Idlewild
E63800
Idlewild is a science fiction novel by Nick Sagan that explores virtual reality, identity, and a post-apocalyptic future through the experiences of a young protagonist in a simulated world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Idlewild canonical | 4 |
| Idlewild trilogy | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T512415 — 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: Idlewild Context triple: [Nick Sagan, notableWork, Idlewild]
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A.
Paradise
"Paradise" is a 1997 novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison that explores race, gender, community, and violence in an all-Black town in Oklahoma.
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B.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
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C.
Wildheart
Wildheart is a genre-blending R&B album by American singer Miguel, noted for its psychedelic sound, sensual themes, and experimental production.
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D.
Eidolon
Eidolon is an online classics journal and magazine that presents accessible, socially engaged writing on the ancient world for a broad contemporary audience.
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E.
Hanging Hills
Hanging Hills is a rugged traprock mountain ridge in central Connecticut known for its dramatic cliffs, scenic vistas, and popular hiking trails.
- 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: Idlewild Target entity description: Idlewild is a science fiction novel by Nick Sagan that explores virtual reality, identity, and a post-apocalyptic future through the experiences of a young protagonist in a simulated world.
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A.
Paradise
"Paradise" is a 1997 novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison that explores race, gender, community, and violence in an all-Black town in Oklahoma.
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B.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
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C.
Wildheart
Wildheart is a genre-blending R&B album by American singer Miguel, noted for its psychedelic sound, sensual themes, and experimental production.
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D.
Eidolon
Eidolon is an online classics journal and magazine that presents accessible, socially engaged writing on the ancient world for a broad contemporary audience.
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E.
Hanging Hills
Hanging Hills is a rugged traprock mountain ridge in central Connecticut known for its dramatic cliffs, scenic vistas, and popular hiking trails.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Nick Sagan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedBy |
Edenborn
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Everfree ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Edenborn
ⓘ
Everfree ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Halloween ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of cyberpunk and post-apocalyptic elements
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exploration of consciousness in simulated worlds ⓘ |
| plotElement |
conflict between artificial and human intelligences
ⓘ
mysterious system failure in the simulation ⓘ protagonist with fragmented memories ⓘ students trained in a simulated world ⓘ uncovering a global catastrophe ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | teenager ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| publisher |
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
ⓘ
surface form:
G. P. Putnam's Sons
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| series |
Idlewild
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Idlewild trilogy
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| setting |
post-apocalyptic future
ⓘ
virtual reality environment ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adult readers
ⓘ
young adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
ⓘ
identity ⓘ memory ⓘ post-apocalyptic society ⓘ virtual reality ⓘ |
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: Idlewild Description of subject: Idlewild is a science fiction novel by Nick Sagan that explores virtual reality, identity, and a post-apocalyptic future through the experiences of a young protagonist in a simulated world.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Idlewild trilogy
subject surface form:
Nick Sagan