How We’ll Live on Mars
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"How We’ll Live on Mars" is a nonfiction book by Stephen Petranek that explores the scientific, technological, and social challenges and possibilities of establishing human settlements on Mars.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| How We’ll Live on Mars canonical | 3 |
| How We’ll Live on Mars (2015) | 1 |
| TED talk on how we’ll live on Mars | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3820202 — 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: How We’ll Live on Mars Context triple: [Mars (TV series), basedOn, How We’ll Live on Mars]
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A.
Life on Mars
Life on Mars is a British science fiction crime drama television series that follows a modern-day detective who mysteriously wakes up in the 1970s after a car accident.
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B.
Mission to Mars
Mission to Mars is a science fiction novel by astronaut Buzz Aldrin that explores the technical, political, and human challenges of planning and executing a crewed journey to the Red Planet.
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C.
The Mystery of Mars
The Mystery of Mars is a science book for young readers that explores the geology, climate, and potential for life on the Red Planet.
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D.
The Last Days on Mars
The Last Days on Mars is a 2013 science fiction horror film about a group of astronauts on a Martian research base who encounter a deadly infection after discovering possible signs of life.
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E.
The Martian
The Martian is a 2015 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, based on Andy Weir’s novel, that follows an astronaut stranded on Mars who must use his ingenuity to survive while awaiting rescue.
- 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: How We’ll Live on Mars Target entity description: "How We’ll Live on Mars" is a nonfiction book by Stephen Petranek that explores the scientific, technological, and social challenges and possibilities of establishing human settlements on Mars.
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A.
Life on Mars
Life on Mars is a British science fiction crime drama television series that follows a modern-day detective who mysteriously wakes up in the 1970s after a car accident.
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B.
Mission to Mars
Mission to Mars is a science fiction novel by astronaut Buzz Aldrin that explores the technical, political, and human challenges of planning and executing a crewed journey to the Red Planet.
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C.
The Mystery of Mars
The Mystery of Mars is a science book for young readers that explores the geology, climate, and potential for life on the Red Planet.
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D.
The Last Days on Mars
The Last Days on Mars is a 2013 science fiction horror film about a group of astronauts on a Martian research base who encounter a deadly infection after discovering possible signs of life.
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E.
The Martian
The Martian is a 2015 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, based on Andy Weir’s novel, that follows an astronaut stranded on Mars who must use his ingenuity to survive while awaiting rescue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonfiction book
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popular science book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
argue that humans will live on Mars in the foreseeable future
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make Mars colonization understandable to non-experts ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Petranek ⓘ |
| basedOn | Stephen Petranek TED talk about Mars ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
possibilities of establishing human settlements on Mars
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scientific challenges of living on Mars ⓘ social challenges of living on Mars ⓘ technological challenges of living on Mars ⓘ |
| explores |
economic aspects of Mars settlements
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ethical issues of colonizing Mars ⓘ health risks of living on Mars ⓘ radiation protection on Mars ⓘ role of private space companies in Mars colonization ⓘ use of local Martian resources ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
governance of Martian settlements
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habitat construction on Mars ⓘ life support systems on Mars ⓘ psychological aspects of living on Mars ⓘ terraforming concepts ⓘ transportation to Mars ⓘ |
| genre |
futurism
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science ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasSubtitle | The Next Great Migration ⓘ |
| hasTitle | How We’ll Live on Mars self-link ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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science readers ⓘ space enthusiasts ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Mars colonization
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human settlement on Mars ⓘ space exploration ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | speculative but science-based ⓘ |
| publisher | TED Books ⓘ |
| structure | short, accessible chapters ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed | near future ⓘ |
| workExampleOf |
books about Mars
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books about space colonization ⓘ |
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: How We’ll Live on Mars Description of subject: "How We’ll Live on Mars" is a nonfiction book by Stephen Petranek that explores the scientific, technological, and social challenges and possibilities of establishing human settlements on Mars.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
TED talk on how we’ll live on Mars
this entity surface form:
How We’ll Live on Mars (2015)