Locus Publications
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Locus Publications is a prominent science fiction and fantasy publishing company best known for producing Locus Magazine and organizing the annual Locus Awards.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Locus Magazine | 3 |
| Locus Publications canonical | 2 |
| Locus magazine | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T81746 — 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: Locus Publications Context triple: [Locus Award, presentedBy, Locus Publications]
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A.
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster is a major American publishing company known for producing a wide range of bestselling fiction and nonfiction books.
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B.
Atlas Entertainment
Atlas Entertainment is an American film and television production company known for backing major studio projects, including high-profile dramas and blockbuster franchises.
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C.
Thomas Nelson (publisher family)
Thomas Nelson (publisher family) refers to the Scottish family behind the historic Thomas Nelson publishing house, influential in religious and educational publishing from the 19th century onward.
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D.
Times Books
Times Books is a publishing imprint known for producing nonfiction works, particularly in the fields of history, politics, and current affairs.
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E.
Tozzer Library
Tozzer Library is Harvard University's primary research library for anthropology and archaeology, housing extensive collections on human cultures, languages, and material history.
- 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: Locus Publications Target entity description: Locus Publications is a prominent science fiction and fantasy publishing company best known for producing Locus Magazine and organizing the annual Locus Awards.
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A.
Alfred A. Knopf
Alfred A. Knopf is a prestigious American publishing house known for its high-quality literary fiction and nonfiction titles.
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B.
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster is a major American publishing company known for producing a wide range of bestselling fiction and nonfiction books.
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C.
Atlas Entertainment
Atlas Entertainment is an American film and television production company known for backing major studio projects, including high-profile dramas and blockbuster franchises.
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D.
Thomas Nelson (publisher family)
Thomas Nelson (publisher family) refers to the Scottish family behind the historic Thomas Nelson publishing house, influential in religious and educational publishing from the 19th century onward.
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E.
Times Books
Times Books is a publishing imprint known for producing nonfiction works, particularly in the fields of history, politics, and current affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy publisher
ⓘ
publishing company ⓘ science fiction publisher ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Locus Award
ⓘ
surface form:
Locus Awards
Locus Publications self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Locus Magazine
|
| awardsProgram |
Locus Award
ⓘ
surface form:
Locus Awards
|
| basedOn | United States science fiction community ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| focus |
genre literature
ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ |
| frequencyOfAwards | annual ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
coverage of science fiction and fantasy publishing
ⓘ
genre awards coverage ⓘ |
| industry | publishing ⓘ |
| languageOfPublication | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | periodical ⓘ |
| notableFor |
organizing the annual Locus Awards
ⓘ
publishing Locus Magazine ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Locus Publications
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Locus Magazine
|
| organizerOf |
Locus Award
ⓘ
surface form:
Locus Awards
|
| productType | magazines ⓘ |
| publicationFormat |
online
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| publisherOf |
Locus Publications
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Locus Magazine
|
| subjectArea |
fantasy literature
ⓘ
science fiction literature ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
fantasy readers
ⓘ
publishing professionals ⓘ science fiction 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: Locus Publications Description of subject: Locus Publications is a prominent science fiction and fantasy publishing company best known for producing Locus Magazine and organizing the annual Locus Awards.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Locus magazine
this entity surface form:
Locus magazine
this entity surface form:
Locus Magazine
this entity surface form:
Locus Magazine
this entity surface form:
Locus Magazine