Have Space Suit—Will Travel
E490039
Have Space Suit—Will Travel is a classic 1958 young adult science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that follows a teenager’s unexpected journey across the galaxy after winning a used space suit in a contest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Have Space Suit—Will Travel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5066600 — 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: Have Space Suit—Will Travel Context triple: [Robert A. Heinlein, notableWork, Have Space Suit—Will Travel]
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A.
Walking in Space
Walking in Space is a 1969 jazz album by Quincy Jones that blends big band arrangements with funk, soul, and pop influences.
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B.
Commandement de l’espace
Commandement de l’espace is the French Space Command, a military organization responsible for France’s space operations, defense, and space-based security capabilities.
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C.
To Space and Back
"To Space and Back" is a popular science book by astronaut Sally Ride that recounts her experiences in space and explains the science and technology of spaceflight for a general audience.
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D.
On a Spaceship
"On a Spaceship" is a 2015 studio album by Nigerian artist Burna Boy that blends Afro-fusion, dancehall, and reggae influences to showcase his evolving sound.
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E.
The Reluctant Astronaut
The Reluctant Astronaut is a 1967 comedy film starring Don Knotts as a timid carnival ride operator who is unexpectedly recruited into the U.S. space program.
- 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: Have Space Suit—Will Travel Target entity description: Have Space Suit—Will Travel is a classic 1958 young adult science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that follows a teenager’s unexpected journey across the galaxy after winning a used space suit in a contest.
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A.
Walking in Space
Walking in Space is a 1969 jazz album by Quincy Jones that blends big band arrangements with funk, soul, and pop influences.
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B.
Commandement de l’espace
Commandement de l’espace is the French Space Command, a military organization responsible for France’s space operations, defense, and space-based security capabilities.
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C.
To Space and Back
"To Space and Back" is a popular science book by astronaut Sally Ride that recounts her experiences in space and explains the science and technology of spaceflight for a general audience.
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D.
On a Spaceship
"On a Spaceship" is a 2015 studio album by Nigerian artist Burna Boy that blends Afro-fusion, dancehall, and reggae influences to showcase his evolving sound.
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E.
The Reluctant Astronaut
The Reluctant Astronaut is a 1967 comedy film starring Don Knotts as a timid carnival ride operator who is unexpectedly recruited into the U.S. space program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ young adult novel ⓘ |
| author | Robert A. Heinlein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralObject | used space suit ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Clifford Geary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Starship Troopers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
ⓘ
young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlienSpecies |
the Mother Thing's species
ⓘ
the Wormfaces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm |
book edition
ⓘ
serialized version ⓘ |
| hasMotiveForProtagonist | desire to go to the Moon ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coming of age
ⓘ
courage ⓘ first contact with aliens ⓘ ingenuity ⓘ responsibility of humanity ⓘ space exploration ⓘ |
| includesLocation |
Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
an alien space station ⓘ |
| intendedAgeRange | 12–18 ⓘ |
| intendedMarket | juvenile market ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Golden Age of science fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Kip Russell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peewee NERFINISHED ⓘ the Mother Thing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person ⓘ |
| notableElement |
detailed description of space suit operation
ⓘ
trial of humanity by an interstellar council ⓘ |
| partOf | Heinlein juveniles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A teenager wins a used space suit in a contest and is drawn into an interstellar adventure involving alien races and a trial of humanity. ⓘ |
| precededBy | Citizen of the Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistFullName | Clifford "Kip" Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | high school student ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| publisher | Scribner's NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Earth
NERFINISHED
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Pluto NERFINISHED ⓘ interstellar space ⓘ the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | young adults ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | near future relative to 1958 ⓘ |
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: Have Space Suit—Will Travel Description of subject: Have Space Suit—Will Travel is a classic 1958 young adult science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that follows a teenager’s unexpected journey across the galaxy after winning a used space suit in a contest.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.