Farmer in the Sky
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Farmer in the Sky is a classic science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that follows a teenage boy emigrating to Jupiter’s moon Ganymede to help colonize and farm the alien world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Farmer in the Sky canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5066608 — 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: Farmer in the Sky Context triple: [Robert A. Heinlein, notableWork, Farmer in the Sky]
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A.
The Skylark of Space
The Skylark of Space is a pioneering early space opera novel by E. E. "Doc" Smith that helped define many of the genre’s classic interstellar adventure tropes.
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B.
Hare-Way to the Stars
Hare-Way to the Stars is a 1958 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short featuring Bugs Bunny in a sci-fi comedy adventure with Marvin the Martian.
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C.
Wheel in the Sky
"Wheel in the Sky" is a popular rock song by the American band Journey, known for its melodic hooks and prominent use of soaring vocals and guitar.
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D.
A Fable for Tomorrow
"A Fable for Tomorrow" is the allegorical opening chapter of Rachel Carson’s environmental classic Silent Spring, depicting a seemingly idyllic town devastated by mysterious ecological collapse to illustrate the dangers of pesticide misuse.
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E.
The Star Flyer
The Star Flyer is a tall swing ride attraction at Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens that lifts riders high into the air for panoramic views of the city.
- 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: Farmer in the Sky Target entity description: Farmer in the Sky is a classic science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that follows a teenage boy emigrating to Jupiter’s moon Ganymede to help colonize and farm the alien world.
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A.
The Skylark of Space
The Skylark of Space is a pioneering early space opera novel by E. E. "Doc" Smith that helped define many of the genre’s classic interstellar adventure tropes.
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B.
Hare-Way to the Stars
Hare-Way to the Stars is a 1958 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short featuring Bugs Bunny in a sci-fi comedy adventure with Marvin the Martian.
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C.
Wheel in the Sky
"Wheel in the Sky" is a popular rock song by the American band Journey, known for its melodic hooks and prominent use of soaring vocals and guitar.
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D.
A Fable for Tomorrow
"A Fable for Tomorrow" is the allegorical opening chapter of Rachel Carson’s environmental classic Silent Spring, depicting a seemingly idyllic town devastated by mysterious ecological collapse to illustrate the dangers of pesticide misuse.
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E.
The Star Flyer
The Star Flyer is a tall swing ride attraction at Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens that lifts riders high into the air for panoramic views of the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Robert A. Heinlein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
adapting agriculture to alien environment
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colonization of Ganymede ⓘ |
| featuresActivity |
farming
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homesteading ⓘ |
| featuresLocationType | space colony ⓘ |
| firstPublicationVenue | Boys’ Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedAs | serial ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlternateTitle | Satellite Scout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
George Lermer
NERFINISHED
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Molly Kenyon NERFINISHED ⓘ Peggy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-345-31540-2 ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
audiobook
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hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| intendedMarket | juvenile market ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Golden Age of Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bill Lermer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| partOf | Heinlein juveniles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Bill Lermer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Charles Scribner’s Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Ganymede
NERFINISHED
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Jupiter system NERFINISHED ⓘ future ⓘ |
| subgenre | juvenile science fiction ⓘ |
| targetAudience | young adult ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
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family relationships ⓘ pioneering life ⓘ self-reliance ⓘ space colonization ⓘ terraforming ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | near future ⓘ |
| workChronologyWithinHeinleinJuveniles | early entry ⓘ |
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: Farmer in the Sky Description of subject: Farmer in the Sky is a classic science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein that follows a teenage boy emigrating to Jupiter’s moon Ganymede to help colonize and farm the alien world.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.