The Cosmic Computer
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The Cosmic Computer is a 1963 science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper that follows a treasure-hunting quest on a postwar planet centered around the search for a legendary supercomputer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Cosmic Computer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10417114 — 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: The Cosmic Computer Context triple: [Henry Beam Piper, notableWork, The Cosmic Computer]
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A.
The Cosmic Connection
The Cosmic Connection is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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B.
Cosmic (novel)
Cosmic is a humorous children's science-fiction novel about a boy who poses as an adult and ends up on a space mission, written by British author Frank Cottrell-Boyce.
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C.
The Universe in Your Hand
The Universe in Your Hand is a popular science book by physicist Christophe Galfard that guides readers through modern cosmology and theoretical physics in an accessible, narrative style.
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D.
Free the Universe
Free the Universe is a 2013 electronic dance music album by Major Lazer that blends dancehall, reggae, and EDM with numerous guest collaborations.
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E.
The Secret of the Universe
The Secret of the Universe is the English title of Johannes Kepler’s 1596 work in which he proposed an early heliocentric model of the cosmos using nested Platonic solids to explain the spacing of the planets.
- 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: The Cosmic Computer Target entity description: The Cosmic Computer is a 1963 science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper that follows a treasure-hunting quest on a postwar planet centered around the search for a legendary supercomputer.
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A.
The Cosmic Connection
The Cosmic Connection is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores humanity’s place in the universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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B.
Cosmic (novel)
Cosmic is a humorous children's science-fiction novel about a boy who poses as an adult and ends up on a space mission, written by British author Frank Cottrell-Boyce.
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C.
The Universe in Your Hand
The Universe in Your Hand is a popular science book by physicist Christophe Galfard that guides readers through modern cosmology and theoretical physics in an accessible, narrative style.
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D.
Free the Universe
Free the Universe is a 2013 electronic dance music album by Major Lazer that blends dancehall, reggae, and EDM with numerous guest collaborations.
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E.
The Secret of the Universe
The Secret of the Universe is the English title of Johannes Kepler’s 1596 work in which he proposed an early heliocentric model of the cosmos using nested Platonic solids to explain the spacing of the planets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Junkyard Planet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | H. Beam Piper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
postwar economic reconstruction
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search for a legendary supercomputer ⓘ treasure hunting ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depictsAftermathOf | Interplanetary war ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
economic collapse and recovery
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myth versus reality ⓘ technology and society ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalComputer | Merlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
1963 American novels
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American science fiction novels ⓘ Novels by H. Beam Piper ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Ed Emshwiller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalLocation |
Litchfield
NERFINISHED
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Tortuga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalOrganization | Terran Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalTechnology | Merlin supercomputer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | print ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-441-01554-4 ⓘ |
| hasMediaType | book ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 190 ⓘ |
| hasReprintPublisher |
Ace Books
NERFINISHED
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Baen Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Conn Maxwell
NERFINISHED
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Judge Ledue NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurt Fawzi NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodrik (Rod) Maxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Brangwyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Junkyard Planet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Terro-Human Future History NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotFocus | quest to find the supercomputer Merlin ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| publisher | J. B. Lippincott & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInFictionalPlanet | Poictesme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingEra | far future ⓘ |
| timeToWriteApprox | early 1960s ⓘ |
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: The Cosmic Computer Description of subject: The Cosmic Computer is a 1963 science fiction novel by H. Beam Piper that follows a treasure-hunting quest on a postwar planet centered around the search for a legendary supercomputer.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.