Flash Gordon comic strip
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The Flash Gordon comic strip is a classic science fiction adventure series that debuted in 1934, following the heroic exploits of Flash Gordon on alien worlds and becoming highly influential in the space opera genre.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7595174 — 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)
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Target entity: Flash Gordon comic strip Context triple: [Flash Gordon, basedOn, Flash Gordon comic strip]
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A.
Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon is a classic science fiction adventure film based on the comic strip hero, known for its campy style, colorful visuals, and iconic rock soundtrack by Queen.
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B.
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe is a 1940 science-fiction movie serial featuring the comic-strip hero Flash Gordon battling the tyrant Ming the Merciless to save the universe.
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C.
Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories is a pioneering American science fiction magazine first published in 1926, widely regarded as the first magazine devoted exclusively to science fiction.
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D.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science
Astounding Stories of Super-Science was an early 20th-century American pulp science fiction magazine that helped lay the groundwork for modern genre storytelling.
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E.
Science Wonder Stories
Science Wonder Stories was an early American science fiction magazine that helped popularize and shape the genre in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
- 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)
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Target entity: Flash Gordon comic strip Target entity description: The Flash Gordon comic strip is a classic science fiction adventure series that debuted in 1934, following the heroic exploits of Flash Gordon on alien worlds and becoming highly influential in the space opera genre.
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A.
Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon is a classic science fiction adventure film based on the comic strip hero, known for its campy style, colorful visuals, and iconic rock soundtrack by Queen.
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B.
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe is a 1940 science-fiction movie serial featuring the comic-strip hero Flash Gordon battling the tyrant Ming the Merciless to save the universe.
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C.
Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories is a pioneering American science fiction magazine first published in 1926, widely regarded as the first magazine devoted exclusively to science fiction.
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D.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science
Astounding Stories of Super-Science was an early 20th-century American pulp science fiction magazine that helped lay the groundwork for modern genre storytelling.
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E.
Science Wonder Stories
Science Wonder Stories was an early American science fiction magazine that helped popularize and shape the genre in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic strip
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science fiction comic ⓘ space opera ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Alex Raymond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutDate | 1934-01-07 ⓘ |
| debutedIn | American newspapers ⓘ |
| featuresTechnology |
ray guns
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rocket ships ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | King Features Syndicate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Flash Gordon (1936 film serial)
NERFINISHED
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Flash Gordon (1980 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Flash Gordon (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Flash Gordon (animated series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Flash Gordon (radio serial) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
heroic adventure
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interplanetary travel ⓘ rebellion against tyranny ⓘ |
| influenced |
Buck Rogers adaptations
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Flash Gordon film serials NERFINISHED ⓘ Flash Gordon radio serials NERFINISHED ⓘ Flash Gordon television series NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Wars franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
American newspaper adventure strips
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later science fiction comics ⓘ |
| introducedCharacter |
Dale Arden
NERFINISHED
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Dr. Hans Zarkov NERFINISHED ⓘ Flash Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ Ming the Merciless NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dale Arden
NERFINISHED
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Dr. Hans Zarkov NERFINISHED ⓘ Flash Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAntagonist | Ming the Merciless NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dynamic action artwork
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exotic alien worlds ⓘ influential space opera storytelling ⓘ |
| originalFormat | Sunday strip ⓘ |
| originalMedium | newspaper comic strip ⓘ |
| periodOfPopularity |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | syndicated ⓘ |
| publisher | King Features Syndicate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | planet Mongo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| syndicatedBy | King Features Syndicate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Flash Gordon comic strip Description of subject: The Flash Gordon comic strip is a classic science fiction adventure series that debuted in 1934, following the heroic exploits of Flash Gordon on alien worlds and becoming highly influential in the space opera genre.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
comic strip "Flash Gordon" by Alex Raymond
this entity surface form:
Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon comic strip
this entity surface form:
Flash Gordon comic strip by Alex Raymond
this entity surface form:
Flash Gordon universe
this entity surface form:
Flash Gordon newspaper strip
this entity surface form:
Flash Gordon franchise
this entity surface form:
Flash Gordon (1930s) comic strip
this entity surface form:
Flash Gordon comic strip (1934)