Cat's Cradle
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Cat's Cradle is a satirical science fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut that explores themes of religion, science, and the potential for human self-destruction through the invention of a world-ending substance called ice-nine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cat's Cradle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10159460 — 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: Cat's Cradle Context triple: [Kurt Vonnegut, notableWork, Cat's Cradle]
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A.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores the power of dreams to alter reality and the ethical dilemmas that arise from such control.
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B.
A Canticle for Leibowitz
A Canticle for Leibowitz is a classic post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Walter M. Miller Jr. that explores the cyclical nature of history, faith, and knowledge through a monastic order preserving remnants of human civilization.
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C.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five is Kurt Vonnegut’s darkly comic, anti-war science fiction novel that follows Billy Pilgrim’s disjointed experiences of World War II and time travel, widely regarded as a classic of 20th-century American literature.
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D.
The Library of Babel
The Library of Babel is a famous short story by Jorge Luis Borges that imagines an infinite, labyrinthine library containing every possible book, exploring themes of infinity, meaning, and the limits of knowledge.
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E.
A Deepness in the Sky
A Deepness in the Sky is a Hugo Award–winning science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge that explores interstellar politics, human enhancement, and first contact with an alien civilization.
- 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: Cat's Cradle Target entity description: Cat's Cradle is a satirical science fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut that explores themes of religion, science, and the potential for human self-destruction through the invention of a world-ending substance called ice-nine.
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A.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that explores the power of dreams to alter reality and the ethical dilemmas that arise from such control.
-
B.
A Canticle for Leibowitz
A Canticle for Leibowitz is a classic post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Walter M. Miller Jr. that explores the cyclical nature of history, faith, and knowledge through a monastic order preserving remnants of human civilization.
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C.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five is Kurt Vonnegut’s darkly comic, anti-war science fiction novel that follows Billy Pilgrim’s disjointed experiences of World War II and time travel, widely regarded as a classic of 20th-century American literature.
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D.
The Library of Babel
The Library of Babel is a famous short story by Jorge Luis Borges that imagines an infinite, labyrinthine library containing every possible book, exploring themes of infinity, meaning, and the limits of knowledge.
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E.
A Deepness in the Sky
A Deepness in the Sky is a Hugo Award–winning science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge that explores interstellar politics, human enhancement, and first contact with an alien civilization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Kurt Vonnegut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Hugo Award nomination for Best Novel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describes | world-ending substance ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
absurdism
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apocalypse ⓘ ethics of science ⓘ fatalism ⓘ human self-destruction ⓘ meaning of life ⓘ religion ⓘ science ⓘ |
| featuresConcept | ice-nine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
postmodern literature
ⓘ
satire ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Angela Hoenikker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bokonon NERFINISHED ⓘ Felix Hoenikker NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Hoenikker NERFINISHED ⓘ Newt Hoenikker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalReligion | Bokononism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
John
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jonah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Busy, busy, busy ⓘ |
| hasQuotation | No damn cat, and no damn cradle. ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
black humor
ⓘ
fragmented chapters ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Cold War anxieties ⓘ |
| influenced | postmodern science fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator |
John
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jonah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Hugo Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChapters | 127 ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDate | 1963-04-01 ⓘ |
| pages | 191 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Kurt Vonnegut bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotDevice | ice-nine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| publisher | Holt, Rinehart and Winston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Caribbean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| setInFictionalLocation | San Lorenzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cat's Cradle Description of subject: Cat's Cradle is a satirical science fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut that explores themes of religion, science, and the potential for human self-destruction through the invention of a world-ending substance called ice-nine.
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