The Bicentennial Man
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The Bicentennial Man is a science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov that explores a robot’s centuries-long quest for humanity, identity, and legal recognition as a person.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bicentennial Man canonical | 6 |
| film "Bicentennial Man" | 3 |
| Bicentennial Man | 2 |
| "Bicentennial Man" | 1 |
| Bicentennial Man (1999) | 1 |
| Bicentennial Man (film) | 1 |
| The Bicentennial Man (novella) | 1 |
| The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories | 1 |
| The Positronic Man | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T308334 — 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 Bicentennial Man Context triple: [Isaac Asimov, notableWork, The Bicentennial Man]
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Love in the Future
Love in the Future is a 2013 R&B and soul studio album by John Legend that blends romantic ballads with contemporary production and includes the hit single "All of Me."
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B.
The Shape of Things to Come
The Shape of Things to Come is a 1933 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that presents a speculative future history of the world, exploring global war, social collapse, and the eventual rise of a rational, technocratic world state.
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C.
Broca's Brain
Broca's Brain is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the nature of scientific thought, the brain, and the cosmos through essays on astronomy, philosophy, and skepticism.
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D.
Roger the Alien
Roger the Alien is a flamboyant, shape-shifting extraterrestrial character from the animated TV series "American Dad!" known for his sarcastic humor, elaborate disguises, and chaotic schemes.
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E.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine is a pioneering 1895 science fiction novella by H. G. Wells that explores time travel, social evolution, and dystopian futures through the journey of an unnamed Time Traveller.
- 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 Bicentennial Man Target entity description: The Bicentennial Man is a science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov that explores a robot’s centuries-long quest for humanity, identity, and legal recognition as a person.
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A.
Love in the Future
Love in the Future is a 2013 R&B and soul studio album by John Legend that blends romantic ballads with contemporary production and includes the hit single "All of Me."
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B.
The Shape of Things to Come
The Shape of Things to Come is a 1933 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that presents a speculative future history of the world, exploring global war, social collapse, and the eventual rise of a rational, technocratic world state.
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C.
Broca's Brain
Broca's Brain is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the nature of scientific thought, the brain, and the cosmos through essays on astronomy, philosophy, and skepticism.
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D.
Roger the Alien
Roger the Alien is a flamboyant, shape-shifting extraterrestrial character from the animated TV series "American Dad!" known for his sarcastic humor, elaborate disguises, and chaotic schemes.
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E.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine is a pioneering 1895 science fiction novella by H. G. Wells that explores time travel, social evolution, and dystopian futures through the journey of an unnamed Time Traveller.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
science fiction novella
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short fiction ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Bicentennial Man
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
film "Bicentennial Man"
novel "The Positronic Man" ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| awarded |
Hugo Award for Best Novelette
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Nebula Award ⓘ
surface form:
Nebula Award for Best Novelette
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| awardYear |
1976 Nebula Award for Best Novelette
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1977 Hugo Award for Best Novelette ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacterTypeCreatedBy | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
human–robot relations
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identity ⓘ legal recognition of personhood ⓘ mortality ⓘ quest for humanity ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresConcept |
artificial intelligence ethics
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civil rights for robots ⓘ definition of a person ⓘ |
| featuresLaw | Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar | Robin Williams ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | St. Martin's Press anthology "Stellar #2" ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
gradual transformation from robot to human
ⓘ
legal battles over robot rights ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasRobotDesignationForProtagonist | NDR-series robot ⓘ |
| influenced | later depictions of sentient robots in fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublishedIn | collection "The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories" ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Andrew Martin ⓘ |
| mainCharacterType | robot ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | spans two centuries ⓘ |
| novelAdaptationCoAuthor | Robert Silverberg ⓘ |
| partOf |
I, Robot
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surface form:
Asimov's positronic robot stories
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| publisherOfCollection | Doubleday ⓘ |
| series | Robot series ⓘ |
| setting | future Earth ⓘ |
| subgenre | robot fiction ⓘ |
| universe |
Robots and Empire
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surface form:
Isaac Asimov's Robot–Foundation universe
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Bicentennial Man Description of subject: The Bicentennial Man is a science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov that explores a robot’s centuries-long quest for humanity, identity, and legal recognition as a person.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Positronic Man
this entity surface form:
film "Bicentennial Man"
this entity surface form:
film "Bicentennial Man"
this entity surface form:
"Bicentennial Man"
this entity surface form:
film "Bicentennial Man"
subject surface form:
Stellar #2
subject surface form:
Stellar #2
this entity surface form:
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
this entity surface form:
The Bicentennial Man (novella)
this entity surface form:
Bicentennial Man (film)
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Bicentennial Man (1999)
this entity surface form:
Bicentennial Man
this entity surface form:
Bicentennial Man