ⓘ |
| hasReception |
critical praise for wit and scientific ideas
ⓘ
cult following ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
black holes
ⓘ
dark humor ⓘ high-concept physics ⓘ military adventure ⓘ parallel universes ⓘ space warfare ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| hasTone |
darkly comic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | late 20th-century British science fiction ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | novel ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | David Langford ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1982 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Del Rey Books
ⓘ
Futura Publications ⓘ |
| setting | near future ⓘ |
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: The Space Eater Description of subject: The Space Eater is a science fiction novel by David Langford that blends dark humor with high-concept physics and military adventure.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.