Becoming a Subject
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"Becoming a Subject" is a philosophical and psychoanalytic work by Marcia Cavell that explores how human subjectivity, selfhood, and rational agency develop and are constituted.
All labels observed (1)
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| Becoming a Subject canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13246078 — 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: Becoming a Subject Context triple: [Marcia Cavell, notableWork, Becoming a Subject]
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A.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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B.
Becoming
"Becoming" is a bestselling memoir by former First Lady Michelle Obama that chronicles her life from childhood through her years in the White House and beyond.
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C.
Born Not to Know
"Born Not to Know" is an R&B song by the American group Tony! Toni! Toné! that showcases their early new jack swing–influenced sound.
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D.
For a Girl Becoming
For a Girl Becoming is a poetic, coming-of-age book by Joy Harjo that blends lyrical prose and Indigenous themes to celebrate a young girl’s journey into womanhood.
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E.
How to Be a Human Being
How to Be a Human Being is a 2016 concept album by English indie rock band Glass Animals that explores diverse character-driven stories through experimental, psychedelic pop production.
- 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: Becoming a Subject Target entity description: "Becoming a Subject" is a philosophical and psychoanalytic work by Marcia Cavell that explores how human subjectivity, selfhood, and rational agency develop and are constituted.
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A.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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B.
Becoming
"Becoming" is a bestselling memoir by former First Lady Michelle Obama that chronicles her life from childhood through her years in the White House and beyond.
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C.
Born Not to Know
"Born Not to Know" is an R&B song by the American group Tony! Toni! Toné! that showcases their early new jack swing–influenced sound.
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D.
For a Girl Becoming
For a Girl Becoming is a poetic, coming-of-age book by Joy Harjo that blends lyrical prose and Indigenous themes to celebrate a young girl’s journey into womanhood.
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E.
How to Be a Human Being
How to Be a Human Being is a 2016 concept album by English indie rock band Glass Animals that explores diverse character-driven stories through experimental, psychedelic pop production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ psychoanalytic work ⓘ |
| addresses |
development of rational capacities
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psychological explanation of action ⓘ role of others in the formation of subjectivity ⓘ |
| author | Marcia Cavell ⓘ |
| concerns |
how persons come to be subjects rather than mere organisms
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interpretation of mental life ⓘ normativity in human agency ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ |
| discipline |
philosophy
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psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| explores |
conditions of rational agency
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connections between psychoanalysis and philosophy of mind ⓘ formation of the self in interpersonal relations ⓘ relation between mind and world ⓘ role of interpretation in subject formation ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
constitution of the self
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development of subjectivity ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorProfession |
philosopher
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psychoanalyst ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
philosophical
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psychoanalytic ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
advanced students of philosophy and psychoanalysis
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psychoanalytic theorists ⓘ scholars of philosophy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
human subjectivity
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rational agency ⓘ selfhood ⓘ |
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: Becoming a Subject Description of subject: "Becoming a Subject" is a philosophical and psychoanalytic work by Marcia Cavell that explores how human subjectivity, selfhood, and rational agency develop and are constituted.
Referenced by (1)
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