Inside Job
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Inside Job is a Hugo Award–winning science fiction novella by Connie Willis that satirically explores skepticism, pseudoscience, and the paranormal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Inside Job canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6202293 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Inside Job Context triple: [Connie Willis, notableWork, Inside Job]
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A.
Inside Job
Inside Job is a 2000 studio album by American singer-songwriter Don Henley, marking his first solo release in over a decade and featuring reflective, socially conscious rock songs.
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B.
The Job
The Job is a film featuring actor John Ortiz in a significant role.
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C.
The Brink's Job
The Brink's Job is a 1978 crime-comedy film dramatizing the infamous 1950 Brink's armored car robbery in Boston.
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D.
Severance
Severance is a critically acclaimed psychological sci-fi thriller series that explores the consequences of surgically separating employees’ work and personal memories.
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E.
The Informant!
The Informant! is a 2009 dark comedy crime film directed by Steven Soderbergh, in which Matt Damon plays a corporate executive turned whistleblower in a real-life price-fixing scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Inside Job Target entity description: Inside Job is a Hugo Award–winning science fiction novella by Connie Willis that satirically explores skepticism, pseudoscience, and the paranormal.
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A.
Inside Job
Inside Job is a 2000 studio album by American singer-songwriter Don Henley, marking his first solo release in over a decade and featuring reflective, socially conscious rock songs.
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B.
The Job
The Job is a film featuring actor John Ortiz in a significant role.
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C.
The Brink's Job
The Brink's Job is a 1978 crime-comedy film dramatizing the infamous 1950 Brink's armored car robbery in Boston.
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D.
Severance
Severance is a critically acclaimed psychological sci-fi thriller series that explores the consequences of surgically separating employees’ work and personal memories.
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E.
The Informant!
The Informant! is a 2009 dark comedy crime film directed by Steven Soderbergh, in which Matt Damon plays a corporate executive turned whistleblower in a real-life price-fixing scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
satire
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science fiction novella ⓘ |
| author | Connie Willis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Hugo Award for Best Novella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresTheme |
paranormal
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pseudoscience ⓘ skepticism ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
conflict between skepticism and belief
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debunking paranormal claims ⓘ media sensationalism about the supernatural ⓘ |
| genre |
satire
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
satirical
ⓘ
witty ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim for humor and insight into skepticism ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
fraudulent psychics
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magazine publishing industry ⓘ parapsychology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryAwardCategory | Best Novella ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novella ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Rob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | professional skeptic ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
comic
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ironic ⓘ |
| partOf | Connie Willis bibliography ⓘ |
| publisher | Subterranean Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary United States ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| workOf | Connie Willis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Inside Job Description of subject: Inside Job is a Hugo Award–winning science fiction novella by Connie Willis that satirically explores skepticism, pseudoscience, and the paranormal.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.