Code to Zero
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Code to Zero is a Cold War-era thriller novel by Ken Follett that follows an amnesiac rocket scientist uncovering a conspiracy tied to the early days of the space race.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Code to Zero canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3949389 — 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: Code to Zero Context triple: [Ken Follett, notableWork, Code to Zero]
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A.
Numero Zero
Numero Zero is a satirical novel by Umberto Eco that explores media manipulation, conspiracy theories, and the construction of history through a failed newspaper’s editorial team in 1990s Italy.
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B.
Zero
Zero is the common nickname for the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a highly maneuverable Japanese carrier-based fighter aircraft used extensively during World War II.
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C.
Crack the Code
"Crack the Code" is a track by the electronic music artist Evolver, known for its intricate sound design and rhythmic complexity.
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D.
M-Code
M-Code is an advanced, encrypted military GPS signal designed to provide more secure and jam-resistant positioning and navigation for authorized users.
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E.
The Seven Part Code
The Seven Part Code is the English title of a monumental 13th-century Castilian legal code commissioned by King Alfonso X of Castile, which systematized medieval law and influenced later Iberian and Latin American legal traditions.
- 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: Code to Zero Target entity description: Code to Zero is a Cold War-era thriller novel by Ken Follett that follows an amnesiac rocket scientist uncovering a conspiracy tied to the early days of the space race.
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A.
Numero Zero
Numero Zero is a satirical novel by Umberto Eco that explores media manipulation, conspiracy theories, and the construction of history through a failed newspaper’s editorial team in 1990s Italy.
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B.
Zero
Zero is the common nickname for the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a highly maneuverable Japanese carrier-based fighter aircraft used extensively during World War II.
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C.
Crack the Code
"Crack the Code" is a track by the electronic music artist Evolver, known for its intricate sound design and rhythmic complexity.
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D.
M-Code
M-Code is an advanced, encrypted military GPS signal designed to provide more secure and jam-resistant positioning and navigation for authorized users.
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E.
The Seven Part Code
The Seven Part Code is the English title of a monumental 13th-century Castilian legal code commissioned by King Alfonso X of Castile, which systematized medieval law and influenced later Iberian and Latin American legal traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War fiction
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novel ⓘ thriller novel ⓘ |
| author | Ken Follett ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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spy fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
intelligence agencies
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rocketry ⓘ space exploration ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Cold War paranoia
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loyalty and betrayal ⓘ memory and identity ⓘ technological competition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Luke Lucas ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | amnesia ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | nonlinear timeline ⓘ |
| originalMediaType | print ⓘ |
| plotElement |
conspiracy
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space race espionage ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | rocket scientist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| publisher | Macmillan Publishers ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Cold War
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early space race ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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: Code to Zero Description of subject: Code to Zero is a Cold War-era thriller novel by Ken Follett that follows an amnesiac rocket scientist uncovering a conspiracy tied to the early days of the space race.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.