The Starlost
E113585
The Starlost is a 1973 Canadian science fiction television series set aboard a vast, drifting generational spaceship whose isolated biosphere communities are unaware they are on a ship.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Starlost canonical | 4 |
| The Dynostar Menace | 1 |
| The Starlost (TV series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T964947 — 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 Starlost Context triple: [Sterling Hayden, notableWork, The Starlost]
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A.
Forecourt of the Stars
Forecourt of the Stars is the famous courtyard at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre where numerous movie stars’ handprints, footprints, and signatures are immortalized in concrete.
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B.
Ratner’s Star
Ratner’s Star is a dense, experimental novel by Don DeLillo that blends science fiction, mathematics, and satire in its portrayal of a young math prodigy deciphering a mysterious signal from space.
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C.
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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D.
Follow a Star
"Follow a Star" is a 1959 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as an inept but endearing aspiring entertainer whose misadventures lead him toward unexpected success.
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E.
The Tragedy of the Moon
The Tragedy of the Moon is a collection of science essays by Isaac Asimov that explores astronomy, the Moon, and broader scientific and philosophical themes for a general audience.
- 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 Starlost Target entity description: The Starlost is a 1973 Canadian science fiction television series set aboard a vast, drifting generational spaceship whose isolated biosphere communities are unaware they are on a ship.
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A.
Forecourt of the Stars
Forecourt of the Stars is the famous courtyard at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre where numerous movie stars’ handprints, footprints, and signatures are immortalized in concrete.
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B.
Ratner’s Star
Ratner’s Star is a dense, experimental novel by Don DeLillo that blends science fiction, mathematics, and satire in its portrayal of a young math prodigy deciphering a mysterious signal from space.
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C.
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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D.
Follow a Star
"Follow a Star" is a 1959 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as an inept but endearing aspiring entertainer whose misadventures lead him toward unexpected success.
-
E.
The Tragedy of the Moon
The Tragedy of the Moon is a collection of science essays by Isaac Asimov that explores astronomy, the Moon, and broader scientific and philosophical themes for a general audience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian television series
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science fiction television series ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | mono ⓘ |
| basedOn | original concept by Harlan Ellison titled "Phoenix Without Ashes" ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | syndicated weekly series ⓘ |
| composer | Harry Freedman ⓘ |
| countryOfFilming | Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| creator | Harlan Ellison ⓘ |
| developer | Douglas Trumbull ⓘ |
| episodeRuntime | approximately 50 minutes ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Douglas Trumbull ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Toronto ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff | Phoenix Without Ashes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
closed communities confronting the truth about their world
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responsibility to save a doomed civilization ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Devon
ⓘ
Garth ⓘ Rachel ⓘ |
| mediaType | live-action television ⓘ |
| notableFor | use of early video effects system ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 16 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
CTV
ⓘ
syndication ⓘ |
| originalReleaseEnd | 1974-01-05 ⓘ |
| originalReleaseStart | 1973-09-22 ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | color ⓘ |
| portrays |
generational starship
ⓘ
post-apocalyptic future ⓘ |
| premise | Isolated biosphere communities are unaware they are aboard a drifting spaceship headed for disaster ⓘ |
| producer | William Davidson ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Glen-Warren Productions ⓘ |
| setting | Ark ⓘ |
| settingDescription | a vast generational spaceship with multiple domed biosphere communities ⓘ |
| starring |
Barry Morse
ⓘ
Ed Ames ⓘ Gay Rowan ⓘ John Colicos ⓘ Keir Dullea ⓘ Lloyd Bochner ⓘ Robin Ward ⓘ Walter Koenig ⓘ William Osler ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Starlost Description of subject: The Starlost is a 1973 Canadian science fiction television series set aboard a vast, drifting generational spaceship whose isolated biosphere communities are unaware they are on a ship.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Dynostar Menace
this entity surface form:
The Starlost (TV series)