“The World That Came In From the Cold”
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“The World That Came In From the Cold” is an essay by Carl Sagan included in his science-themed collection *Billions and Billions*, exploring scientific and societal issues with his characteristic clarity and humanism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “The World That Came In From the Cold” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13350281 — 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 World That Came In From the Cold” Context triple: [Billions and Billions, hasPart, “The World That Came In From the Cold”]
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A.
Coming in from the Cold
"Coming in from the Cold" is a roots reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers, featured on their 1980 album *Uprising* and known for its reflective, socially conscious lyrics.
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B.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré, renowned for its bleak realism and complex portrayal of intelligence work.
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C.
Come in from the Cold
"Come in from the Cold" is a reflective, jazz-inflected folk song by Joni Mitchell that explores themes of aging, love, and emotional vulnerability.
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D.
The Missiles of October
The Missiles of October is a 1974 television docudrama that dramatizes the events and high-level decision-making of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
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E.
“Cold War”
“Cold War” is a critically acclaimed, genre-blending song by Janelle Monáe that combines futuristic R&B, soul, and pop elements to explore themes of identity, conflict, and emotional resilience.
- 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 World That Came In From the Cold” Target entity description: “The World That Came In From the Cold” is an essay by Carl Sagan included in his science-themed collection *Billions and Billions*, exploring scientific and societal issues with his characteristic clarity and humanism.
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A.
Coming in from the Cold
"Coming in from the Cold" is a roots reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers, featured on their 1980 album *Uprising* and known for its reflective, socially conscious lyrics.
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B.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré, renowned for its bleak realism and complex portrayal of intelligence work.
-
C.
Come in from the Cold
"Come in from the Cold" is a reflective, jazz-inflected folk song by Joni Mitchell that explores themes of aging, love, and emotional vulnerability.
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D.
The Missiles of October
The Missiles of October is a 1974 television docudrama that dramatizes the events and high-level decision-making of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
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E.
“Cold War”
“Cold War” is a critically acclaimed, genre-blending song by Janelle Monáe that combines futuristic R&B, soul, and pop elements to explore themes of identity, conflict, and emotional resilience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ |
| author | Carl Sagan ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| authorOfCollection | Carl Sagan ⓘ |
| authorProfession |
astronomer
ⓘ
science communicator ⓘ |
| collection | Billions and Billions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
non-fiction
ⓘ
science essay ⓘ |
| includedIn | Billions and Billions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
science and society
ⓘ
scientific issues ⓘ societal issues ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor | exploring the relationship between science and human values ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Carl Sagan essays ⓘ |
| publicationType | book chapter ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
science
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society ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
clear prose
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humanistic perspective ⓘ |
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 World That Came In From the Cold” Description of subject: “The World That Came In From the Cold” is an essay by Carl Sagan included in his science-themed collection *Billions and Billions*, exploring scientific and societal issues with his characteristic clarity and humanism.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.