Runaround
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"Runaround" is a seminal science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that famously introduced and explored the Three Laws of Robotics through a malfunctioning robot on Mercury.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Runaround canonical | 7 |
| Runaround (short story) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1799522 — 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: Runaround Context triple: [I, Robot, story, Runaround]
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A.
Shenanigans
Shenanigans is a 2002 compilation album by American punk rock band Green Day, featuring B-sides, rarities, and previously unreleased tracks.
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B.
Fools' Parade
Fools' Parade is a 1971 crime drama film, based on a Davis Grubb novel, about three ex-convicts facing corruption and violence when they try to collect their prison savings in a small West Virginia town.
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C.
Escape from Reason
Escape from Reason is a Christian philosophical work by Francis Schaeffer that critiques modern secular thought and its departure from biblical truth.
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D.
Zig Zag Road
Zig Zag Road is a steep, winding hill road on Box Hill in Surrey, England, famed for its scenic views and use in major cycling events such as the London 2012 Olympic road race.
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E.
Basketful of Heads
Basketful of Heads is a horror comic miniseries written by Joe Hill that blends slasher-style violence with dark humor and supernatural elements.
- 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: Runaround Target entity description: "Runaround" is a seminal science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that famously introduced and explored the Three Laws of Robotics through a malfunctioning robot on Mercury.
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A.
Shenanigans
Shenanigans is a 2002 compilation album by American punk rock band Green Day, featuring B-sides, rarities, and previously unreleased tracks.
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B.
Fools' Parade
Fools' Parade is a 1971 crime drama film, based on a Davis Grubb novel, about three ex-convicts facing corruption and violence when they try to collect their prison savings in a small West Virginia town.
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C.
Escape from Reason
Escape from Reason is a Christian philosophical work by Francis Schaeffer that critiques modern secular thought and its departure from biblical truth.
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D.
Zig Zag Road
Zig Zag Road is a steep, winding hill road on Box Hill in Surrey, England, famed for its scenic views and use in major cycling events such as the London 2012 Olympic road race.
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E.
Basketful of Heads
Basketful of Heads is a horror comic miniseries written by Joe Hill that blends slasher-style violence with dark humor and supernatural elements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
science fiction short story
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
conflict between robotic directives
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robot ethics ⓘ unintended consequences of programming ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinSeries | early Robot series story ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresConcept | Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Donovan
ⓘ
Powell ⓘ Speedy ⓘ Dr. Susan Calvin ⓘ
surface form:
Susan Calvin
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| firstPublishedIn | Astounding Science Fiction ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
later depictions of robots in science fiction
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popular understanding of the Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ |
| hasRobotLaw |
Three Laws of Robotics
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surface form:
First Law of Robotics
Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ
surface form:
Second Law of Robotics
Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ
surface form:
Third Law of Robotics
|
| involves |
hazardous planetary environment
ⓘ
robotic mining operations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterIncludedIn | short story collection I, Robot ⓘ |
| medium | magazine publication ⓘ |
| notableFor | early explicit formulation of the Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ |
| partOf | I, Robot ⓘ |
| plotFocus | malfunctioning robot on Mercury ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| publisher | Street & Smith ⓘ |
| series | Robot series ⓘ |
| setting | Mercury ⓘ |
| subgenre | robot fiction ⓘ |
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: Runaround Description of subject: "Runaround" is a seminal science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that famously introduced and explored the Three Laws of Robotics through a malfunctioning robot on Mercury.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Runaround (short story)