Killdozer!
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"Killdozer!" is a 1944 science fiction novella by Theodore Sturgeon about a possessed bulldozer that goes on a deadly rampage on a remote construction site.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Killdozer! canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9034365 — 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: Killdozer! Context triple: [Theodore Sturgeon, notableWork, Killdozer!]
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A.
Kaboom
Kaboom is a 2010 surreal coming-of-age dark comedy film written and directed by Gregg Araki.
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B.
The Crusher
"The Crusher" is a song by the Ramones, featured on their 1995 album ¡Adios Amigos!, known for its wrestling-themed lyrics and high-energy punk style.
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C.
Kill Van Kull
Kill Van Kull is a tidal strait in New York Harbor that serves as a major shipping channel between Newark Bay and the Upper New York Bay.
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D.
Great Kills
Great Kills is a residential neighborhood on Staten Island’s South Shore known for its marina, waterfront parks, and suburban character.
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E.
Killer B's
Killer B's was the nickname for the Houston Astros’ core group of star hitters in the 1990s and early 2000s whose surnames began with “B,” including players like Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, and Lance Berkman.
- 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: Killdozer! Target entity description: "Killdozer!" is a 1944 science fiction novella by Theodore Sturgeon about a possessed bulldozer that goes on a deadly rampage on a remote construction site.
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A.
Kaboom
Kaboom is a 2010 surreal coming-of-age dark comedy film written and directed by Gregg Araki.
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B.
The Crusher
"The Crusher" is a song by the Ramones, featured on their 1995 album ¡Adios Amigos!, known for its wrestling-themed lyrics and high-energy punk style.
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C.
Kill Van Kull
Kill Van Kull is a tidal strait in New York Harbor that serves as a major shipping channel between Newark Bay and the Upper New York Bay.
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D.
Great Kills
Great Kills is a residential neighborhood on Staten Island’s South Shore known for its marina, waterfront parks, and suburban character.
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E.
Killer B's
Killer B's was the nickname for the Houston Astros’ core group of star hitters in the 1990s and early 2000s whose surnames began with “B,” including players like Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, and Lance Berkman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novella
ⓘ
science fiction novella ⓘ |
| author | Theodore Sturgeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublishedIn | Astounding Science-Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Killdozer (1974 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
1940s science fiction works
ⓘ
Works by Theodore Sturgeon ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation | construction workers ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | short fiction ⓘ |
| influenced | later killer machine stories ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | possessed bulldozer ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | early depiction of a killer construction machine in science fiction ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | Astounding Science-Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | American science fiction literature ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A bulldozer possessed by an alien or supernatural force goes on a deadly rampage at a remote construction site. ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| publisher | Street & Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | remote construction site ⓘ |
| theme |
man versus machine
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possession ⓘ technological horror ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | 20th century ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Killdozer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Killdozer! Description of subject: "Killdozer!" is a 1944 science fiction novella by Theodore Sturgeon about a possessed bulldozer that goes on a deadly rampage on a remote construction site.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.