The Trigger
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The Trigger is a science fiction novel by Michael P. Kube-McDowell (from a story by Arthur C. Clarke) that explores the social and political consequences of a technology capable of detonating or neutralizing explosives at a distance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Trigger canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5117446 — 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 Trigger Context triple: [Michael Kube-McDowell, notableWork, The Trigger]
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Hare Trigger
Hare Trigger is a 1945 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon notable for introducing the hot-tempered character Yosemite Sam as a foil to Bugs Bunny.
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B.
Silent Trigger
Silent Trigger is a 1996 action thriller film starring Dolph Lundgren as a sniper caught in a deadly mission inside a high-rise building.
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C.
The Blow
The Blow is an American indie pop band known for its minimalist electronic sound and introspective, narrative-driven lyrics.
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D.
Blowback
Blowback is a political nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic actions abroad can provoke unintended and often violent consequences.
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E.
The Trap
"The Trap" is a horror novel by Tabitha King that delves into psychological terror and the darker sides of human relationships in a small-town setting.
- 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 Trigger Target entity description: The Trigger is a science fiction novel by Michael P. Kube-McDowell (from a story by Arthur C. Clarke) that explores the social and political consequences of a technology capable of detonating or neutralizing explosives at a distance.
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A.
Hare Trigger
Hare Trigger is a 1945 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon notable for introducing the hot-tempered character Yosemite Sam as a foil to Bugs Bunny.
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B.
Silent Trigger
Silent Trigger is a 1996 action thriller film starring Dolph Lundgren as a sniper caught in a deadly mission inside a high-rise building.
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C.
The Blow
The Blow is an American indie pop band known for its minimalist electronic sound and introspective, narrative-driven lyrics.
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D.
Blowback
Blowback is a political nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic actions abroad can provoke unintended and often violent consequences.
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E.
The Trap
"The Trap" is a horror novel by Tabitha King that delves into psychological terror and the darker sides of human relationships in a small-town setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Michael P. Kube-McDowell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnStoryBy | Arthur C. Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| fictionalTechnology |
device that remotely detonates explosives
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device that remotely neutralizes explosives ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasContributor |
Arthur C. Clarke
NERFINISHED
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Michael P. Kube-McDowell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Trigger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
control of weapons technology
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impact of non-lethal weapons ⓘ political consequences of advanced technology ⓘ social consequences of advanced technology ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | near-future setting ⓘ |
| plotFocus |
technology capable of detonating explosives at a distance
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technology capable of neutralizing explosives at a distance ⓘ |
| subject |
arms control
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civil liberties ⓘ ethics of technology ⓘ law enforcement ⓘ military technology ⓘ terrorism ⓘ |
| workType | standalone novel ⓘ |
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: The Trigger Description of subject: The Trigger is a science fiction novel by Michael P. Kube-McDowell (from a story by Arthur C. Clarke) that explores the social and political consequences of a technology capable of detonating or neutralizing explosives at a distance.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.