Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick
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"Adjustment Team" is a 1954 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick that explores themes of fate, free will, and hidden powers manipulating reality behind the scenes.
All labels observed (1)
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| Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1211263 — 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: Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick Context triple: [The Adjustment Bureau, screenplayAdaptationOf, Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick]
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The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles is a classic science fiction collection of interconnected stories depicting human colonization of Mars and its consequences, written by Ray Bradbury.
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The Illustrated Man
The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of interconnected science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury, framed by the eerie premise of a man whose living tattoos foretell the future.
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C.
The Caves of Steel
The Caves of Steel is a science fiction detective novel by Isaac Asimov that blends futuristic robotics with a classic murder mystery set in an overpopulated, enclosed megacity.
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D.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
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E.
The Naked Sun
The Naked Sun is a science fiction mystery novel by Isaac Asimov featuring detective Elijah Baley investigating a murder on the sparsely populated, robot-dominated planet Solaria.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick Target entity description: "Adjustment Team" is a 1954 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick that explores themes of fate, free will, and hidden powers manipulating reality behind the scenes.
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A.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles is a classic science fiction collection of interconnected stories depicting human colonization of Mars and its consequences, written by Ray Bradbury.
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B.
The Illustrated Man
The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of interconnected science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury, framed by the eerie premise of a man whose living tattoos foretell the future.
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C.
The Caves of Steel
The Caves of Steel is a science fiction detective novel by Isaac Asimov that blends futuristic robotics with a classic murder mystery set in an overpopulated, enclosed megacity.
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D.
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars is a classic science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores themes of immortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of civilization in a far-future utopian city.
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E.
The Naked Sun
The Naked Sun is a science fiction mystery novel by Isaac Asimov featuring detective Elijah Baley investigating a murder on the sparsely populated, robot-dominated planet Solaria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
science fiction film
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science fiction short story ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | The Adjustment Bureau ⓘ |
| author | Philip K. Dick ⓘ |
| basedOn | Adjustment Team ⓘ |
| centralConflict | individual will versus preordained plan ⓘ |
| containsElement |
reality alteration
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secret organization ⓘ supernatural or quasi-divine oversight ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | George Nolfi ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
cosmic bureaucracy controlling events
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limits of human agency ⓘ manipulation of human destiny ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | Adjustment Team ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Orbit Science Fiction No. 4 ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
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speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | ordinary man caught in cosmic plot ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | cinematic depictions of fate-controlling agencies ⓘ |
| hasLaterPublicationForm | short story collection inclusion ⓘ |
| hasMoralQuestion |
Is it right to control human lives for a greater plan?
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What is the cost of true free will? ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType | magazine publication ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Golden Age/early post–Golden Age science fiction ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Philip K. Dick short fiction ⓘ |
| periodOfWork | 1950s American science fiction ⓘ |
| protagonist | Ed Fletcher ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary United States ⓘ |
| theme |
alternate reality
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bureaucracy ⓘ conspiracy ⓘ determinism ⓘ fate ⓘ free will ⓘ hidden powers manipulating reality ⓘ |
| tone |
paranoid
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philosophical ⓘ |
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