planet Ixchel
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Planet Ixchel is a fictional world in Madeleine L’Engle’s novel "A Wrinkle in Time," inhabited by sightless, telepathic beings who aid the protagonists in their journey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| planet Ixchel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8449881 — 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: planet Ixchel Context triple: [A Wrinkle in Time, setting, planet Ixchel]
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A.
Placetas
Placetas is a municipality and town in central Cuba, known historically as the birthplace of Spanish Nationalist military leader Emilio Mola.
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B.
Celestún
Celestún is a small coastal town in the Mexican state of Yucatán, known for its beaches, fishing community, and as a gateway to nearby flamingo-filled wetlands and nature reserves.
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C.
Planá
Planá is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic that serves as a local administrative and service center for surrounding municipalities.
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D.
Mondas
Mondas is the fictional twin planet of Earth in the Doctor Who universe, known as the original home of the Cybermen.
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E.
Astra Planeta
Astra Planeta are the personified star and planet deities of ancient Greek mythology, often depicted as radiant celestial gods associated with the night sky.
- 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: planet Ixchel Target entity description: Planet Ixchel is a fictional world in Madeleine L’Engle’s novel "A Wrinkle in Time," inhabited by sightless, telepathic beings who aid the protagonists in their journey.
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A.
Placetas
Placetas is a municipality and town in central Cuba, known historically as the birthplace of Spanish Nationalist military leader Emilio Mola.
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B.
Celestún
Celestún is a small coastal town in the Mexican state of Yucatán, known for its beaches, fishing community, and as a gateway to nearby flamingo-filled wetlands and nature reserves.
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C.
Planá
Planá is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic that serves as a local administrative and service center for surrounding municipalities.
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D.
Mondas
Mondas is the fictional twin planet of Earth in the Doctor Who universe, known as the original home of the Cybermen.
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E.
Astra Planeta
Astra Planeta are the personified star and planet deities of ancient Greek mythology, often depicted as radiant celestial gods associated with the night sky.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional planet ⓘ |
| aidsCharacter |
Calvin O’Keefe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Wallace Murry NERFINISHED ⓘ Meg Murry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Wrinkle in Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Time Quintet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
empathy
ⓘ
non-physical senses ⓘ perception beyond sight ⓘ |
| conflictsWith | the Black Thing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfAuthor | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Madeleine L’Engle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
dark environment
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non-visual perception ⓘ telepathic communication ⓘ |
| firstPublicationAppearance | 1962 ⓘ |
| genre | science fantasy setting ⓘ |
| hasAtmosphereType | supportive of native lifeforms ⓘ |
| influencesCharacterDevelopmentOf |
Calvin O’Keefe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Wallace Murry NERFINISHED ⓘ Meg Murry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
Aunt Beast’s species
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sightless beings ⓘ telepathic beings ⓘ |
| language | telepathic language ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
place of healing
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refuge from the Black Thing ⓘ |
| notableInhabitant | Aunt Beast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | cosmology of A Wrinkle in Time ⓘ |
| perceptionModeOfInhabitants |
emotional perception
ⓘ
tactile perception ⓘ telepathic perception ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstAppearance | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudienceOfWork | young adult readers ⓘ |
| universe | A Wrinkle in Time universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | Meg’s recovery after Camazotz ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Calvin O’Keefe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Wallace Murry NERFINISHED ⓘ Meg Murry NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Whatsit NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Which NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Who 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: planet Ixchel Description of subject: Planet Ixchel is a fictional world in Madeleine L’Engle’s novel "A Wrinkle in Time," inhabited by sightless, telepathic beings who aid the protagonists in their journey.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.